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PUPILS at Tattenhall Park Primary School raised more than £165 by holding a sponsored swim for the Injury Minimization Programme for Schools (IMPS).
TARPORLEY Home Watch is to be relaunched after a successful first meeting by the village PCSO.
CHESHIRE fire service were called to Grosvenor Park in Chester this afternoon after an eight-year-old boy got his leg stuck in a climbing frame.
ROYAL Mail have changed the collection times of many rural post boxes around Chester ? without telling customers.
COMMUTERS and shoppers making their way into the city centre for the next two weeks can look forward to a series of traffic delays and roadworks.
A PROTEST is taking place next Friday over the future of a volunteer medic service covering rural Cheshire.
A FATHER whose shotgun went off at home after he argued with his daughter has escaped trial.
PIGEON campaigners have labelled Chester City Council the worst in Britain and condemned a cull of the birds last year as ?barbaric?.
BLACON is celebrating this weekend with its annual festival.
TWO men have been arrested following a series of drugs raids in Lache.
A RURAL rector is reaching out to the community - by holding his Sunday service in a pub.
ONE of Chester?s oldest pubs is the star of a new television programme next week.
A SOLDIER taking part in the Lord Mayor?s Parade in Chester said officers were ?extremely honoured? to be taking part.
A PROLIFIC distraction burglar who targeted homes across Cheshire was jailed for two years at Chester Crown Court.
CITY workers are to be specially trained in disability awareness as part of preparations for hosting a Unison conference.
A THIEF stole a £25 box of chocolates for an Easter present for his girlfriend because there was a ?large queue and no security staff?.
ARE you carrying funny money? That?s the question being asked by bobbies in Chester who have seen an increase in the number of counterfeit notes in the city.
COMMUTERS and OAPs who use Sealand Road Park & Ride in Chester have bombarded the city council over a proposed initiative aimed at encouraging car-sharing.
AN ELDERLY woman collapsed while waiting for a bus in Chester.
POLICE arrested three men after a fight outside a Chester night club on Saturday.
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People in Chester are being warned about counterfeit notes circulating in the city following a spate of incidents in recent weeks.
A teenage girl was subjected to a serious sexual assault after being dragged into a field in Chester.
Trains in Chester are delayed after a huge fire near a railway line in the city centre.
BBC News reports on two donkeys who are being used in a remote village to help residents fed up with hauling their shopping up a steep hill.
Anti-abortion campaigners stage a silent protest in Chester.
Temporary bracing is put in place to prevent any further collapse of Chester's historic walls.
Keepers at Chester Zoo celebrate the birth of their second rare giraffe within two months.
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A 30m section of Chester city wall is cordoned off after part of the ancient monument collapsed.
A US watchdog accuses a UK hedge fund of planning to defraud mutual funds and shareholders in the US.
A painting of a scene of Chester from across the River Dee is bought by a private dealer who lives in the city.
An oil painting of a scene of Chester from across the River Dee is being sold at auction.
Two business partners accused of cheating their customers by forging and selling sports stars' signatures are found guilty.
Controversial plans to widen a stretch of the A494 in north Wales are scrapped after a public inquiry.
A man from Shropshire launches a petition to have bus services between Whitchurch and Chester restored.
Worries are voiced that devolution may erode shared services like health between Wales and England.
A woman is sent to prison for electronically stalking Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington and his wife.
An historic bridge which is one of the main routes into Chester is closing for 12 weeks.
Police are asking shoppers who took pictures of an armed robbery at a jewellers in Chester to come forward.
Taxi drivers in Chester say the lack of road markings outside the redeveloped railway station is "an accident waiting to happen".
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The FA Cup will be this year?s star attraction at the Blacon Festival on Saturday, 5 July.
Chester City Council?s Executive has given its backing to two policies designed to crackdown on benefit cheats and recover of outstanding debts.
The Lord Mayor of Chester , councillor Brian Bailey, met and presented prizes to some of the winners and runners-up of the ?Smiles? competition at his new residence in Abbey Square.
Chester City Council?s executive is to consider backing a revamped organisation aimed at boosting the local economy.
Chester City Council?s history and heritage service has joined forces with the Guild of Chester Tour Guides to run two guided walks looking at life in medieval Chester. Under the titled ?Monks, Middens and Mystery Plays?, the walks tie in with this year?s production of the Chester Mystery Plays.
Chester is to receive £2.4 million funding for cycling initiatives over the next three years following an announcement today (Thursday) by Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly.
Chester City Council is calling on budding photographers to enter a national competition as part of Love Parks Week.
Chester City Council and local schools have joined forces with parish councils and the Friends of Caldy Nature Park to develop ideas for improvements to the park.
Residents and visitors of Chester are being encouraged to enjoy free events to celebrate national Love Parks Week, which takes place between Saturday 14 and Sunday 22 June 2008.
Local aspirations to regenerate a community garden will become a reality next week thanks to funding from WREN, which distributes the Landfill Communities Funds of Waste Recycling Group Ltd.
Chester City Council is joining forces with Chester Cycling Campaign to celebrate national Bike Week, which is one of the UK's biggest cycling events.
Preparations are underway for a very special garden, arriving in Chester this week. As part of ?Cheshire?s Year of Gardens 08? a unique Cheshire Floating Garden Festival moors in Chester on June 7 and 8.
To celebrate the 2008 production of the Chester Mystery Plays, the Grosvenor Museum presents an exhibition exploring their history. The star attractions are two of the original Tudor manuscripts. It is particularly exciting and fitting that the Antichrist manuscript will be on display, as this is the first time in many years that this play will be performed as part of the Mystery cycle.
A major revamp of an underground city centre car park could soon be on the way if it is agreed to release the necessary funds at a Customer Services Executive meeting tomorrow.
Chester City Council spent £5m over the last year improving the quality of life for residents, workers and visitors and fulfilling 90% of its capital spending programme for 2007/08.
A series of walking groups organised by Chester City Council has gone from strength to strength in its bid to encourage less active people to take up a low impact activity.
A new scheme which aims to help increase recycling is being extended to Lache in Chester.
Now entering its thirteenth year; Chester in Bloom ?08 is launched this week (Thursday 22 May) at the Grosvenor Garden Centre (one of the competition sponsors), by Cllr Eleanor Johnson and Claire Binns, Marketing & Events Manager from The Grosvenor Garden Centre.
Chester City Council leader, Councillor Margaret Parker, has overseen a reshuffle of the city council?s Executive in the run up to the transfer of power to the new Cheshire West and Chester Council next spring.
A major programme of repairs at Chester Town Hall is set to begin on May 19 following a decision by the city council to go ahead with the much-needed work.

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