News in Heswall

The car park on Orrysdale Road next to West Kirby Concourse will be partially closed until Spring.

The closure of the car park is to allow Network Rail to undertake some structural works to the railway bridge which runs over the existing line on Bridge Road.

On December 30 last year we reported how the Leverhulme Estate hopes to build hundreds of homes on Wirral green belt land, including sites in Heswall and Pensby.

You can read the piece by clicking or tapping here.

Merseyside Police has confirmed that the motorcyclist involved in a collision with a car in Heswall yesterday has died as a result of his injuries.

At around 10.15am police received a report of the collision involving a silver Toyota Auris car and a red Honda motorcycle at the junction of Chester Road and Gayton Lane.

Wirral has recorded more coronavirus cases than ever before in the latest figures.

In the week up to December 29, the most recently published numbers, Wirral registered 6,592 cases at a rate of 2,033 per 100,000.

Merseyside Police are appealing for information following a serious collision in Heswall this morning.

At around 10.15am they received a report of a collision involving a silver Toyota Auris car and a red Honda motorcycle at the junction of Chester Road and Gayton Lane.

He attended Hilbre High School, began acting there, and acknowledged the encouragement he received from his Heswall based drama teacher - three very good reasons for this local news site to outrageously claim Daniel Craig as one of our own.

You can find out more about his Wirral past by clicking or tapping here to find a feature from almost a year ago.

Yesterday's game away at Hartlepool may have been postponed, but today there's good news about the future of Tranmere Rovers.

A brand new 'fan park' is set to be built at the club's Prenton Park ground, after it passed a "major hurdle".

Wirral's coronavirus cases are rising rapidly, with nearly 4,000 cases registered in the latest figures.

In the week up to December 24, there were 3,942 cases recorded in the borough at a rate of 1,215 per 100,000.

Documents submitted to Wirral Council reveal that Leverhulme Vision has plans to build more houses on land in the borough it owns.

Leverhulme is Wirral's largest landowner with over 5,000 acres, and at this stage it is undertaking a 'screening and scoping' process. In other words, it intends to submit full planning applications next year, but in the meantime wishes to gauge both council and public opinion.

More than 850 people have now signed our petition calling for a direct train service from Heswall to Liverpool, so as the year draws to a close it's time to give it one final push down the line.

As many of you will know, the petition argues that the current journey, which requires a change at Bidston, is bad news for anyone from Heswall and area who works in the city or simply wants to enjoy it, and a barrier to people from over the water who might want to visit Heswall.