Lawyer Lee Quinn is getting back into the normal routine of West Kirby life after completing the toughest physical and mental challenge of his life. Lee, 40, ran an astonishing 257 kilometres in six days last month to complete the Marathon des Sables, a brutally difficult endurance test through the
Building work is well underway on the site of TV chef, Simon Rimmer's new West Kirby pub - The Viking Pub & Bakehouse. A major refurbishment is taking place at the pub, which is due to open in June, on the site of The Hilltop, on Blackhorse Hill.
A junior rugby tournament in Hoylake which regularly attracts over 1000 attendees from across the region has been cancelled due to bad weather. The 29th annual Mini 7s tournament was due to tale place at Hoylake RFC on Sunday May 1 with 700 young players due to take part. A
The West Kirby & Wasps Community Football Club is holding an open day this weekend, to encourage more girls to get involved in the sport. The event, which is the Wasps’ contribution to the Football Association’s Girls’ Football Week, is being held at the club’s home ground in
Only days after receiving a visit from comedian and marathon man, Eddie Izzard, pupils at a West Kirby school were surprised with another celebrity visitor. Steve Norman, from Spandau Ballet, dropped into St. Bridget’s C.E. Primary School yesterday ahead of a gig in Liverpool. A spokesman for the
Two local Mums are celebrating after reaching the finals of the UK’s biggest blog awards, the Mum and Dad (MAD) Blog Awards. Karen Beddow, a lawyer from West Kirby, who writes the blog Mini Travellers, is a finalist in the Family Travel category and Julia Bryson, a journalist from
Comedian and marathon man, Eddie Izzard, paid a surprise visit to pupils at a West Kirby school this week. Izzard, who raised more than £1m for the Sport Relief charity after running 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa, dropped in to hold a Q&A session at
These stunning photographs of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club are the work of renowned golf course photographer, Kevin Murray. As staff photographer for Golf Monthly magazine, Kevin has captured portraits and actions shots of the world's best players and in 2012 was awarded the Lawrence Levy award for
In 1992, Wirral's Chris Boardman became the first British man to win an Olympic cycling medal since 1920 - it was Gold, of course. Among his many achievements, the 47-year-old, from Hoylake, claimed the yellow jersey in the Tour de France multiple times and inspired a generation of
West Kirby schoolchildren are helping British astronaut Tim Peake with a green fingered scientific experiment. Pupils at Avalon School have planted rocket seeds that have been in orbit with him, and are comparing their growth with rocket plants that have stayed on Earth. The school has received two packets of
West Kirby music teacher Mat Gray has landed the gig of a lifetime performing on the same bill as legendary David Bowie guitarist, Earl Slick. Mat, who teaches at Wirral Music Tuition, above Green Onions Café, on Banks Road, in West Kirby, will take to the stage at the O2
West Kirby marine lake has re-opened following a scare over high bacteria levels, Wirral council announced this afternoon. The lake has been closed since Tuesday, when one of the organisations using the lake raised concerns about a potentially high level of bacteria in the water. All scheduled events on the
HM Treasury have published a number of money saving strategies that are available this year. If you’re saving for a deposit for your first home, you can earn a bonus with the Help to Buy: ISA. If you’re saving to buy your first home, you can put away
Customers of HSBC have reacted angrily to the news that it is to close its West Kirby branch. The manager of the bank, on Grange Road, has written to local customers to confirm the news of its imminent closure. In response to an angry backlash on Twitter, the bank'
A former pupil at Calday Grange Grammar School has been nominated for a prestigious Ivor Novello award. Jack Patterson, who is a member of the band Clean Bandit, was nominated for Most Performed Work for co-writing Jess Glynne's Hold My Hand. Other nominees include Ed Sheeran, James Bay,
Young Hoylake golfer Matt Jordan has followed in the footsteps of some of the greatest names in golf by winning the Hampshire Hog amateur tournament. The 20 year-old Royal Liverpool Golf Club player won the prestigious event by four shots, to put his name on a trophy won in the
