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Crisis-hit Chester City FC suspended from Blue Square Premier for seven days

CRISIS-HIT Chester City have been suspended from the Blue Square Premier league for seven days, following a meeting of the Conference today (Thursday, February 11).Read

Cheshire police use Valentine’s Day to highlight domestic abuse issues

CHESHIRE Constabulary is using Valentine’s Day this year to highlight the dark issue of domestic abuse in homes across the county.Read

Marine experts on standby for potential shark birth at the Blue Planet Aquarium at Cheshire Oaks

MARINE experts at the Blue Planet Aquarium are on alert this Valentine’s weekend for the potential birth of more than 20 tropical sharks.Read

Teenager jailed after breaking into a house in Ellesmere Port

A 17-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for six months after he admitted breaking into an Ellesmere Port house.Read

Michael David Slack of Great Sutton jailed for five years for manslaughter of Martin Leffler

The family of Mr Leffler looked on in Chester Crown Court on Wednesday as Michael David Slack, 23, was sentenced to five years in prison for striking a fatal blow to his victim outside the Olde Red Lion pub, Little Sutton on December 27, 2008. It was Mr Leffler's 48th birthday.Read

Workers at Bridgewater Mill Ellesmere Port temporarily laid off

NEARLY 300 workers at Ellesmere Port’s Bridgewater Paper Mill have been ‘temporarily laid off’ after the plant was forced to halt production.Read

Bright future for Ellesmere Port Vauxhall plant as third shift introduced

VAUXHALL’S plant at Ellesmere Port will build two new cars, suffer no job cuts and have a third shift introduced in 2011.Read

Ellesmere Port soldier proposes to girlfriend after hearing his new baby son’s first cries

AN ELLESMERE Port based soldier who became a dad while fighting in Afghanistan proposed to his girlfriend last week after he heard his new baby’s cries over the phone.Read

Fears over the future of two Ellesmere Port stores as they are force to call in administrators

TWO Ellesmere Port stores are facing the axe after clothing retailer Ethel Austin and its sister chain Au Naturale went into administration.Read

Borders store may split into two separate shops to attract retailers

THE vacant Borders store must be split into two separate shops to attract major retailers.Read

Ellesmere Port couple get married in Lapland in minus 18 degree temperature

AN ELLESMERE Port couple had a white wedding as they tied the knot in Lapland – with the temperature at -18°.Read

Ellesmere Port retains role of town mayor after 60% of residents were in favour of keeping the post

THE role of town mayor will be retained after residents said they were in favour of keeping the post by nearly two to one.Read

Tory parliamentary candidate tipped as odds on favourite by Ladbroke’s to win Ellesmere Port & Neston seat in 2010 General Election

A LEADING bookmaker has installed a Tory as the odds on favourite to take the Ellesmere Port and Neston seat at the General Election.Read

Three arrested in police drug raids in Elton

THREE people have been arrested in drugs raids in Elton.Read

Application for playground canopy for Ellesmere Port school Meadow County approved by Cheshire West and Chester Council

A SHIFT WORKER has complained about screams and shouts from children playing outside at a Great Sutton primary school.Read

New twinning association to be formed to maintain Ellesmere Port’s links with Reutlingen in Germany

A COMMUNITY group will be formed to maintain Ellesmere Port’s twinning links with the German town of Reutlingen.Read

Borders at Cheshire Oaks store may split into two separate shops to attract retailers

THE vacant Borders store must be split into two separate shops to attract major retailers.Read

Ellesmere Port crane supplier fined £10,000

A CRANE manufacturer and supplier was fined £10,000 after a crane dropped a load that narrowly avoided its operator.Read

People invited to ‘Living with Cancer’ event in Ellesmere Port

THE next session of the Countess of Chester’s living with cancer awareness events, ‘Living With Uncertainty’, will take place on Saturday in Ellesmere Port.Read

Cancer Research UK seeks Ellesmere Port nominees for Little Star awards

SPORTS stars are urging friends and relatives to nominate children for an award.Read

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