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UK & World News: Hunt in GP call over A&E crisis

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:05:17 GMT

Family doctors need a "closer personal relationship" with their patients as part of efforts to ease the crisis in hospital accident and emergency units, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

UK & World News: Tory chiefs rally over 'loon' slur

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:05:16 GMT

The Conservative leadership has rallied around party co-chairman Lord Feldman in the row over reports an ally of David Cameron called grassroots activists "swivel-eyed loons".

Chester FC News: Chester FC: Double award delight for George Horan and Antoni Sarcevic

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:59:03 GMT

GEORGE Horan and Antoni Sarcevic were the big winners at Chester FC’s end-of-season presentation evening.

National Sport: Lawn: Parkinson the man for Bantams

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:45:15 GMT

Bradford's joint chairman Mark Lawn will back manager Phil Parkinson and his backroom staff with the finances to challenge for successive promotions and a place in the npower Championship.

National Sport: Becks in emotional Paris farewell

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:45:14 GMT

Retiring midfielder David Beckham declared Saturday's match at the Parc des Princes "couldn't have been any more perfect" after captaining Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain and leaving the pitch in tears in what appeared to be the final match of his decorated career.

National Sport: Broad burst puts England in command

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:45:13 GMT

Stuart Broad sparked an alarming New Zealand collapse on the fourth morning at Lord's as England suddenly surged towards victory in the first Investec Test.

UK & World News: Briton 'held over child deaths'

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:05:14 GMT

The Foreign Office is "urgently" investigating reports that a British man has been arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children in France.

National Sport: Southee key as hosts bowled out

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:45:13 GMT

Tim Southee finished with a 10-wicket match haul as England were bowled out for 213 on the fourth morning at Lord's in the first Investec Test.

UK & World News: Call to stop demonising bankers

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:05:15 GMT

Sir Mervyn King has called for an end to bankers being "demonised" for their role in the financial crash, insisting the problem was with the system rather than individuals.

National Sport: McDowell sets up Jaidee showdown

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:45:15 GMT

Graeme McDowell produced a flawless display of golf to book his place in the final of the Volvo World Match Play Championship for the second year running.

National Sport: Deans offers hope to absentees

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:45:15 GMT

Australia coach Robbie Deans has left the door open for the likes of Quade Cooper to make the final squad to face the British and Irish Lions after the in-form Reds playmaker failed to make the 25-man group.

UK & World News: Pakistan holds vote despite killing

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:05:16 GMT

Pakistan is holding a repeat election in an upmarket area of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging.

National Sport: Rooney to miss West Brom game

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:45:14 GMT

Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United's final game of the season at West Brom.

UK & World News: Pressure mounts over 'loons' claim

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:05:15 GMT

Pressure continued to mount on the Conservative leadership over claims an ally of David Cameron described grassroots activists as "mad, swivel-eyed loons" who forced Tory MPs to adopt hardline stances on divisive issues.

National Sport: Purdy punished by Alexander

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 08:45:14 GMT

Colchester welterweight Lee Purdy produced a gutsy display before being pulled out by his corner after seven rounds against IBF champion Devon Alexander in Atlantic City on Saturday night.

National Sport: Three new faces for Wallabies

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 08:45:14 GMT

Code-hopper Israel Folau was one of three uncapped players named in Australia's preliminary 25-man squad to face the British and Irish Lions, with in-form Reds playmaker Quade Cooper the most notable omission.

National Sport: Wane blown away by Tomkins

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:45:15 GMT

Wigan coach Shaun Wane admits he is close to running out of superlatives for full-back Sam Tomkins after the Warriors star decimated London Broncos in a 64-6 romp at the Stoop.

National Sport: Wilkinson: Win better than World Cup

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:45:15 GMT

Jonny Wilkinson described winning the Heineken Cup with Toulon as a bigger achievement than his Rugby World Cup triumph with England 10 years ago.

National Sport: Parkinson cautious after play-off glory

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:45:15 GMT

Bradford manager Phil Parkinson stopped short of targeting the npower Championship next season after seeing his team sweep aside Northampton with a 3-0 victory at Wembley in the npower League Two play-off final.

National Sport: Root: England still have edge

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:45:14 GMT

Joe Root believes England still have the advantage over New Zealand, despite their "very disappointing" last half-hour on day three of the first Investec Test at Lord's.

UK & World News: Leader of NAHT targets warning

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:05:16 GMT

Children's education and wellbeing must not be sacrificed just to meet targets, a headteachers' leader will warn.

UK & World News: Queen to get garden festival look

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:05:16 GMT

One hundred years of glorious gardens will be celebrated when the world's most famous flower show throws its doors open this week.

UK & World News: Scores hurt as car hits US parade

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:05:21 GMT

Up to 60 people were injured when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.

UK & World News: Pakistan politician gunned down

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:05:16 GMT

Gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party.

UK & World News: Crohn's patients slam hospital food

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:05:19 GMT

Half of hospitalised Crohn's disease patients believe their recovery was hampered because of poor hospital food, a poll suggests.

UK & World News: Activists attack PM on gay marriage

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:05:18 GMT

Tory activists have attacked David Cameron's support for gay marriage, claiming it had made winning the next general election "virtually impossible".

UK & World News: One in 10 'fell asleep at wheel'

Chester Chronicle — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:05:18 GMT

More than three million British drivers have fallen asleep behind the wheel in the last year, according to new research.

UK & World News: Miliband pledges tax crackdown

Chester Chronicle — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:05:18 GMT

Labour leader Ed Miliband will write new rules to tackle corporate tax dodgers if he wins the next election, even if there is no international consensus for action.

National Sport: Clichy signs new City deal

Chester Chronicle — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:45:14 GMT

Gael Clichy has signed a new four-year deal at Manchester City.

National Sport: Becks bids Paris farewell in Brest win

Chester Chronicle — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:45:13 GMT

David Beckham rolled back the years with a vintage performance in what appeared to be the final match of a decorated career as Paris St Germain celebrated their Ligue 1 title triumph with a routine 3-1 victory over already-relegated Brest.