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Gary Porter

Gary Porter

Ellesmere Port band A41 to headline Chester gig

A RISING indie rock band from Ellesmere Port are headlining the Frog & Nightingale in Chester tomorrow night (Thursday, January 28).Read

Chronicle joins Cheshire police on early-morning drugs raids in Chester

A TOP cop hopes drug dealers in Chester are having sleepless nights after vowing to ‘hunt them down and put them away’.Read

Customers evacuated during air conditioning alert at Chester pub

CUSTOMERS were evacuated from a city centre pub after an air-conditioning unit in the cellar began smouldering.Read

Fire crews tackle bedroom blaze at Blacon flat

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a bedroom blaze at a flat in Blacon.Read

Chester fire crews tackle bedroom blaze in Lache

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a bedroom blaze at a house in Lache caused by an unattended candle.Read

Police appeal after thieves try to steal laptops from Chester mobile phone store

POLICE are appealing for information after three men tried to steal laptop computers from a mobile phone store.Read

Little Neston man viciously attacked by youths after challenging them about throwing snowballs

POLICE are seeking witnesses after a 49-year-old man was viciously attacked by a gang of four youths in Little Neston.Read

Ellesmere Port man suffers serious facial injuries after being attacked inside a Chester city centre pub

A 33-YEAR-OLD man suffered serious facial injuries after being assaulted at a Chester city centre pub.Read

Chester pub evacuated after air-conditioning fault

CUSTOMERS were evacuated from a city centre pub after an air-conditioning unit in the cellar began smoldering.Read

Elderly man taken to hospital after flat fire

FIREFIGHTERS rescued a 78-year-old man from his flat after clothes drying next to an electric heater caught fire.Read

Two rooms left ‘completely gutted’ after blaze at Chester pub

A BLAZE on the first-floor of a Chester pub has left two rooms completely gutted.Read

Robbers steal cash and cigarettes in raid on Bargain Booze store

TWO robbers stole cash and cigarettes in a terrifying raid on an off-license in Ellesmere Port.Read

Firefighters tackle Chester pub blaze

FIRE crews tackled a blaze in a first-floor office area of a Chester pub.Read

Neston High School announces plans to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day

NESTON High School will be commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day with a minute’s silence and readings on January 27.Read

Cheshire’s Blue Planet Aquarium to appear on BBC TV children’s show

BLUE Planet Aquarium at Cheshire Oaks is featured on CBBC’s hugely popular Prank Patrol show this weekend.Read

Great Sutton Slimming World consultant Gaynor Budd meets TV presenter Vernon Kay at company’s annual awards ceremony

GREAT Sutton consultant Gaynor Budd celebrated Slimming World’s 40th anniversary with popular television and radio presenter Vernon Kay.Read

Cheshire West and Chester Council will relax lorry movement conditions at salt mine to help national emergency

CHESHIRE West and Chester Council says it is prepared to relax restrictions on lorry movements to help get much needed salt supplies to desperate authorities throughout the country.Read

Cheshire Police make more than 30 drink and rug driving arrests

POLICE have arrested more than 30 people for drink and drug driving in the space of two weeks.Read

Energy Innovation signs agreement to work in partnership with North West organisations to increase energy innovation activity

FIVE organisations in the region have signed an agreement to work in partnership to increase energy innovation activity.Read

Chester police launch operation to tackle festive crime

POLICE in Chester have launched their Christmas crackdown on crime.Read

Author Profile

Gary Porter is a multimedia journalist for the Ellesmere Port Pioneer and Chester Chronicle. Tel. 0151 356 2345 or 01244 606421.