Tom Evans

What it’s like to be a Chester city centre Santa Claus

What’s it like being Santa Claus? Tom Evans found out...Read

Chester’s SongSmiths perform at M&S in aid of Samaritans

CHESTER shoppers were given an early Christmas treat on Saturday as a choir performed in Marks and Spencer.Read

Children’s play area at Hawthorne Road, Frodsham, could be turned into a community garden

A CHILDREN’S play area in Hawthorne Road, Frodsham, will be closed by the town council.Read

Chester Samaritans base base ‘unfit for purpose’

CHESTER Samaritans, based on Upper Northgate Street, need to find a new home.Read

Official complaint

Deputy Labour group leader Cllr Bob Rudd has registered an official complaint with city council monitoring officer Charles Kerry about Cllr Drury’s conduct.Read

The Olive Grove, Broughton - Diamond in the rough

I got some fan mail the other day! All those weeks of painstakingly putting my address at the bottom of this page – and thinking of a food-related pun to go alongside it – paid off when Jane Wells (Mrs), of Saltney, used some of her lovely multi-coloured writing paper to recommend the Olive Grove in Broughton.Read

La Fontana, Chester - Fountain of food

Near the beginning of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the protagonist, Arthur Dent, has just been told his best friend is an alien and that both his house and his planet are about to be destroyed to make way for bypasses.Read

The Bacchus, Chester - Food of the gods

Bacchus was the Roman god of wine and intoxication, known to the Greeks as Dionysus. His prowess for partying was literally legendary, as were a whole host of stories not fit for a family newspaper.Read

MD's, Chester - What Katie’s did next

Last Friday, I had a sunny afternoon off while my wife was at work. I was lazing in the garden, clad in an old T-shirt and a slightly grubby pair of shorts, when I was struck by a flash of romance.Read

Siam Thai, Chester - Old-school Thai

THE first great food invasion of these shores must have come with the Romans. Before that, our Brit ancestors were content to slap on the woad and squat around the campfire, eating scavenged offal and cups of mud.Read

Cock O'Barton, Malpas - Chef’s special

Let’s get one thing straight – a famous chef is not the same as a celebrity chef. The former is a person who has become famous for cooking while the latter is a famous person who cooks. It’s a fine distinction but a crucial one.Read

The Fat Cat, Chester - The Cat’s whiskers

Who remembers Britpop? For a couple of years in the mid-1990s, Britpop was everywhere. It seemed the whole world was obsessed with the question who would release a single that was less bad: A gang of cocky Southerners with art-school pretensions and irritating fake Cockney accents or a bunch of knuckle-dragging Northerners with superiority complexes and real (but no less irritating) Mancunian accents.Read

Black House Grill, Chester - Food a-loud

I really wanted to hate this place. Est Est Est used to be one of our favourites.Read

Hidden charms

There are an awful lot of words for 'hungry'. Having fasted since 9am in preparation for this meal, I was going through them all. Starving, famished, ravenous - you name it, I felt it.Read

On the ball

IT isn't easy being a sports widow, like my wifeRead

Minister looks for change in 'pockets'

THE Government is aiming to help what it calls 'pockets of worklessness' across the country - and almost one-in-10 streets in Ellesmere Port is on the list.Read

Beyond a joke

MID Cheshire's 'abysmal' rail links make a laughing stock of the UK, according to frustrated commuters.Read

Future of promising athletes under threat

MORGAN Brown may be sprinting all the way to the top - but the general lack of quality athletics facilities in Mid Cheshire could leave her stuck in the blocks.Read

Angry Vics fans want trust money returned

FURIOUS Northwich Vics supporters are demanding their money back.Read

'Tortuous' roads will ease the traffic strain

SUBSIDISED public transport and the creation of a tortuous road network aimed at 'putting off' drivers will help ease the strain on Northwich's highways if a 1,200-home urban village gets the green light.Read

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Tom Evans started at Chronicle Newspapers in 2002. He was a sub-editor, designer and restaurant critic until 2009, when he became a multimedia desk editor. He can be contacted on 01244 6060430.

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