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A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened today (Friday 30 October) for those with symptoms to book appointments at Wellington Road Car Park, in Ellesmere Port as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to continue to improve the accessibility of coronavirus testing for local communities.

Families are being challenged to think creatively about how they celebrate Halloween and Bonfire Night this year.

Cheshire West and Chester is well placed to deal with the current surge of Coronavirus in the Borough having learned much from the first outbreak of the virus in the Spring.

Unite members at Hoyer Petrolog, who were due to start strike action on Monday (2 November), have now resolved their dispute, which had arisen following the announcement of redundancies at Stanlow.

TV weather presenter Laura Tobin will share her winter weather safety advice to help people across Cheshire prepare for the storm season – as she becomes a Storm Chaser for electricity provider SP Energy Networks.

CarFest, the family festival created and hosted by Chris Evans is back for 2021 and has today announced its next release date for tickets to the unmissable summer events.

Transport for Wales is reminding the public in Wales that they should only make essential journeys during the ‘firebreak’ lockdown period, ahead of sporting events this weekend, followed by Halloween and Bonfire night.

A student from Stagecoach Performing Arts Chester used her time in lockdown to write a book of short stories, which have now been published!

England has breached its "reasonable worst-case" scenario for COVID-19 infections and hospital admissions, the government's scientific advisers have said.

A further 24,405 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK and another 274 have died, according to the latest government data.

Exports of flu vaccine from the UK will be restricted to protect supplies, the government has announced.

Nottingham was placed into the strictest lockdown rules today – and its measures go beyond any other area in Tier 3.

An earthquake has killed at least 19 people and injured 700 in Turkey and on the Greek island of Samos.

Belgium, hit by one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Europe, has reimposed tight strict lockdown rules across the nation.

An Iranian man has appeared before a judge in France after a migrant boat sank in the English Channel, leaving at least four people dead.

Paris has seen hundreds of miles of traffic jams as people tried to leave the city ahead of France's new national lockdown.

Bruce Springsteen has made UK chart history, becoming the first solo artist to have a number one album in five consecutive decades.

Sacha Baron Cohen has donated $100,000 (£77,000) to the Oklahoma community of an unemployed grandmother who featured in his Borat sequel.

Sky History has axed its new woodworking show The Chop after producers said a contestant's tattoos "could be connected to far-right ideologies".

Kanye West has raised the present buying stakes for couples around the world, gifting his wife Kim Kardashian a hologram of her late father for her 40th birthday.

An earthquake has killed at least 19 people and injured 700 in Turkey and on the Greek island of Samos.

A woman who found a rare two-headed snake in her sunroom has found the reptile a new home.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News he was "disappointed" in his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn's response to a damning antisemitism report - but has insisted there is "no reason for a civil war" in the party.

Paris has seen hundreds of miles of traffic jams as people tried to leave the city ahead of France's new national lockdown.