Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Trading Standards officers are urging residents to do their homework if they are considering home improvements this spring. Now the warmer weather is here many people may be thinking of having building work, renovations or repairs...

Families can enjoy an imaginative, free, fun-filled afternoon on Sunday 13 May when Cheshire’s award-winning Lion Salt Works Museum, based in Northwich, joins forces with the Salt of the Earth network for another exciting Salt Sunday. A celebration of Cheshire’s huge...

With twenty-five local voluntary and community organisations working with the Council to support and protect our older and vulnerable residents, finding the right support could be confusing. A new solution, launched this month, means there will be a single phone...

Offenders carrying out Community Payback along an idyllic stretch of disused railway have been praised by Cheshire West and Chester Council for improving the popular path. Community Payback is a sentence made by the court that involves people working for a period of...

Cheshire West and Chester Council is supporting Cheshire West Voluntary Arts Network for its third arts award event to recognise and celebrate the work of the many arts groups working in their local communities. Lisa Harris, Director of Places Strategy, Cheshire West...

Cheshire West and Chester Council, in partnership with NHS clinical commissioning groups across Cheshire, Wirral and Warrington, has launched an independent care brokerage service to assist residents in finding health and social care support that best suits their...

Simon Birdsey is planning a big personal achievement in July: he will be involved in the Northwich Festival of Running. For many, this would be a normal way to stay fit. For Simon it will be much more than that because the 42 year old suffers from agoraphobia and a...

With six children, Sarah Gregory from Northwich could be described as an experienced parent. However she has found it difficult in recent years since her 15-year-old autistic daughter Rosie began self-harming. Sarah said: “Rosie is diagnosed with autism and had been...

The West Cheshire Walking Festival brings together a collection of guided walks, social groups and walking routes across Cheshire West for residents to enjoy. The free brochure brings together hundreds of walks from all over the borough, offering something for...

The A41 at Golborne Bridge, Milton Green will be closed overnight from Saturday 7 April for up to 10 days. The closure is needed to carry out essential repairs to a section of damaged sandstone wall and the edge of road by the bridge. The road will be closed around 50...

Support for families with multiple problems in the borough has been boosted by additional funding. Cheshire West and Chester Council launched a programme in 2012 to support families with multiple problems including crime, anti-social behaviour, truancy, unemployment,...

Sytchcroft Park in Neston is to be transformed by a new play area and attractive landscaping. Cheshire West and Chester Council, Neston Town Council and partners have secured funding to improve the site, now recently supported by additional funding from Adactus...

This year Cheshire West and Chester Council has no scheduled Local, Parish or Town Council elections taking place in the borough. Cheshire West and Chester Council elects all local councillors in one single election, every four years, unlike some other local...

Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Early Years Team has won a national award for more than doubling the number of eligible two year olds receiving free child care in four years. The Council’s Early Years Team won the Two Year old Award in the Childcare Works Awards...

The smallest things are proving to be among the most important for Cheshire West and Chester Council as it agrees a £20,000 fund to help staff whose babies are born prematurely. The Council is supporting The Smallest Things campaign, launched to promote the good...

Cheshire West and Chester Council is looking for an outstanding individual to succeed Gerald Meehan in the role of Chief Executive. Gerald Meehan is retiring from the position after a distinguished 32-year career in the public sector. Cheshire West and Chester Council...

Yolanda Offodile is a successful performing arts teacher and professional dancer who is thriving in her career at the age of 23. However, Yolanda’s confident persona hides a difficult childhood growing up in the care system in the borough. She was fostered at the age...

The Lord Mayor of Chester joined thousands of people across the world in a shared celebration of Commonwealth Day 2018. The Lord Mayor, Councillor Razia Daniels, raised one of around 1,000 Commonwealth flags at 10am on Monday, 12 March, as part of the Fly a Flag for...