Articles...
May 2 2008
CHESTER MP Christine Russell and local government secretary Hazel Blears were this evening facing up to the dramatic political fallout of Cheshire’s local government review....
May 2 2008
COUNCIL Leader Margaret Parker has lost her seat by three votes, despite a landslide Tory victory....
May 2 2008
VETERAN Frodsham Councillor Brian Lloyd has not been re-elected to the new Cheshire West Authority....
May 2 2008
The 24 year old man was hit by a black Volkswagen Golf at 8.30am today (Friday, May 1) on Chester Road, Gatesheath....
May 2 2008
ONE of the longest serving councillors in Chester is celebrating after seeing the Tories take total control of the Overleigh ward....
May 2 2008
MARGARET Parker, the current Conservative leader of Chester City Council, is facing a nail-biting recount to see if she will be part of the new Cheshire West and Chester authority....
May 2 2008
THE Conservative Party is heading for a massibve overall majorty on the new Cheshire West & Chester authority....
May 2 2008
THE man who was leader of Chester City Council at the start of last year has failed to get a seat on the new Cheshire West & Chester authority....
May 2 2008
TWO new councillors in their 20s, newly elected to the City ward, are thought to the youngest councillors on the Cheshire West & Chester authority....
May 2 2008
OUSTED Labour councillor Bob Rudd says he is unsure whether he will ever stand as a candidate again....
May 2 2008
RETIRING councillor John Price says the three candidates who have won Blacon for Labour will continue his party’s fine tradition of representing the ward....
May 2 2008
THE official turnout figures for the first two wards announced for the Cheshire West and Chester authority are reflecting the low numbers nationally....
May 2 2008
VETERAN husband and wife Labour councillors Sandra and Bob Rudd have failed to get elected to the new Cheshire West and Chester authority....
May 2 2008
THE first councillors elected to the new Cheshire West & Chester authority have been revealed....
May 2 2008
COUNTING is still going on this morning (Friday, May 2) ahead of the announcement of the first result in the elections for the new Cheshire West & Chester authority....
May 2 2008
FUEL protesters could mount another demonstration as early as next week after blockading the Shell Stanlow oil refinery on Thursday night....
May 2 2008
CHESTER is about to spring back into life at night thanks to a £10m trio of investments – just in time for the city’s busiest week of the year....
May 2 2008
WHEN 18-month-old Roman went limp in his arms, James Beech thought his only son was dead....
May 2 2008
RESIDENTS will fight a multi-millionaire’s bid to allow helicopters to land at his equestrian centre....
May 2 2008
CHESTER City Council has issued an update on the situation concerning the historic Roman Walls....
May 2 2008
CELEBRITY glamour could be coming to Helsby as Frodsham WAG Jude Cissé plans to open a luxury day spa....
May 2 2008
A MASSIVE 750 acres of gardens, meandering drives and historic castle will create the perfect setting for the Pageant of Power....
May 2 2008
CHILDREN of Ashton Hayes have been helping to raise money for charity by taking part in a sponsored ‘camel race’....
May 2 2008
IT WAS made famous by the Cary Grant film, had almost 1,500 performances on Broadway and now it’s coming to a village hall....
May 2 2008
YOUNGSTERS made a St George’s Day plea to help them celebrate a great English tradition....
May 2 2008
CHESTER Zoo will provide the venue for drive-in movies on a huge inflatable screen as part of the first ever Screen Deva next month....
May 2 2008
AN INFLUENTIAL Government minister has pledged a return visit to Chester to find out more about a successful city scheme....
May 2 2008
IF YOU can get yourself safely and easily to a hospital appointment, you may never have heard of Frodsham, Helsby and Elton’s LIFTS drivers....
May 2 2008
POLICE officers working in Blacon are continuing to see good results thanks to Operation Hallmark....
May 2 2008
A DOTING son drove to Delamere Forest to take his own life after a short illness....
May 2 2008
AN OARSOME 24-hour national rowing record has been made official....
May 2 2008
HOOLE bridge reopened on Wednesday – five days ahead of schedule – to the relief of commuters, visitors and businesses....
May 2 2008
SELF-MADE models of children at play are on display in Chester’s city centre....
May 2 2008
A PREGNANT wife crashed when her husband snatched at the driving wheel to get her to drive him to a drug supplier....
May 2 2008
AS part of the Smile Chester Style campaign, Marks and Spencer on Foregate Street, Chester is giving away a free lawnmower valued at £149....
May 2 2008
MAGISTRATES only found out a criminal was in jail when they read about it in The Chronicle....
May 2 2008
PLANS by Chester’s 77 black cab drivers to cause chaos at next week’s race meeting have been scrapped after the police said they wouldn’t be able to cope....
May 2 2008
WHEN was the last time you had your blood pressure checked?...
May 2 2008
A MOTHER of four has been found dead in the cellar of her Tarporley home....
May 2 2008
A VILLAGE is going wild this summer for an event held by a neighbourhood school....
May 2 2008
A PLEA has been made for children to help create the logo for the Rural West Children’s Centre in Tarvin as well as artwork to decorate the walls....
May 2 2008
A NEW fleet of Virgin Trains will unlock huge opportunities for the leisure and business market in Chester....
May 2 2008
THE history of Cheshire’s forgotten iron-age forts could spring to life thanks to a new Landscape Partnership Scheme....
May 2 2008
CHESTER’S Roman soldiers will light the way on a charity walk....
May 2 2008
A HEALTH trust is starting the NHS 60th anniversary with a Challenging Stigma competition at secondary schools....
May 2 2008
A CHESHIRE farmer is the new regional board chairman of the National Farmers Union....
May 2 2008
PARISH councillors are backing residents in their opposition to plans to extend the life of a tip....
May 2 2008
VISITORS to a Westminster Park beauty salon will be in the pink....
May 2 2008
YOU could give yourself an even greater reason to celebrate Cheshire’s 2008 Year of Gardens....
May 2 2008
SOME of the region’s employers are preparing to sleep under the stars and raise funds for homeless families....
May 2 2008
CHESTER district scout groups celebrated St George’s Day with a parade and a service....
May 2 2008
PATIENTS in Cheshire will be given more choice thanks to a pioneering 24-hour walk-in medical centre planned for a county hospital....
May 2 2008
A RANGE of special events will take place throughout October, including the Arley Hall Pumpkin Olympics and the Chester Zoo Pumpkin Festival....
May 2 2008
AN ANCIENT custom was revived in Chester’s city centre on Saturday in front of crowds of onlookers....
May 2 2008
WITH bluebell fields, award-winning community spirit and one-stop village shop and post office, Barrow could be the envy of Northern England....
May 2 2008
FOUR men and a pink chariot set off from Malpas this week to raise money for Cancer Research....
May 2 2008
TARPORLEY residents will welcome St Helen’s church new rector next week, at an induction ceremony held by the Bishop of Birkenhead....
May 2 2008
A CHURCH whose hallowed halls hold more than 1,000 years of history may close to visitors unless it secures external funding....
May 2 2008
NOVELIST Gee Williams is following in the footsteps of some of Britain’s most famous authors after being shortlisted for one of the UK’s most coveted literary awards....
May 2 2008
A VILLAGE is going wild this summer for an event held by a neighbourhood school....
May 2 2008
A PLEA has been made for children to help create the logo for the Rural West Children’s Centre in Tarvin as well as artwork to decorate the walls....
May 2 2008
A QUEEN’S School pupil has swept the board at the Chester Speech and Drama Festival....
May 2 2008
SHOWBIZ glamour could be coming to Helsby as Frodsham WAG Jude Cissé plans to open a luxury day spa....
May 2 2008
A BRAND new rowing boat has been named after Frodsham College....
May 2 2008
A WIDOWER started to build a memorial seat at his wife’s grave then was told to dig it up by councillors....
May 2 2008
ANYONE parking illegally outside a Helsby primary school will have to answer to their children as well as the police....
May 2 2008
A SCHOOL dispute which left children in tears over classroom changes has been resolved....
May 2 2008
POLICE are celebrating a massive haul after cracking down on the motorbike menace....
May 2 2008
BATTLE has commenced over the future of an “historic” part of a Cheshire village....
May 2 2008
THE Police Authority has been reviewing the contribution made by Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) to make people safer....
May 2 2008
CHARITY fundraisers heading for the start of the world famous Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race course had a send off from an admiral....
May 2 2008
A TEENAGER was stabbed through the neck on a rural village high street when a drugs deal went wrong....
May 2 2008
LISTENERS to Chester’s commercial radio station will be forgiven for thinking that presenters are getting younger these days....
May 2 2008
A CHESTER man who put a vintage Dalek costume online is celebrating after it sold for more than £3,000....
May 2 2008
PATIENTS at Tarporley War Memorial Hospital will be able to use a new electric bed thanks to staff and customers at the Egerton Arms in Little Budworth....
May 2 2008
MOVES to defer making a decision on controversial plans to convert a Chester pub until after the local elections have sparked a political row....
May 2 2008
THERE were miles of smiles when a city centre spa promoted its latest fundraiser for the Chronicle’s charity....
May 2 2008
A 103-YEAR-OLD woman choked to death on her lunch a day after being admitted to a nursing home....
May 2 2008
THE dragons are coming and a Chester charity needs your help....
May 2 2008
SAVINGS of more than £55,000 a year could be made in the city council’s energy bills....
May 2 2008
WHILE some aspiring property owners rely on a loan from mum and dad, Cheshire’s youngest landlady is bucking the trend – by buying her parents out....
