A HISTORIAN is about to release a book about his great grandfather's dramatic wartime escape - and his retracing of the perilous route 79 years later. Frank Griffiths, who was from North Wales and ...

A stabbing attack at the central train station in the Germany city of Hamburg on Friday injured 17 people, with four of them ...

THE leader of a gun gang who was pictured holding an AK47 assault rifle in a Warrington office has been ordered to repay his ill-gotten gains.

Expansion proposals by a major Cheshire employer are poised to be backed by planning chiefs. Howdens Joinery wants to extend its existing site on Astmoor Road, Runcorn, in an effort to increase ...

Expansion plans at a Runcorn school have been given the green light to accommodate rising pupil numbers. Halton Borough Council has rubber-stamped an application by St Augustine’s Catholic Primary ...

INDEPENDENT retail in Chester has been given a boost with the addition of a new family concept store and a new bookshop.

A RHYL man caused a police officer to ‘slam on’ his breaks while driving under the influence of drugs in Chester.

AN amateur boxer and University of Chester student has been recognised for his ‘knockout’ business idea. Basel Abboud has taken his idea for an app to help boxers find sparring partners from a ...

THE removal of the traffic lights on the Fountains roundabout as part of a Cheshire West and Chester Council trial has been met with great approval by residents.

US President Donald Trump threatened to slap 50% tariffs on all EU goods sent to the United States. After a call with US trade representative Jamieson Greer and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, Mr ...

CHESHIRE West and Chester planning officers are being asked to consider renewing planning permission to convert a city property into a residence.

Bedevilled by leaks to the media during his short tenure, defence secretary Pete Hegseth issued a series of restrictions on the press late on Friday.