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Lockdown business idea blossoms for North West student entrepreneur winner.

Funding from Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner will enable two groups to start Covid-secure activities for vulnerable members of the community in Ellesmere Port and Neston.

Residents in Cheshire West and Chester are strongly urged to continue stay at home to help reduce COVID-19 infection rates even further prior to schools opening.

The Barnston Estate, one of Cheshire’s oldest family estates, has been announced as the runner-up in this year’s prestigious Rural Business Awards.

Cheshire’s largest provider of post-16 education is hosting a Virtual Open Day this month for local learners to get a feel for College life.

Home Instead Chester is celebrating extraordinary client satisfaction scores, by achieving a client advocacy score of 90%. The outstanding results come a year into one of the toughest crises the social care sector has ever seen.

Dog owners in Cheshire are being invited to have their say on dog thefts by police and crime commissioner David Keane.

Residents are being urged to continue to stay at home ahead of the first phase of relaxation of coronavirus lockdown restrictions next month.

Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart has paid tribute to the people of Wales in his St David’s Day message.

Chester FC can provide an update to season ticket holders after the 2020/21 National League North season was declared null and void.

The curtailment of the 2020/21 season is an opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months and the immense challenges we have faced as a football club.

Chester FC is pleased to announce the Deva Stadium pitch will be available to hire for a limited time once grassroots football restarts.

A 35-year-old man from Chester has been jailed and handed a Criminal Behaviour Order after making a series of hoax 999 calls to police.

Police have charged two men in connection with bicycle thefts that occurred in Chester.

Response to accusations of Politicking made by council leadership - We have a right of reply to accusations made of politicking by Cllr’s Shore and Bryan made in recent press articles and during last Thursday’s council meeting following which we called for the councillor’s resignations for failing residents.

A police boss has hit out after “extremely disappointing news” that frontline officers won’t be given priority for Covid jabs.

Police leaders in Cheshire are calling on the government to reconsider its decision to not prioritise police officers for the Covid-19 vaccine.

Eddisbury MP Edward Timpson has welcomed the Government’s Vaccines Delivery Plan – the biggest vaccination programme in British history – that sets ambitious targets as the Government continues to ramp up its vaccine rollout.

Cheshire West & Chester Conservatives vote against the Labour Administration’s 21/22 Budget and maximum Council Tax increase at Full Council last night.

A primary school in Chester which was facing closure is now looking forward to a more optimistic future after its governing body came up with a plan to save it.

Former Liverpool and Scotland striker Ian St John has died at the age of 82.

Mercedes have revealed a first look at the W12 car which Lewis Hamilton will bid to win a record-breaking eighth Formula 1 world championship with this year.

Gordon Elliott will not be permitted to have runners in Britain until the conclusion of an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board investigation into an image on social media that showed the Grand National-winning trainer sitting on a dead horse on his gallops.

Ex-Anfield captain Steven Gerrard has called Ian St John, who has died at the age of 82, a 'Liverpool icon'.

The first assessment of the Brazilian variant of COVID-19, newly identified in the UK, shows it may spread more easily - and evade the immune system.

Boris Johnson has said he would "love" to see the UK host the 2030 World Cup.

Former Liverpool star and TV pundit Ian St John has died aged 82.

The British Horseracing Authority has been made aware of a video circulating, showing a man jumping onto the back of a dead horse.

Former Conservative leader William Hague has thrown his weight behind calls for tax rises at this week's budget in order to deal with Britain's huge COVID spending.

Ant Middleton has left SAS: Who Dares Wins, and Channel 4 has said it will not work with the star again following discussions over his "personal conduct".

The chancellor is expected to give £408m to help museums, theatres and galleries to reopen in England as coronavirus restrictions ease.

The booming online fashion empire Boohoo and many of its suppliers are facing the possibility of a United States import ban because of widespread allegations over the use of slave labour.

A man who claims he has fathered dozens of children by offering sperm donations online says demand has risen during the coronavirus pandemic.

A university has been told to pay a student £5,000 in compensation for lost teaching time during the first coronavirus lockdown.

A group of girls who were abducted from a boarding school in Nigeria have been released and are "safe", reports say.

An international row has reignited over the use of anal COVID swab tests for foreigners in China.

Boris Johnson has said he would "love" to see the UK host the 2030 World Cup.

Scientists say they have confirmed the existence of space hurricanes, with a 600 mile-wide mass spotted above the North Pole.

The UK will discuss with the EU the bloc's proposals to create a vaccine passport that could allow people to travel more freely in time for the summer holidays.

France has approved use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in people with existing health problems aged between 65 and 74.

A painting by Sir Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie has been sold for £8.285m.

Barring the golden domes of its church, Correctional Facility No 2 (IK-2) in the town of Pokrov, 60 miles east of Moscow, is utterly unprepossessing. 

The Queen has unveiled a statue of herself in Australia, despite being thousands of miles away in Windsor Castle.

Police have made a number of arrests after searching the offices of Spanish football giants FC Barcelona.

Ant Middleton has left SAS: Who Dares Wins, and Channel 4 has said it will not work with the star again following discussions over his "personal conduct".

The Download Festival has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic for the second year running, its "heartbroken" organisers have said.

The man who was walking Lady Gaga's three dogs when he was shot as thieves stole two of them says he had "a very close call with death".

Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has announced she is pregnant with her third child.

Taylor Swift has criticised a Netflix show for containing a joke about her which the singer called "lazy" and "deeply sexist".

A group of girls who were abducted from a boarding school in Nigeria have been released and are "safe", reports say.

The business secretary has told MPs he is "very hopeful" of a deal with Vauxhall's parent company to secure the future of the Ellesmere Port factory.

A single shot of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalisation among the over 80s, according to Public Health England (PHE).

The first assessment of the Brazilian variant of COVID-19, newly identified in the UK, shows it may spread more easily - and evade the immune system.

Small businesses will be given help to boost their software and training under a Help to Grow scheme to be announced in Wednesday's budget.

A meteor lit up the sky over the UK on Sunday night, wowing amateur stargazers who were lucky enough to see the phenomenon.

Rishi Sunak should use this Budget to ditch the government's pensions triple lock, lift taxes on older voters and should be wary of raising corporation taxes, according to former chancellor Ken Clarke.

Former Conservative leader William Hague has thrown his weight behind calls for tax rises at this week's budget in order to deal with Britain's huge COVID spending.

The man who was walking Lady Gaga's three dogs when he was shot as thieves stole two of them says he had "a very close call with death".

There is an adage from the world of terrorism that equally applies to the emerging new variants of COVID-19.

Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, will this week welcome a report that will call for major reforms to the London stock market's listings regime in a bid to encourage more technology 'unicorns' to go public in the UK.

Twitter is expanding its use of warning labels, targeting tweets that contain misleading details about coronavirus vaccines.

France has approved use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in people with existing health problems aged between 65 and 74.

A rare cactus from the Amazon rainforest has flowered for the first time in the UK - and for one night only.

The Queen has unveiled a statue of herself in Australia, despite being thousands of miles away in Windsor Castle.

Former Liverpool and Scotland striker Ian St John has died at the age of 82.

Mercedes have revealed a first look at the W12 car which Lewis Hamilton will bid to win a record-breaking eighth Formula 1 world championship with this year.

Gordon Elliott will not be permitted to have runners in Britain until the conclusion of an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board investigation into an image on social media that showed the Grand National-winning trainer sitting on a dead horse on his gallops.

Ex-Anfield captain Steven Gerrard has called Ian St John, who has died at the age of 82, a 'Liverpool icon'.