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New figures reveal a troubling picture across Wales, with unauthorised absences in secondary schools now nearly double what they were just five years ago.

Chester FC’s fixture schedule for the 2025/26 Enterprise National League North campaign has been announced.

This Sunday (13 July) is the second Grosvenor’s Eaton Estate Charity Garden Open Day, supporting local charities by welcoming visitors to enjoy the gardens of Eaton Hall, home to the Duke and Duchess of Westminster.

Samantha Dixon, MP for Chester North and Neston, hosted a special charity walking tour through the heart of Chester, raising vital funds for the Hospice of the Good Shepherd.

A man from Ellesmere Port has been charged with multiple counts of assault and rape.

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre is now open - and here is a look at the cast bringing Jane Austen’s enchanting Pride and Prejudice to life for Chester audiences.

Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement will be hosting European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut, John McFall, for a special Lovell Lecture in conversation with the Centre’s Director, Teresa Anderson.

Flint RNLI has seen two packed weekends full of community spirit and fundraising success, bringing in a fantastic total of £2,865 to support the charity’s lifesaving work.

The Community Chest scheme offers small grants to help projects and activities that work to enrich the local Flintshire community and its residents.

Five community summer projects for young people in Chester are set to benefit from a share of more than £50,000 of criminal money from the Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s SWAP Summer Support Fund.

Writers and researchers are urged to apply for the opportunity to study and stay at the historic Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden.

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The Countess of Chester Hospital has unveiled a series of innovative new play areas in its Women and Children’s Building, set to open this summer.

Major renovation work on the roof, ceiling and walls of the 130 year-old Campbell Hall in Boughton, Chester has been successfully completed totalling around £35,000 in cost.

Samantha Dixon MP has met with the leadership team of Sanctuary Housing to discuss housing issues across Chester North and Neston — the number one concern raised by constituents.

Plans are being developed to return the Hydro Hub, a long-neglected part our heritage, back to have a useful place in the future of Chester.

People are being encouraged to help save the community hospital in Penley.

In March 2023, a review was carried out of the existing access control barriers (i.e. the A-frame barriers) in place between Chester and Queensferry that were installed as part of the North Wales coastal path project.

The Mersey Forest is celebrating a bumper planting season and the launch of their new Forest Plan – More with Trees this summer, following a busy year creating more green spaces across Cheshire and Merseyside.

A major milestone has been reached in the £14.8 million regeneration of Ellesmere Port as former council offices are demolished to make way for new housing.

A Chester youth theatre production of a much-loved musical, which had to be shelved due to the Covid pandemic, is finally set to make it to the stage.

Campaigners have made renewed calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit after the latest figures showed the number of children in affected households is approaching 1.7 million across Great Britain..

Suspensions and exclusions from schools in England have risen to a record high for recent times, Government figures show..

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has called for resident doctors to “abandon their unreasonable rush to strike” after warning NHS recovery is “fragile”..

Four young people have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the damaging cyber attacks against Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods..