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School Crossing Patrol Officer, Pat Markert, has celebrated 28 years of dedicated service, safely helping children cross the road outside Oldfield Primary School in Great Boughton, Chester.

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service has launched its 2026 apprentice firefighter recruitment process.

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Volunteers’ Week 2026 takes place from Monday 1st to Sunday 7th June, and Cheshire West and Chester Council is celebrating the vital contribution of more than 50,000 volunteers across the Borough.

Ellesmere Port and Bromborough MP Justin Madders joined members of Chronically Supported CIC on a walkabout to better understand the day-to-day challenges disabled people face navigating local streets and pavements.

The Art of Now is a whistle-stop tour of Modern Art, of all kinds, from painting to land art to album covers. Taking place at Chester’s Grosvenor Museum, lecture theatre on Sunday 28 June, 2pm to 3.30pm.

Eight-year-old Harvey Capewell, from Chester, is embarking on a 50 mile cycle challenge in June to raise money for The ME Association.

Over 17,000 racegoers enjoyed Roman Day at Chester Racecourse today [30th May 2026].

In the NHS nurses often go the extra mile in their line of work. However, at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP), one nurse decided to go further to pursue a passion of hers.

The family of David Tita Jr, who was sadly found dead at Pickmere Lake on Tuesday, have paid tribute to him.

Flintshire County Council is celebrating the growing impact of its nature and biodiversity work across the county, made possible by Local Places for Nature grant funding from the Welsh Government.

Two new exhibitions open in June at the Grosvenor Museum in Chester exploring local landscapes; Catherine Taylor Parry ‘Earth Stories: Plwm/Lead’ and ‘Echoes of Ancient Lands and Seas: Fossils from Cheshire’.

Three giant otter pups have started learning how to swim at Chester Zoo.

The free festival will bring together expert talks, eco stalls, workshops, arts, food and family-friendly activities across Chester Town Hall, Exchange Square and Picturehouse.

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, will be in Chester on Tuesday 2nd June, ending with an evening event in the cathedral.

Chief Constable Mark Roberts has donated £20,000 to registered charity Cheshire Crimebeat on behalf of the Constabulary ahead of Coordinator Mark Watson’s retirement.

A local MP and a Labour peer have been given a behind-the-scenes look at electric van production inside Ellesmere Port’s Vauxhall factory.

Two Chester residents have been successfully prosecuted after failing to ensure their household waste was disposed of legally and responsibly.

Police in Northwich have sadly located a body believed to be that of a missing young boy.

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An innovative open gym on the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s stroke rehabilitation ward based at Ellesmere Port Hospital is already helping patients spend more time practising their rehabilitation and supporting their recovery in a more flexible, social way.

The family of an 18-year-old student who died after being handcuffed, after being fatally stabbed by a Sikh man, have hit out at the “shocking” treatment of their son by police and called for urgent action to address a “national emergency” of knife crime..

The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds over the failed migrant deportation deal after winning an international court case..

England departed for the World Cup hoping to climb their footballing Mount Everest this summer..

John Kear, the rugby league broadcaster and former Challenge Cup-winning coach, has died at the age of 71..