Chester's Dee Radio

Hundreds of patients across West Cheshire are set to receive NHS eye care sooner this summer as the Countess of Chester Hospital launches a series of weekend ‘Super Saturday’ clinics to help cut waiting times.

Officers from Cheshire Constabulary are advising residents to remain vigilant following a recent incident of officer impersonation.

Local students are celebrating their A-level and other exam success today, with over 2,300 students in schools and colleges across Cheshire West and Chester welcoming the end of weeks of waiting for their results.   

Congratulations are being extended to post 16 students in Flintshire who are celebrating today as they receive their examination grades.

A huge wildfire in the West Midlands completely destroyed 19 homes after it rapidly spread to buildings during the UK’s hottest day of the year..

A second train has derailed less than 24 hours after two passengers were seriously injured when a Southern Rail service came off the tracks in East Sussex..

Fire crews are making progress tackling huge blazes in the West Midlands that led to thousands of 999 calls and caused “extensive” devastation, a fire chief said..

Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election amid contested claims he was told by police not to attend the election count due to a “credible threat” against him..