The increase, announced by Canal and River Trust (C&RT) on Thursday, November 13, will apply to both private boat owners and boat based businesses.

The County High School Leftwich is among 250 schools nationwide to get solar panels as publicly owned Great British Energy’s Solar for School programme.

AN inquest has opened into the sudden death of a teenage girl in Winsford.

THE Northwich and Winsford Guardian and Knutsford Guardian ‘Your Team’ bumper souvenir edition is out today – and it’s the biggest yet!

PEOPLE are being urged to use NHS services wisely.

THE number of police community support officers (PCSOs) working across Cheshire could be drastically cut to save money.

TWO students are celebrating after overcoming adversity to achieve success in higher education.

A NEW and improved short breaks service is launching for children and young people.

The Greener Pastures owner says finding a smallholding in winter big enough for her animals will be impossible.

LAST week, the nation was shown just how special a place The Joshua Tree in Northwich is.

The project, delivered by Winsford Town Council, will see Rilshaw Meadows car park's capacity double

The children from Grange Community Nursery and Primary School in Winsford attended the Women's Champions League match between Manchester United Women and Paris Saint-Germain.

The Penny Black, a Wetherspoon pub on Witton Street in Northwich, received a platinum grade in the 2025 Loo of the Year Awards.

The Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa in Tarporley has revealed its line-up of events, which includes Disco Bingo nights, tribute evenings, and a Christmas Day celebration.

Joseph Sharpes, of Chadwick Road, ploughed into the officers’ car on Crewe Road in Haslington at around 12.30pm on Saturday, June 7.

Shaun Tomlinson, Sharon Mears, Dahir Sharis, and Ilajah Cisse-Rubio were all taken into custody following a police raid at a property in Dock Road, Northwich, on July 16 last year.

A 66-bed care home creating dozens of jobs could be constructed on the site where the plug was pulled on a controversial housing scheme last year.

There are severe delays and two lanes closed after a crash on the M6 northbound in Middlewich this morning, Tuesday.

TWO young women and teenage girl have appeared in court over their roles in an 'unprovoked' attack on another teenager walking home from school.

Kids Planet, which has a nursery on Whitby Drive in Winnington, is seeking planning permission for a second building next door to its current one at the urban village’s district centre.

RESIDENTS are being urged to be extra cautious in the morning, with ice forecast.

Ahead of next week’s Budget I’ve written to Chancellor Rachel Reeves warning her to re-think her plans or she will devastate family businesses across the UK.

Martin Lewis has chosen Manchester, the city he was born in and grew up close to, for his ITV Festive Forecaster Christmas special tonight.

CHESHIRE East has renewed the licence for a Crewe sex shop despite objections from a Macclesfield councillor.

A PLANNED new Sainsbury’s Local which will create about 20 jobs in Shavington has been granted a licence to sell alcohol from 7am to 11pm every day.

PLANS have been submitted for a 40-pen cattery at Brownlow Heath Farm near Congleton.

A WOMAN has died after being hit by a van on the M6 in Cheshire.

POLICE are hunting for two men who fled the scene after a car crashed into a house in Hartford.

A BID to demolish a closed village pub and build a new building in its place has been thrown out.

A FOUR-WEEK public consultation on plans for a new Leighton Hospital in Crewe has now closed, with Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust thanking everyone who took part and shared feedback.

A NORTHWICH teenager living with Down Syndrome has been on a mission to tidy up his hometown to help the charity which has supported him for almost his whole life.

CHESHIRE East is urging elderly people who will be paying for their own care to consider their options carefully because many self-funders are running out of money due to soaring costs.

CONTROVERSIAL plans for up to 325 homes in Sandbach have been recommended for approval despite 1,100 objections and a 2,135-signature petition.

A LUNCHTIME recital is being given in Knutsford by a gifted organist.

EACH week Cheshire West and Chester Council receives and makes decisions on planning applications across the borough.

AN 'enchanting' five-bed detached house on Sandiway’s so-called ‘millionaire’s row’ has been listed for offers of more than £1,850,000.

A STRETCH of the M6 has been closed following a "police incident".

EVERY week, the Northwich Guardian publishes death notices and funeral announcements from the families of loved ones who have died.

The Grange School is proud to announce its upcoming production of Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical, running at The Grange Theatre from Thursday, November 20, to Saturday, November 22.

A FINAL written warning has been issued to a male Cheshire Police acting sergeant who slapped a female junior officer’s bottom.

Luca Grzeszczak, along with his parents Vicky and Lucasz, took part in a festive photoshoot for Peacocks’ Christmas 2025 campaign.

THE police and crime commissioner for Cheshire has been branded ‘one of the starkest examples of failure’.

VISITORS had to be evacuated from a Christmas experience venue in Cheshire on Friday evening as Storm Claudia hit.

Adam’s Nursery, on Manchester Road close to B&Q, is now enrolling children from three months to school age at its fully renovated setting.

CHESHIRE’s police chief also has an important role in ensuring that professional football games are policed.

AN otter's surprise appearance at a Northwich park was captured on camera by a ‘shocked’ wildlife photographer.

Each week, we ask our budding amateur photographers to take pictures based on a theme, and this week it was close-ups.

Stuart Porter was sentenced at Warrington Magistrates' Court on Monday, November 10.

Oliver Sanchez, aka Ololon, is no stranger to wacky and experimental rock, but his new EP for the coming festive season leans more into the pop realm.

The national campaign, Give a Toy, Spread the Joy, is a collaboration between AttractionTickets.com and The Toy Appeal, a Knutsford-based charity supporting disadvantaged children across the UK.