Plans to ban dogs from playgrounds, multi use games areas and bowling greens are to be considered by councillors.

2019 is set to be a busy year in our part of the world – here are five things that we expect to be reporting on over the next 12 months, and one we hope we don’t have to.

A West Kirby lifeguard has kickstarted a campaign to make our many beaches both safer and cleaner.

The Friends of Ashton Park in West Kirby have backed a plan which will see 19 trees cut down, after studying reports by experts which judged them to be unsafe.

As Wirral Council’s consultation over its draft local plan draws to a close, Wirral West MP Margaret Greenwood has called on the local authority not to include Green Belt land

The organisers of West Kirby Christmas Lights have issued a stark warning that they face a race against time to find the money to fund this year’s festivities.

West Kirby Recycling Centre is closing for two weeks at the start of October to undergo essential maintenance and improvements.

Public consultation meetings will take place in West Kirby on Tuesday 18 September over plans to release new sites for housing over the next 15 years.

A list of sites in West Kirby and Caldy that could have housing built on them over the next 15 years has been revealed.

Plans for a summer dog ban on parts of some Wirral beaches – including West Kirby – have been axed.