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More than £600,000 to help tackle homelessness and rough sleeping

MORE than £600,000 will be allocated to help tackle homelessness in Cheshire West and Chester.

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Brewhouse & Kitchen building put on the market with £1.5m guide price

A GRADE II listed building in Chester city centre has been put on the market.

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Chester grandmother praises Countess staff after 'horrific' loss of two daughters

A CHESTER woman has said the ‘care and compassion’ she and her daughters received made their loss easier to bear.

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Popular Chester pub The Lock Vaults looking for new tenants

THE pub Hoole Lane is looking for new tenants less than a year after a 'complete refurbishment'.

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Concerned parent launches iPad Crowdfunder for son's Chester class

A CROWDFUNDER to help raise cash for a class iPad for a Chester school has been launched by a parent.

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TikTok star Kalani immortalised in LEGO on Chester Market visit

A TIKTOK and social media star who has been exploring the city was immortalised in LEGO at the New Market on Sunday (October 12).

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Nantwich Station: lovingly cared for by its community

John Hulme, founder and president of Cheshire Best Kept Stations, alights at a worthy award-winner in his bi-monthly series for Cheshire Life

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Countess of Chester Hospital appeal boosted by market quiz event

A CHESTER blogger has thanked attendees of his charity quiz for raising money for an appeal from the Countess hospital trust.

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Shoplifter back behind bars for thefts while on post-sentence supervision

Mohammed Ashraf, of Northwich, struck in Alderley Edge and Knutsford four times in less than two weeks last month.

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GALLERY: Chester lit up with colour, dance and music for Diwali celebrations

Chester was awash with colour, dancing and music as the city celebrated the Hindu festival

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Careless driver sentenced over three-car crash in which vehicle flipped onto roof

A CARELESS driver has been sentenced by the courts over his role in a three-car crash on the motorway.

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Chester woman who 'swerved around lanes' is banned for 12 months

CHESTER Magistrates Court has banned a Blacon woman from the road for 12 months for drink-driving.

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Paedophile had up to 200k child abuse images and shared some with other perverts

A CONVICTED paedophile has been caught possessing vile images of children being sexually abused for the third time.

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Man banned from booze until the New Year for drink-driving at wheel of van

Alexander Forrest was over the legal limit at the wheel of a van on Warrington Road, Chester, on December 14, 2024.

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See inside a detached gated home in Chester on the market for £685,000

A five-bedroom detached house within a gated development in Chester is listed for sale at £685,000.

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Chester Zoo joins forces with other zoos in pioneering project

In a bold step for global wildlife conservation, Toronto Zoo (Canada), Chester Zoo (United Kingdom) and Dublin Zoo (Ireland) today announced a strategic partnership to expand efforts in wildlife cryobanking.

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Chester's oldest basketball club receives major cash boost

Brewers Basketball, formed in 2012, have been awarded the grant from the Movement Fund Programme to establish the Brewers Juniors Basketball Club.

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Police statement on children encountering "suspicious vehicles" on Chester estate

Cheshire Police is investigating the reports made in the Blacon area

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'You can't urinate in the street': Chester magistrate's advice to drunken man

CHESTER Magistrates Court has fined a man who ignored instructions to leave the area where he had urinated in public.

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Chester sex offender to face magistrates court sentencing next month

CHESTER Magistrates Court has ordered a pre-sentence report into a man who was found with indecent images in the city.