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Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire, John Dwyer, is urging community groups to submit their applications for the Community Action Fund before Thursday’s deadline.

A six-a-side football tournament, among MPs and staff, has helped to kick-start a renewed bid to champion a male weight loss effort.

New and established business owners are being invited to a new course offering a new way of thinking and practical ways to get their ideas off the ground.

Rehearsals are underway as a local theatre company prepares to bring a play with a spooky flavour to the stage in Chester.

The Dodson & Horrell Bolesworth International Horse Show will be welcoming an impressive line-up of well known showjumpers to Bolesworth this week. They will be competing against each other and high profile event riders during the show.

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Over 40 artists are planning to sell their work during a three-day floral, arts and crafts exhibition in Bunbury to help raise money towards the upkeep of the village’s stunning, 702-year-old church.

Chester FC Community Trust has celebrated the opening of its new state-of-the-art sports hub with a special event on Friday, 24th June.

The main police stand secured the runner up rosette for Best Trade Stand at this year’s show.

The Police and Crime Commissioner has welcomed Deafness Support Network to Police HQ for an event to celebrate the launch of 999 BSL, a service that will enable British Sign Language users to contact the UK emergency services in their first language.

The importance of making an early diagnosis of breast cancer has been stressed by a local MP.

HS2 is a planned new high-speed rail link in the United Kingdom, the first phase is between London and the West Midlands, and a second phase between the West Midlands and Manchester.

Eight new BT cabinets have been transformed into colourful murals within the city centre.

Retired school teacher Brigid Night and her friend Chris Hansen Jones are to ride a tandem bike non-stop for 24 hours through the Cheshire and Shropshire countryside on 23 July to fundraise for a cause close to Brigid's heart

Geoff Hughes Butchers is one of several stallholders that will transfer from Chester Market to the £72m Northgate site later this year, with the support of Mackenzie Jones Solicitors.

Cheshire West and Chester Council has worked with travel partners to arrange free travel for Armed Forces personnel and veterans for Armed Forces Day this weekend.

The High Sheriff's Platinum Proms event at Chester Cathedral on 8th July promises to be a wonderful celebration of Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee - and now you can join in from the comfort of your own home!

Ukrainians fleeing conflict by staying with family in Cheshire West and Chester are offered support to help them settle into the borough.

This year Cheshire West and Chester Council has funded £175,000 of improvements to public rights of way (PROW) at locations across the borough, £50,000 more than was planned at the beginning of the financial year.

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This year marks the 40th anniversary of Neighbourhood (Home) Watch’s launch in Mollington, Cheshire in 1982.

July 18th has been announced as the long-awaited opening date of the new Chester care village by the not-for-profit organisation Belong, internationally acclaimed for its track record in transforming settings and support for people with dementia.

Britain and its allies face their "1937 moment" following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and must do everything possible to avert another world war, the new head of the Army is set to signal.

A woman has died and a man has life-threatening injuries after a house in Birmingham was destroyed in a gas explosion.

Police have named the woman found dead in Ilford, east London, in the early hours of Sunday and revealed they have arrested a man on suspicion of her murder.

Boris Johnson's legislation to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol has cleared its first Commons hurdle.

A "dangerous" and violent man who carried out one of the worst campaigns of abuse a court had ever seen has been jailed for 18 and a half years.

Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts has announced that she has been given the all-clear from cancer.

The Queen has travelled to Edinburgh for a ceremony at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Britain's Andy Murray, Emma Raducanu and Cameron Norrie have all made it through to the second round at Wimbledon as the grass court tournament got under way.

A driver who allegedly tried to avoid paying for parking at Stansted Airport had his car seized by police when he got stuck.

UK households could be offered discounts on their energy bills if they use less gas and electricity at certain times.

Britain and its allies face their "1937 moment" following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and must do everything possible to avert another world war, the new head of the Army is set to signal.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned Russian forces as "scumbag terrorists" after their "calculated" missile strike on a shopping centre in Ukraine.

A poisonous chlorine gas explosion at the port of Aqaba in Jordan is said to have killed at least 13 people and injured 250.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he wants the war in Ukraine to be over by the start of winter, as he urged Western leaders to send anti-aircraft systems and increase sanctions on Russia.

NATO will significantly increase the number of forces on high alert to over 300,000 from 40,000 as part of the biggest overhaul of the alliance's defences since the Cold War.

At least one person has died and 10 people have been hurt after a tornado swept through a historic town in the Netherlands.

People in France should wear masks again in crowded areas, particularly if they are on public transport, to help tackle a new COVID-19 wave, according to the country's health minister.

US basketball star Brittney Griner has been ordered to stand trial in Russia on Friday on cannabis possession charges.

Forensic samples taken from 21 underage teenagers who died in a mysterious incident at a South African nightclub are being sent for analysis, police have said.

Beijing said the city would persist with its zero-COVID policies "over the next five years", although it quickly removed reference to a time period in the announcement.

A pub owner has said it felt like Glastonbury had been brought to him after Coldplay frontman Chris Martin stopped by and played the piano for lucky bargoers.

Fans got to see the likes of (deep breath) Billie Eilish, Sir Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Rodrigo, Lorde, Megan Thee Stallion, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Primal Scream, Ghetts, Self Esteem, Charli XCX, Little Simz, Burna Boy, Foals, Idles and Skunk Anansie.… and the list goes on. 

Glastonbury closed with rapper Kendrick Lamar making a dramatic statement apparently referencing the US Supreme Court ruling on abortion, wearing a crown of thorns as fake blood poured from his face.

Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts has announced that she has been given the all-clear from cancer.

Cast your mind back 25 years. Hanson's MMMbop was number one, Titanic topped the box office, and Tony Blair had just been elected PM.

Boris Johnson is capable of winning the next general election, a cabinet colleague has insisted, as he claimed the ability to look forward is "a good thing" after the prime minister said he was eyeing a third term.

Boris Johnson's legislation to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol has cleared its first Commons hurdle.

Boris Johnson has said he is not worried Conservative MPs could be plotting to remove him while he is out of the UK at the G7 summit.

A woman has died and a man has life-threatening injuries after a house in Birmingham was destroyed in a gas explosion.

Government plans allowing ministers powers to override parts of the post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland could become law "fairly rapidly", Boris Johnson has suggested.

Western leaders appeared relaxed as they started their three-day G7 summit in Germany, with Boris Johnson joking about the group being "tougher" than Vladimir Putin, while also showing a united front in their response to his Ukraine invasion.

A poisonous chlorine gas explosion at the port of Aqaba in Jordan is said to have killed at least 13 people and injured 250.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned Russian forces as "scumbag terrorists" after their "calculated" missile strike on a shopping centre in Ukraine.

The space tourism of Richard Branson, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos could undo the progress made to heal the ozone layer, scientists have said.

The Queen has travelled to Edinburgh for a ceremony at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Cast your mind back 25 years. Hanson's MMMbop was number one, Titanic topped the box office, and Tony Blair had just been elected PM.

At least one person has died and 10 people have been hurt after a tornado swept through a historic town in the Netherlands.

UK households could be offered discounts on their energy bills if they use less gas and electricity at certain times.

Russia has reportedly missed a deadline to pay investors of its international bonds, a scenario that would place it in default for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

Tom Daley is "furious" over world swimming bosses' decision to ban transgender athletes from elite women's competitions.

In Gee Chun claimed a one-shot victory at the Women's PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club after Lexi Thompson bogeyed two of her final three holes.

Marizanne Kapp rallied South Africa with a superb century after England's debutants had helped shred the Proteas' top order on day one of the one-off Women's Test at Taunton.

Formula 1 is coming home this weekend with the famous British Grand Prix set to provide a sporting spectacle live on Sky Sports, as an in-form Max Verstappen, home favourites including Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, and a bumper crowd descend on Silverstone for more drama.

Adam Azim needed just 66 seconds to stop Anthony Loffet and claim the WBC Youth Inter-Continental super-lightweight title.

The era of 'Bazball' is here - and England are a team transformed! It's been a perfect start under the new regime with world Test champions New Zealand swept 3-0 but how did Brendon McCullum's charges fare individually?