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Launch of the Chester Food, Drink & Lifestyle Awards 2012

FROM perfect pubs and sumptuous sandwich bars to really good restaurants and best bars, residents can now vote for their favourite places to eat and drink throughout the city in the 2012 Chester Food, Drink & Lifestyle Awards.Read

Exhibition of Olympic posters at Frodsham

OLYMPIC posters for the summer and winter games from 1896 are on display in the first event Cheshire West and Chester Council is staging in the run up to the Olympic torch arriving in the borough on May 29.Read

Cheshire West and Chester Council will strike on Valentine’s Day

THERE’S no love lost between workers and bosses at the council as staff launch a programme of industrial action on Valentine’s Day.Read

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre season in Chester introduces covered seating

CITY arts organisation Chester Performs has unveiled plans to create new covered seating for this summer’s Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre season.Read

Developers lodge new planning application for 100 homes in Tarporley in bid to avoid public inquiry

DEVELOPERS behind the controversial plan to build 100 homes in Tarporley have submitted a fresh planning application in a bid to avoid a public inquiry.Read

Barristers fight the law for a good cause

BARRISTERS have swapped their courtroom wigs and robes for jeans and T-shirts after forming a rock band to raise money for charity.Read

New design agreed for home in Chester’s green belt

ALTERATIONS were proposed to the design of a previously approved green belt property.Read

Liverpool Empire Stage Experience summer project is Annie

YOUNG actors from Chester can live the hard life in Liverpool this summer.Read

Frodsham residents will soon be able to access their zebra crossing easier

AFTER years of campaigning, work is to begin to widen a footpath to make a zebra crossing more accessible in Frodsham.Read

New design agreed for home in Chester’s green belt

ALTERATIONS were proposed to the design of a previously approved green belt property.Read

Liverpool Empire Stage Experience summer project is Annie

YOUNG actors from Chester can live the hard knock life in Liverpool this summer.Read

Liverpool Empire Stage Experience summer project is Annie

YOUNG actors from Chester can live the hard life in Liverpool this summer.Read

New design agreed for home in Chester’s green belt

ALTERATIONS were proposed to the design of a previously approved green belt property.Read

Top author visits Tilston Primary School

PUPILS of Tilston Parochial Primary School were paid a visit by an award-winning author.Read

Ellesmere Port youngster has been given the gift of wheels by golfers in Helsby

A DISABLED youngster has been given the gift of a new set of wheels by generous golfers in Helsby.Read

Chester high school stages production of Fame

QUEEN’S Park High School students are learning to fly – high – this week.Read

Chester Cathedral shop shuts due to poor trading

CHESTER Cathedral’s shop has closed due to financial difficulties with the loss of three jobs.Read

Pub group celebrates 20th birthday with party in Chester

A PUB group has celebrated 20 years in business in Chester and North Wales.Read

Chester Market launches Valentine’s Day competition

THERE’S romance in the air at Chester Market this month as shoppers have the chance to win a meal for two and an overnight stay at the city’s Mill Hotel.Read

Chester rowing coach to cycle Kenya for women’s cance charities

A ROWING coach is swapping sculling for cycling – and getting into gear for a 400km charity bike ride across some of Kenya’s toughest terrain.Read

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