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David Holmes

NHS in Cheshire takes action to avoid patient harm

THE Countess of Chester Hospital and a city-based mental health trust have taken action after failing to respond to patient safety alerts within deadline.Read

Car park charge hike proposed at the Countess of Chester Hospital

THE cash-strapped Countess of Chester Hospital is controversially seeking to increase car parking charges again.Read

Walkers asked to say ‘I do’ for record bid in Cheshire‘ and across the North West ’s Delamere Forest

THERE’S still time to join thousands of women and men who will be stepping out in Cheshire in wedding dresses this summer.Read

Countess of Chester Hospital denies planning to cut 460 jobs

THE Countess of Chester Hospital denies a massive job cuts programme is planned despite predicting there will be 460 fewer jobs by 2015.Read

Network rail fears 400-space car park at Chester railway station may be scrappd

NETWORK Rail is warning that a £7.5m multi-storey car park at Chester train station may never go ahead if a plan they are about to submit is turned down.Read

Elton wife relieved after loved one flees Libya

THE wife of an oil worker who was stranded in Libya was hoping to be reunited with her loved one at Manchester Airport last night.Read

Council leader to put Chester on global map

COUNCIL leader Mike Jones will be giving a talk at an international conference being held in the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi.Read

Cheshire West and Chester Council best for fixing road repairs, says website

WHEN it comes to filling in holes Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWaC) is the best in the business.Read

‘No plans’ to close libraries in Cheshire West and Chester

LIBRARIES may be closing across the country but Cheshire West and Chester Council says there are ‘no plans’ to shut any in the borough despite the cuts.Read

Cheshire ‘well placed to thrive in future’, says enterprise boss

CHESHIRE’S economic prospects are rosy says the man who helped set up a partnership aimed at promoting entrepreneurialism.Read

Crazy teens risk their lives on top of cranes in Chester city centre

THRILL-SEEKERS have been balancing on cranes high above development sites in Chester city centre.Read

Pat and Paddy’s Big Fat Gypsy friendship in Chester

BUS driver Pat Wynne befriended My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star Paddy Doherty last summer…and says he’s ‘a fantastic fellow’ despite his hard-man image.Read

Royal wedding likely to involve Chester-based Duke of Westminster’s family

MEMBERS of the Grosvenor family are expected to be guests at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.Read

Residents’ leader demands apology over sale of Cheshire’s County Hall in Chester

A RESIDENTS’ leader who complained to the auditor about the handling of the County Hall sale feels he’s been vindicated.Read

Cheshire’s County Hall sale ‘rushed’, says auditor, but was still value for money

Local government reorganisation presented Cheshire West and Chester Council with an opportunity to sell County Hall to the expanding University of Chester and move into the new open-plan HQ building. But concern among some electors prompted an investigation David Holmes reports.Read

Residents divided over Chester’s student village plan

RESIDENTS in Blacon seem unimpressed with a consultation by developers behind a 3,000-bed student village.Read

Brook scheme could deliver new cinema in Chester

A THEATRE or cinema would only represent a fifth of the floor space in a private scheme to convert the former Odeon building.Read

Jobs go at Chester-based Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

AN NHS Trust which delivers mental health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services has already slashed its workforce.Read

Elton wife relieved after loved one flees Libya

THE wife of an oil worker who was stranded in Libya is relieved her loved one is now safe.Read

Police appeal after Chester city centre street mugging

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a robbery in Chester city centre.Read

Author Profile

David Holmes is The Chester Chronicle's Chief Reporter. He covers wide ranging and important news items in and around Chester. He takes an active interest in politics, crime and consumer issues.