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Barry Ellams

Barry Ellams

Warning signs for drivers

DRIVERS across the North West and North Wales are being reminded Hoole Bridge – one of Chester’s four main gateways – closes for major strengthening work on Monday. Read

Pupils to play with top orchestra

BUNBURY School will be welcoming some important guests on Friday, February 22, when members of the world-renowned London Chamber Orchestra visit to lead instrumental workshops with children from nearby primary schools. Read

Pupils produce hospice funds

GENEROUS pupils, parents and teachers at a Helsby school have been dipping deep into their pockets for a local charity. Read

Is now the time for a new BID?

Can Chester support another Business Improvement District (BID) campaign to improve the city? BARRY ELLAMS reports Read

Firefighters extinguish fire at former Chester school

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze at a derelict school building on George Street, Chester. Read

Blue sky thinking

Everyone wants the best for Chester – and most agree that the city’s future is in its past. BARRY ELLAMS reviws how its current state and future prospects make the city a melting pot of passions, projects and policies. Read

Buy-out makes dairy firm cream of the crop

DAIRY ingredients business Meadow Foods, has bought Cumbria-based West Lakes Dairy Park Limited (WLDP) for an undisclosed sum. Read

Vale Royal's plastic recycling to be extended

VALE Royal Borough Council’s successful plastic recycling scheme is to cover all households in the borough. Read

The munch bunch

CHILDREN have been given a clean bill of health at Manor House Primary in Frodsham after the school gained a national award. Read

Appeal for relief at long-standing blackspot

Appeal for relief at long-standing blackspot

ANXIOUS residents are calling for urgent action to improve road safety at a danger spot in Frodsham they highlighted more than 25 years ago. Read

Television ......medics visit city

TELEVISION doctors could be just the medicine to cure Hoole Bridge closure woes. Read

Diversion tactics to...ease bridge worries

A ‘SMILE’ campaign is attempting to ease the impact of repair work carried out by Network Rail on Hoole Bridge in February. Read

Q.Why is the work taking place?

A.Hoole Bridge is one of 10,000 road-over-rail bridges that has been assessed to ensure that it is fit for purpose. To comply with EU regulations, five of the 15 spans need to be strengthened or replaced. Without this work, the bridge would have to be weight restricted and only one lane of traffic would be allowed over the bridge with traffic signals at each end. Read

Entrepreneur to buy homes for stars

THE Chester entrepreneur who made more than £100m last year with the flotation of his North Wales price comparison website business is branching out into the up-market luxury property market. Read

Watergate Street Post Office

Six post offices in Chester are to close, it was announced this week.

Only Brook Street Post Office has been spared the axe while Watergate Street, Brook Lane, Newton, Handbridge, Christleton, Aldford and Hargrave outlets are to close. Read

MP joins bid to block wind monitoring plan

EDDISBURY MP Stephen O’Brien is backing villagers in their fight to save one of Cheshire’s most valued landscapes from the threat of wind power development. Read

Demi is dumped in road

A RESCUE group is desperate to find the owner of cat left in a cardboard box in the middle of a busy road. Read

Bid to put Smile .back on our city

“BUSINESS as usual” – that’s the upbeat message that Chester will give to visitors despite the closure of Hoole Bridge next month. Read

Culture chief views wildlife exhibition

CAPITAL of Culture boss Phil Redmond was the guest of honour as the prestigious Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition opened at Blue Planet Aquarium in Ellesmere Port. Read

Elderly feeling pinch as cost of living soars

CHESHIRE pensioners are feeling the pinch due to an increase in food prices, petrol hikes and soaring energy bills. Read

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Barry Ellams is The News Editor of The Chester Chronicle he is responsible for assembling the news agenda and preparing The Issue. He suprevises coverage of Chester's rural villages including Tarporley, Tattenhall, Malpas, Tarvin. Tel. 01244 606416

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