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The future of Chester’s History and Heritage Centre is to be discussed at a key meeting next week

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

A meeting to discuss the future of Chester History and Heritage Centre will take place next week. BARRY ELLAMS reports.

Cheshire West and Chester Council plans to make county “the best place in the world” to be educated

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Education leaders say Cheshire is on track to becoming the best place in the country to be educated. BEN COULBECK reports.

Chester is bucking the trend over hotel bookings

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:02:00 GMT

A new national survey reveals that every two days a hotel company goes bust. Not in Chester, though, where PAUL MANNION reports on a thriving sector which is expanding all the time

Tourism board Visit Chester and Cheshire turn their backs on iconic Cheshire Cat

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

THE Cheshire Cat is famous the world over. BEN COULBECK and MATHIEU WARWOOD ask if there is more marketing potential in the iconic feline?

Cheshire West and Chester Council to decide future of Quinn Glass factory at planning meeting on Thursday September 3

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

The latest stage in the bitter battle surrounding the future of the £260m Quinn Glass complex at Elton reaches County Hall this afternoon. DAVID NORBURY reports

Point of view: The skin cancer victim

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

I AM now 22 but I first had symptoms when I was 20. When I was finally diagnosed I probably hadn’t used sunbeds for four months as I was in Ibiza but before that I was using them maybe two or three times a week.

Interview with Dr Ali Juma, senior plastic surgeon at the Countess of Chester Hospital

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

DOCTOR Ali Juma is a senior plastic surgeon within the NHS at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

International Agency for Research on Cancer raises sunbed classification to “carcinogenic to humans”

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

SUNBEDS can cause skin cancer.

Chester rogue traders Gary Lancaster and Neil Butler jailed after fleecing dementia sufferer

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

TRADING standards officers have advised the elderly and vulnerable on how they can avoid becoming victims of work scams.

Chester Samaritans report increase in users since recession

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT

THE visible effects of the recession are everywhere – boarded up shops, closed down factories, repossessed homes.

CHESHIRE farmers are seeing prices for dairy cattle rocket due to a shortage in livestock.

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

The shortage of milking cows is blamed on the numbers that are having to be slaughtered due to bovine TB.

Farming in crisis

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

THE dairy industry is in jeopardy, with hundreds of farmers turning their backs on loss-making businesses.

£30million theatre plan unveiled by Cheshire West and Chester Council could help regenerate council.

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

A £30m theatre plan could signal the creation of a new waterfront in Chester. BARRY ELLAMS reports

Chester Renaissance have unveiled plans to regenerate

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Contemporary shop frontages with frameless windows and sliding doors could be the future of Chester’s Rows. PAUL MANNION reports.

Bridge Street trader Howard Harrison who is leaving Chester city centre sets up comment book on state of The Rows

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

A STRUGGLING craft shop owner has created a comment book for customers to write their thoughts down after a Chronicle report on his plight.

Violence against Cheshire police officers

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Forty-two assaults were committed against police officers in Chester last year according to Freedom of Information Act figures obtained by The Chronicle. Punches, bites, slaps, kicks, throttlings, headlocks, launched objects – violent offences committed against police officers every week. LAURIE STOCKS-MOORE reports.

Crimestoppers campaign launched during National Drugs Tackling week

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Next week is National Tackling Drugs Week. GIL LIGHTFOOT reports on how Cheshire is fighting a countrywide problem.

Crimestoppers campaign launched during National Drugs Tackling week

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

WHEN Cheshire police carried out their biggest drugs bust earlier this year they not only seized drugs worth £12m but a collection of fast cars and expensive jewellery bought from the proceeds of the gang’s illegal trade.

Don’t ignore diabetes

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:02:00 GMT

Diabetes is more widespread than people realise. GIL LIGHTFOOT reports on the challenges posed to sufferers tackling the disorder.

Facts and figures behind condition

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT

THERE are two main types of diabetes.