The Grangemouth refinery has now ceased processing crude oil, its owner Petroineos has confirmed. The industrial site in central Scotland was the last oil refinery operating north of the border. The ...

A new study will give elderly people slush to drink to see if it can help stave off heat-related illnesses like heatstroke. Experts from the University of Brighton will explore if the “very simple ...

MORE than 2,000 fines were handed out to parents in Cheshire West who took their children out of school during term time last year.

CHESTER Magistrates Court has banned an Ellesmere Port man from the road after he failed a drugs test near his home.

A VINEYARD near Chester looks set to begin selling its wine online. Vines of Cheshire, located in the Cheshire countryside around a mile from Chester Zoo, has applied for a premises licence which will ...

INDIE band The Kooks will launch their new album with a special performance at The Live Rooms in Chester next month. The live acoustic set is a rare chance to see one of the UK’s best-loved indie ...

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre was voted out of his own seat in Parliament as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election, the Canadian Broadcasting ...

THE latest stage of the repair work to two houses left without fronts on the A51 in Chester following a tractor crash has been revealed. Two properties were left damaged in an incident that saw a ...

Welsh music icon Mike Peters MBE, the charismatic frontman of popular Rhyl rock band The Alarm, has died at the age of 66 following a ...

POLICE have confirmed that an 11-year-old boy died following a collision in Cheshire. Officers are now appealing for witnesses and footage following the crash. Shortly before 2.15pm yesterday, Monday, ...

After making numerous bold promises during his election campaign, we look at where Donald Trump has delivered and failed to ...

A TREASURED community building in a Chester village has reopened following a major renovation project. The Done Room in Tarporley, which dates back to 1636, has shared the grounds of St Helen’s Church ...