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Flintshire County Council are planning to close St David’s Catholic Primary School in Mold, St Anthony’s in Saltney, St Mary’s in Flint and St Richard Gwyn High School in Flint and build a £55 million superschool for pupils aged 3-18 on the site of St Richard Gwyn.

A man has been jailed after assaulting a teenager and stealing his phone.

A schoolboy who raised over £2,000 for young patients at the Countess of Chester Hospital has returned to the children’s ward to see exactly what his fundraising helped to buy.

Samantha Dixon, Member of Parliament for Chester North and Neston, has celebrated World Book Day by visiting local schools and libraries as part of her commitment to visit every library across the constituency during the National Year of Reading.

Residents are leading an initiative to restore formal borders at Water Tower Gardens in Chester.

Chester Racecourse is delighted to announce that a record-breaking £35,000 was raised at last year’s Lord Mayor’s Fireworks Extravaganza, and that £10,000 of the money raised will be donated to Storyhouse to support an exciting new arts programme benefitting the local community.

An exciting new employment support programme has just become available across Cheshire and Warrington to help people overcome barriers to work and move into paid, meaningful employment.

Wirral Hospice St John’s will benefit from a £1,250 boost after being crowned the UK’s favourite charity at the 2026 Park Christmas Savings Community Awards.

Cheshire Constabulary is urging residents to stay vigilant following reports of scammers targeting people in the county.

A Wirral man who took money from multiple clients but did not complete roofing and renovation work has been sentenced to 32 months imprisonment.

The organisers of the Cheshire Woman of the Year Awards have marked this year’s International Women’s Day by celebrating four decades of local female role models and supporting children’s charities including the NSPCC.

Residents are being invited to share their views on Cheshire West and Chester Council and Brio’s plans for the redevelopment of Frodsham Leisure Centre.

A £200,000 community fundraising effort has transformed eye care at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, with the arrival of a brand new retinal scanner that will make tests quicker, easier and more accurate for thousands of patients.

An operation aimed safeguarding children and vulnerable people took place across Cheshire last week.

Cheshire Constabulary will be deploying Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology in Chester city centre on Thursday 5 March, marking the first use of the LFR van in the county.

Here's the latest results from the Chester and Wirral Football League...

Officers have arrested a 23-year-old man following a pursuit in Chester.

Final rehearsals are underway for two special Mother's Day concerts at Chester Town Hall, which will feature one of the city's most popular musicians and an orchestra of no fewer than 20 musicians.

Patients receiving care at the Countess of Chester Hospital – including those having surgery, cancer treatment, tests to investigate symptoms, or urgent procedures – can now be assured that the equipment used meets the highest safety standards in the NHS.

Chester glowed green last night as hundreds of people took part in a special walk to raise funds for Clatterbridge Cancer Charity.

One in seven high street businesses in a survey said they have gone cashless in the past year..

The US-Israeli war with Iran has entered its seventh day as the first Government-chartered plane evacuating British nationals from the region touched down in the UK..

Famous names from the world of food, Dame Prue Leith, Delia Smith and Stanley Tucci, are backing a call to get children cooking at primary school..

Thousands of investors were “within touching distance” of being Isa millionaires in 2023 according to a money app, with many likely to have now surpassed this milestone to add to the more than 5,000 million pound Isa savers already in existence..