News

Nominate a neighbour that goes above and beyond for your community for the Neighbour of the Year Award 2020.

The Cheshire Neighbourhood Watch Association (CNWA) is looking for nominations for their second Neighbourhood Awards and nominations close at midnight on 30th September 2020.

Residents, sports clubs and fitness customers are invited to help shape the future of leisure services delivered by Brio Leisure in West Cheshire.

Cheshire Police has today launched its new approach to community policing, which will see dedicated police officers assigned to each of the county’s 122 policing areas to tackle crime and support communities.

Police are asking the public to help them trace a 25-year-old from Chester who is wanted for failing to attend court.

United Utilities has earned praise from a UK water consumer champion after a dramatic fall in complaints.

Cheshire Police has today launched its new approach to community policing, which will see dedicated police officers assigned to each of the county’s 122 policing areas to tackle crime and support communities.

Officers investigating a fatal collision in Handforth have renewed their appeal for information.

The people of Cheshire are being urged to keep playing their part as further restrictions are introduced in the fight against coronavirus.

Helsby Quarry will be closed to visitors when work to upgrade sections of pedestrian pathways throughout the site begins on Monday 28 September.

The Council is reminding venues which serve the public in the borough that they need to print off and prominently display a new national poster, which supports the NHS Test and Trace Service.

News that two Hollywood stars want to take over Wrexham AFC has been hailed a “potential gamechanger” by the trailer firm that pledged to stick by the club as it battled the massive financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Alex Wilson is completing a fundraising event for The Blue Skies Balcony Appeal, run by Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Charitable Funds.

Residents, students and businesses are invited to help review the local impact the pandemic has had on Cheshire West’s economy and on post-18 education, training/employment opportunities, and to suggest any areas which need additional support.

Roman stone blocks found in excavations during the Chester Northgate’s construction are to be used to repair the city walls.

Cheshire West and Chester Council is working with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to contact businesses across the borough to make sure they are COVID-secure to help tackle COVID-19.

Cheshire West and Chester Council is encouraging pupils across the borough to cycle to school during this year’s national Bike to School Week (28 September to 2 October 2020).

Detectives are appealing for information and footage from members of the public following an arson attack in Ellesmere Port.

Local counsellor and teacher Kate Blakemore is looking to forge new opportunities for women and girls by bringing together a diverse range of speakers for a very special one-day event to mark the International Day of the Girl on 9th October.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding customers that time is running out to register for Self Assessment.

Jose Mourinho revealed how Tottenham were forced to move the goalposts ahead of their Europa League qualifying win over Shkendija.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says he considered leaving Arsenal but the chance to improve under Mikel Arteta convinced him to sign a new contract.

Lewis Hamilton expects new guidelines to be issued around the messaging that can be displayed by drivers after he wore a T-shirt at the Tuscan GP about the shooting of Breonna Taylor.

Marland Yarde put out a strongly-worded tweet a month ago condemning the treatment of some of his South African team-mates at Sale who had received death threats after choosing not to take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Former Australia cricketer and commentator Dean Jones has died from a heart attack in Mumbai at the age of 59.

The UK has reported 6,634 new coronavirus cases - the highest daily total ever recorded.

Rishi Sunak has unveiled a new scheme to support wages during the pandemic but admitted that it will leave many facing an uncertain future.

Thousands of GPs and nurses are being forced to stay off work as they cannot get tested for COVID-19, the professional body for general practitioners has said.

At Cairncross House in Glasgow, there is a steady stream of supermarket delivery trucks arriving.

The acting head of the UK's court service has apologised to a black barrister who was mistaken for a defendant three times in one day.

Tennis champion Boris Becker has denied a string of criminal charges over his bankruptcy - as he was told he could face seven years in jail if found guilty.

Italy's president has hit back at Boris Johnson after he suggested the UK had higher coronavirus infection rates because it was a more "freedom-loving country".

Morrisons has become the first supermarket chain to reinstate rationing on essential goods after evidence that some customers were stockpiling.

Wrexham fans are pinching themselves over potential Hollywood investment from actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

Bafta has announced a major shake-up of its film awards but says it can't guarantee there won't be a repeat of this year's all white and all male shortlists.

Donald Trump has been booed and heckled while paying his respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose death has triggered a political row.

Italy's president has hit back at Boris Johnson after he suggested the UK had higher coronavirus infection rates because it was a more "freedom-loving country".

A speedboat skims across the waters of the Piquiri river in central Brazil; on board are a group of vets and animal trackers.

Israel's government has voted to tighten a week-old national lockdown as figures reveal the extraordinary extent of the country's coronavirus challenge.

A South Korean government official was shot and killed by troops in North Korea who set his body on fire over fears he might be carrying coronavirus, officials in Seoul have claimed.

European Union health officials are urging member nations to move quickly to slow the latest wave of COVID-19 infections to avoid a repeat of the broad lockdowns that paralysed the continent's economy in the spring.

Scientists have solved the mystery of Jupiter's polygon storms, which were first spotted by NASA's Juno space probe in 2019.

A man accused of being Australia's Claremont serial killer has been found guilty of murdering two young women in the 1990s.

Denmark, Slovakia and Iceland have been added to England and Wales' travel quarantine lists - meaning travellers returning from 4am on Saturday will have to self-isolate for two weeks.

The UK is preparing sanctions for human rights violations in Belarus, the foreign secretary has said.

Michael Kiwanuka has won this year's Mercury Prize with his self-titled third album.

An episode of Britain's Got Talent in which Alesha Dixon wore a Black Lives Matter necklace has led to 1,900 complaints to Ofcom.

George Clooney says he's "ashamed" of America's criminal justice system after the decision was made not to charge officers for causing the death of Breonna Taylor.

Bafta has announced a major shake-up of its film awards but says it can't guarantee there won't be a repeat of this year's all white and all male shortlists.

Zayn Malik has confirmed the birth of his baby daughter with girlfriend Gigi Hadid.

Rishi Sunak has unveiled a new scheme to support wages during the pandemic but admitted that it will leave many facing an uncertain future.

An NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app has launched across England and Wales.

A speedboat skims across the waters of the Piquiri river in central Brazil; on board are a group of vets and animal trackers.

An amateur German football team lost a match 37-0 after they socially distanced from their opponents due to concerns about the coronavirus.

Italy's president has hit back at Boris Johnson after he suggested the UK had higher coronavirus infection rates because it was a more "freedom-loving country".

The upward trend in positive cases continues in the latest statistics for Test and Trace, which show that 19,278 new people in England tested positive between 10 September and 16 September.

Battered by coronavirus, bemused by a summer of mixed messages and befuddled by the latest Brexit contortions, business was looking to the Chancellor for an effective, equitable and practical package of support.

Sir Keir Starmer has a clear strategy when it comes to Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party and that came through pitch perfect this week when he gave his first conference speech as the Labour leader.

At Cairncross House in Glasgow, there is a steady stream of supermarket delivery trucks arriving.

There's a colour and a life to Mercato Metropolitano.

The government has faced fresh calls to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia as ministers were accused of "turning a blind eye" to war crimes in Yemen.

A Hong Kong-based private equity firm has stepped into the refinancing of Clarks, the shoe retailer, as part of talks that could lead to the chain ending two centuries of majority family ownership.

The UK is preparing sanctions for human rights violations in Belarus, the foreign secretary has said.

A humpback whale that made a wrong turn and entered a crocodile-infested river in Australia has managed to escape back to sea.

Morrisons has become the first supermarket chain to reinstate rationing on essential goods after evidence that some customers were stockpiling.

Jose Mourinho revealed how Tottenham were forced to move the goalposts ahead of their Europa League qualifying win over Shkendija.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says he considered leaving Arsenal but the chance to improve under Mikel Arteta convinced him to sign a new contract.

Lewis Hamilton expects new guidelines to be issued around the messaging that can be displayed by drivers after he wore a T-shirt at the Tuscan GP about the shooting of Breonna Taylor.

Marland Yarde put out a strongly-worded tweet a month ago condemning the treatment of some of his South African team-mates at Sale who had received death threats after choosing not to take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Former Australia cricketer and commentator Dean Jones has died from a heart attack in Mumbai at the age of 59.