A man walking his four dogs had to be rescued by the Hoylake RNLI hovercraft today after getting cut off by by the rising tide on a sandbank off Meols. The man was walking on the far side of a gully which was rapidly filling with water on this afternoon&
As weather forecasts report a mixed outlook for the Bank Holiday weekend, we take a look at what is going on in our area. West Kirby Farmers, Market It’s that time of the month again. Head down to the Farmers’ Market to be offered a wide variety of local
A new book has been published about the history of the Hoylake RNLI - one of the oldest lifeboat stations in the country. The book, Hoylake and West Kirby Lifeboats, by Nicholas Leach, describes all the major events, rescues, lifeboats and main characters involved since the first lifeboat was built by
A yachtsman was rescued in the early hours of this morning after getting into difficulties off the coast of Hoylake in bad weather. The 9.4 metre boat, 'Michette', was travelling to Liverpool after been anchored overnight off the coast of Hilbre Island when it encountered poor weather
Hoylake's historic, former lifeboat station has failed to sell at auction. The former lifeboat station, on North Parade, was put up for sale by its current owners with a guide price of £250,000. But it failed to reach its reserve price at the auction, which took place
Hoylake's lifeboat was put on standby today after a plane which had just taken off from Liverpool John Lennon Airport suffered a technical issue. The crew were called just after 10am after an easyJet flight from Liverpool to Faro, in Portugal, suffered a problem with its landing gear
