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Cheshire town's Ford car dealership in shock permanent closure
The branch suddenly shut this week
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Live updates as emergency services scrambled as homes evacuated in flood-hit Cheshire
Flood warnings remain in place
Go-ahead for statue of 'world’s greatest railway builder' outside Chester station
The statue will pay tribute to Thomas Brassey who 'put Chester firmly on the United Kingdom’s railway map'
Lucy Letby gave potentially fatal dose of morphine to newborn years before first murder
The infant received 10 times the correct amount of the painkiller at the end of a night shift in July 2013
Lucy Letby told colleague ‘I can’t wait for my first death’
Lucy Letby told a colleague on her first day of employment at the Countess of Chester Hospital that she “couldn’t wait for my first death”, the public inquiry over her crimes has been told.
MP to host Older People's Fair at Chester village
An Older People's Fair is to take place at a village not far from Chester.
Cheshire luxury hotel's £6.5 million revamp under way
A luxury hotel on the outskirts of Chester is well under way with a huge £6.5 million investment.
Lucy Letby mentor: 'I can’t understand how I was so blind'
A friend and work mentor of nurse Lucy Letby has told a public inquiry she cannot understand how she was “so blind” about the child serial killer.
Cheshire residents urged to speak up on plans for 100km underground hydrogen pipeline
The pipeline will stretch across a wide-ranging area covering Ellesmere Port, Chester, Northwich, Warrington and Halton
Chester Cathedral event to discuss homelessness issue
Chester Cathedral is opening its doors this month to engage the people of the city in a discussion on homelessness.
Top Cheshire attractions nominated for tourism awards
A tour inspired by Harry Styles and a world-famous zoo are among those hoping to roar to victory as finalists for the Marketing Cheshire Tourism Awards 2024/2025 have been unveiled.
Police successfully obtain court order to close Chester home
Police have obtained a closure order for a property in Chester.
Power cut was affecting two large postcode areas in Chester
Scottish Power has said an outage is affecting the CH1 and CH4 areas
Two fire crews called to crash in which car overturned near Chester
FIRE crews were called out to a collision on the outskirts of Chester.
Two fire crews called to incident at property in early the hours
TWO fire crews were called out to an incident at a property in Chester in the early hours of this morning.
Memories with the Standard archives and reader photos
There are some great photos from the past pages of the Chester Standard in today's gallery from the archives.
8 death notices made in Cheshire this week
Our thoughts are with all those who have lost a loved-one
'Lonely' TV presenter and comedian makes friends with Paddington in Chester
Sandi Toksvig visited the new Paddington statue on Foregate Street
Farm owner in court following death of roofing contractor
A CHESHIRE West farm owner has been fined thousands of pounds after a roofing contractor fell from a crate on a forklift truck and tragically died.
Firefighters called out to evening incident at address near Chester
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to an evening incident at an address in Chester.