A BARE-FOOTED woman driver with a child in the vehicle was involved in a crash on the A483 between Chester and Wrexham and then later came to a sudden halt and parked up on the inside lane.
THE Secret Life of the Zoo has made a welcome return to the nation’s TV screens.
Plans to develop a new academy on the site of an existing school in Chester have been given the go-ahead despite concerns over parking. Christleton International Studio (CIS) has been operating in surplus space within Queen’s Park High School (QPHS) since September last year.
SERVING soldiers and veterans slept on the streets of Chester over the weekend as part of a nationwide event to raise awareness and money for the veterans charity, Launchpad. Following a successful ‘Rough Sleep’ last year in Newcastle, which raised over £4,000, this year’s event went national with sleep-outs organised in eight towns and cities across the country.
A ‘body and mind’ charity evening at Chester Racecourse has been hailed a “great success”. PositiveFest 2018, organised by a group of friends from Chester, has raised £2,200 for the mental health charity, Mind.
A mother and her teenage daughter have trekked across the Sahara Desert to raise money for an Alzheimer’s charity. Amber Jeffrey, 15, and her mum Helen, 45, both from Ellesmere Port, were inspired to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK after Amber’s great aunt was diagnosed with the disease.
A controversial application to develop a building within Alexandra Park in Hoole has been approved by Cheshire West and Chester Council. Permission to add a single story extension and detached garage to Alexandra Park Lodge was granted to the applicant, Stephen Cooper, at a meeting of the planning committee.
A MAN from Chester has been jailed for a string of offences that included shoplifting and assaulting a police officer whilst still on probation for previous convictions. Robert John Murphy, 32, of Wordsworth Crescent, Blacon, pleaded guilty to three charges of theft from a shop as well as assaulting and obstructing a police officer.
A 'NUISANCE home' in Blacon has been boarded up by police after officers successfully secured a closure order. Magistrates granted the order during a hearing in Chester this morning after hearing about issues associated with the property at 65, Hatton Road.
