Local News from Wednesday, August 5th, 2026

A six-week consultation between Wednesday 5th August and Wednesday 16 September will consider the expansion of Moving Traffic Enforcement by automatic number plate recognition to eleven potential locations across Cheshire West and Chester, from which four sites will initially be selected.

Local schoolchildren have helped bring the story of Bettisfield Colliery to life through a unique art and history project, creating a series of colourful murals that celebrate the site's industrial past, its natural environment and its exciting future as a community hub.