A handful of baby names are on their way out, according to experts – and might not make a comeback for 100 years. Girls names are apparently the most susceptible to falling out of favour as they tend to be more ‘ornamental’ and therefore follow changin…
A £300 cost of living payment will land in millions of bank accounts from next month. People on benefits will start receiving the money between October 31 and Sunday, November 19.
But people on tax credits will have to wait a little longer for their pa…
Motorists face more delays as works to repair a ‘collapsed’ Northwich[1] road has gone into a second week. And while the stretch of Shurlach Road in Lostock Gralam is expected to go on until at least the end of the week no date has been offered when it…
The collision occurred shortly before 3.45pm on Saturday, September 9, when the heavy goods vehicle caught the underside of the bridge on the A559, close to the Iron Bridge pub and the junction with Moss Road.
The A559, which is the main route into the…
Weaver Vale MP Mike Amesbury has released pictures of large roots growing within the structure of the collapsed Northwich[1] Station after becoming incensed at Network Rail comments.
Mr Amesbury read that Victorian canopies at Wilmslow Railway Station …
Weaver Vale MP Mike Amesbury is calling on Network Rail to restore the Victorian canopy at the town’s station.
The canopy was ruined when the station roof collapsed in May 2021, which he believes to be the result of large roots which had been allowed t…
Two empty units at Northwich’s Barons Quay are to reopen with new tenants later this year.
Wild Tots, a food and events venue for children, will fill the old Sticky Paws unit, while the former Barons Quay Social is set to open as the Northwich[1] outpo…
North West Trucks, part of the Greenhous Group – one of the UK’s largest DAF dealer groups – has opened a new state-of-the-art dealership in Warrington, strategically located close to the M62 and M6 motorways.
Featuring a 9-bay workshop, the newl…
An online petition has been launched calling for traffic lights to be installed at a “dangerous” Cheshire village junction branded an “accident hotspot”.
The petition lodged with Cheshire West and Chester Council[1] claims that the junction with the A5…
Protestors gathered at Northwich railway station yesterday to protest the closure of the station’s ticket office. Over 20 local residents, inculding disability campaigners, rail workers and the local MP gathered outside the station Sunday (July 16).
Un…
The council said it has successfully secured ‘positive assurances’ from bosses behind the controversial high speed rail scheme in relation to the planned section between Crewe and Manchester, part of which are set to run through the borough.
Proposed a…
Thurlus Smith was locked up earlier this week for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle drugs[1] worth hundreds of thousands of pounds into HM Prison Risley.
But the 34-year-old was also sentenced at the same hearing at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday fo…
About the £27 million bridge replacement project
The M56/A533 Expressway Bridge is a concrete bridge that carries the Chester Road combined with the A533 over the M56 motorway.
The bridge is located between junctions 11 and 12 and is a vital local link…
Water voles, the inspiration behind the character Ratty in Kenneth Graham’s The Wind in the Willows, are nationally endangered (Image: Archant)A REPORT from Cheshire Wildlife Trust accuses HS2’s nature impact assessments of being ‘amateurish’ and ‘ridd…