MORE than £400,000 has been spent by the council fighting planning appeals since 2015, data shows.

THE death of Sarah Everard has triggered a public outcry about the safety of women and how offences against them are dealt with.

HANDFORTH parish councillors have formally declared their opposition to a proposed merger with Wilmslow Town Council.

THERE is ‘a high chance’ of a fourth wave of Covid-19 cases in Cheshire East if residents do not follow government guidance, according to the council leader.

NEW pumping equipment should be installed at Barons Quay and Dock Road in Northwich, according to council leader Louise Gittins.

TONY Mitchell never got his hands on the national FA award he won last year – but the Winsford football coach will be honoured posthumously tonight.

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MORE than £1 million of investment is coming to Cheshire West’s rural bus network.

A TEENAGER from Leftwich has raised more than £700 for charity after his dad suffered a stroke last year.

A GRATEFUL family has paid thanks to Frank Roberts and Sons employees who lined the road to say goodbye to a much-loved colleague, who died after battling cancer and coronavirus.

A NINE-YEAR-OLD Sunderland fan from Northwich has got his trophy wish – and much more besides.

ACROSS Cheshire East and West, there are 43 BT phone boxes available for communities to adopt for £1.

THE 1874 COLUMN – by club secretary Vicki England

CHATTY children at Weaverham Primary Academy have enjoyed special ‘friendship groups’ to help them catch up on some fun missed during lockdown.

The Money Saving Expert was speaking with co-host, Angelica Bell on this week's instalment of ITV's The Martin Lewis Money Show. 

THE owners of Wharf Cottage in Weaverham have received rousing support from neighbours over their plans to demolish and rebuild an exact replica of their home.

SIX men have pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of pounds worth of items from supermarkets across the UK.

JUST over 50 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Cheshire on Monday, March 15.

A MOTORIST was taken to hospital with head injuries after his car left a motorway on the outskirts of Chester.

NEARLY a quarter of care home staff in Cheshire West and Chester have not been vaccinated against Covid-19.

A BLOCKED drain is still overflowing with water 'cascading' down Saxons Lane in Northwich nearly three months after it was reported to the council.

THIS exquisite country estate set in 25 acres of award-winning gardens with its very own helipad is our property of the week.

CHOCOLATE shop Thorntons has announced plans to permanently shut its 61 stores with more than 600 jobs affected.

THIS year the clocks go forward at 1am on March 28.

NO-ONE should feel ashamed or worried if they need help, says Mid Cheshire Foodbank.

A HUB has been set up in Northwich to give out free PPE to unpaid carers who do not live in the same household as the person they are caring for.

The warning backs Chris Whitty’s prediction of a new deadly surge in coronavirus cases in the UK.

Royal Mail said that it has processed an unprecedented volume of parcels in the past year.

Changes are being made to certain laws next month from minimum wage to statutory sick pay.

RECYCLING rates in Cheshire West have fallen over the last five years, new data shows.

THIS spacious detached house overlooking Vale Royal Golf Course is our property of the week.

MANY families in Cheshire have been devastated by the loss of a loved one to coronavirus.

HAPPY Mother’s Day to the best mums in town.

THE M6 had to be closed temporarily in both directions this morning after a stray dog wandered on to the busy road.

Due to uncertainty over travelling further afield due to the pandemic, there has been a surge in interest in more local summer holiday destinations.

Here are the best and worst Easter egg deals in UK supermarkets.

WEEK one of step one of the road map is done. Schools are back, care homes are allowing designated visitors, and Cheshire has taken its first tentative step back to normality.

OUR high streets have long been a source of unique, specialist and independent traders, and many have gone above and beyond during the Covid-19 lockdown.

SEVERAL local businesses have seen their donated products being creatively 're-used' by imaginative volunteers in Transition Northwich.

Guardian beauty columnist and owner of The Cheshire Beauty Barn Emma Wilkinson answers your lockdown beauty questions

SOME say that records are made to be broken - and these Cheshire residents did exactly that.

IF you’ve missed your live music fix over the past 12 months – and frankly, who hasn’t? – then Rare Vitamin Records Annual Diversion could be just thing you need post-lockdown.

Prince William admitted the brothers had not spoken since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Oprah Winfrey interview.

Vigils have been organised in Edinburgh, London, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham and more locations, under the banner Reclaim These Streets.

A SECOND man has now been charged after an armed robbery at Knutsford bank last Friday (March 5).

MIDDLEWICH Folk and Boat Festival has been cancelled due to Covid restrictions.

THE number of Covid-19 patients in Cheshire’s hospitals continues to fall, according to the latest NHS England data.

NORTHWICH MP Mike Amesbury’s proposed law to slash the cost of school uniforms has moved a step closer to becoming reality.

I subscribe to the saying my dear, departed grandmother often uttered: ‘How can you tell when politicians are lying…you can see their lips move’.

RESIDENTS in Weaverham say they are 'bitterly disappointed' with the section 19 report put forward by Cheshire West and Chester Council in response to 2019 floods.