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A SMALL blaze at the rear of DIY store in Chester was quickly extinguished by fire crews.
RESIDENTS are being invited to a public consultation event to discuss the development of a masterplan to redevelop the former Saighton Camp in Chester.
DRIVERS are being advised that an electrical transformer is due to be moved from Ellesmere Port to Stafford.
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after two men were robbed and assaulted in Chester on Wednesday, May 7 over a case of beer.
POLICE are looking for a male who deliberately punched a wing mirror to a car parked on Kilmorey Park Road, Chester on Wednesday evening, May 7.
Revealed: The bankder with the job of reviving city's fortunes.
A CHESTER women?s choir heads for London tomorrow (Saturday, May 17) hoping to win their way on to a new BBC TV talent series.
A DARING Chester mum who lost her baby to cot death will jump from a plane at 10,000 feet to try to help prevent other parents experiencing the same tragedy.
RESIDENTS are furious that a youth who allegedly stabbed a teenager through the neck in their village was given bail.
EVERYONE was a winner this week at Chester Races as crowds flocked to the Roodee to enjoy the annual May Festival in glorious sunshine.
THICK clouds of black smoke filled the air as fire ripped through a recycling plant on Deeside Industrial Park.
Tourism Experience of the Year
A RECITAL programme raised more than £4,000 in aid of St Thomas?s Church in Parkgate.
TOURIST attractions throughout Cheshire are celebrating after being short-listed for this year?s Visit Chester & Cheshire Awards.
A WOMAN at the centre of initiatives to curb domestic violence across Cheshire has won an accolade.
SOME of the region?s key employers are preparing to sleep under the stars and raise funds for homeless families.
STUDENTS from Helsby have been picked to take part in a expedition to the Amazon Rainforest.
ACCORDING to recent reports in the local press, Lib Dems vow to help save facilities at Daresbury Laboratory.
FORTY libraries throughout Cheshire welcomed new members on National Year of Reading Join a Library Day.
OLYMPIC hero Sir Matthew Pinsent was the guest of honour at a West Cheshire College gala evening
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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.
See a complete list of every council in England holding elections on 1 May 2008.
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".
A man from Chester who has been on a two-and-a-half-year 15,000-mile cycle ride makes it home for Christmas.
An historic farm with remains of a mediaeval village and a Roman town may be sold to preserve it.
Police recover a man's body from the River Dee near Chester after it is spotted by a member of the public.
There are plans to extend a shopping outlet centre on the old Ebbw Vale garden festival site.
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Second year students from the University of Chester's Archaeology programme have been exploring historic remains hidden underneath Grosvenor Park.
The next meeting of Upton Newton & Hoole Area Committee will now take place on Thursday 22nd May, not on 7th May as previously arranged.
Refuse and Pink Sack collection details for the May Day Bank Holiday Week - 5 to 10 May. Householders are advised that there will be no refuse collection service on Monday 5 May 2008. Collections will commence at 6.30am during this period. * Please put rubbish out on the first day indicated. It will be collected either on that day or the day after.
Temporary bracing has been put in place to minimise the risk of further collapse to a section of Chester?s historic walls.
The epic battle of George and the Dragon comes to Chester?s streets on Wednesday April 23 as part of Chester?s St George?s Day Celebrations. Performances at the Town Hall Square 11.00am, Eastgate Street 12.00pm
Chester City Council has closed a 30 metre section of the city walls after part of the ancient monument alongside the Grosvenor Hotel collapsed on Thursday afternoon (April 3).
Most eligible Chester residents, along with many similar residents across Cheshire, are still waiting for the delivery of their new passes for the nationwide concessionary travel scheme which came into effect from 1 April 2008.
There will be elections to the new council, Cheshire West & Chester, on the 1 May 2008.
One of the city?s best-loved open spaces will be under the spotlight next month when Chester Civic Trust presents ?The people who made Grosvenor Park?.
Six new affordable apartments are now available for rent following a £207,000 grant from Chester City Council towards a Muir Housing Association redevelopment of the former Maltby?s furniture store at 69 -71 Brook Street, Chester.
A major programme of repairs is set to get underway at Chester Town Hall this summer, following a decision by the city council?s executive to go ahead with the work.
The council offices will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday. We reopen on Tuesday 25 March at 8.30am. A 24 hour response is available on 01244 324324. Details of the ammended collection dates can also be found here.
An internal audit at Chester City Council has revealed that area committees are performing appropriately when dealing with applications and payments for grants.
Recycling rates in Lache have risen by an impressive 15% thanks to an innovative communications project.
More than 16,500 Chester residents have already applied to Chester City Council for the new free travel bus pass which comes into effect on April 1.
Chester City Council is committing almost £300k to protect the historic Rows from criminal activity and fire damage.
Feeling creative? The Grosvenor Museum is running two free workshops on Saturday (22 March) to create an art installation for their next big exhibition opening in April, ?Treasures in your Garden?.
Flats in Chester are now on recycling collection rounds thanks to a scheme being run by Chester City Council.
Changes to the law in April mean that people will no longer be able to hand in stray dogs at a police station.
Residents are being urged to have their say on the future of planning in and around Chester.
