Photographer Ian Cooper's snapshot of the week

Chronicle photographer Ian Cooper provides a snapshot from the area

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11:34, 12 MAY 2014
Updated16:03, 12 MAY 2014

Snapshot of the week

This week: View of Oil Seed Rape along the footpath at the Finchetts Gutter Flood Basin close to Greyhound Park, Chester.

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Cheshire Constabulary

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Cheshire Constabulary

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