CHESHIRE comedian Stevie Martin on her hopes that Taskmaster will boost her UK tour and how it wasn't just Jason Mantzoukas who was wild, ahead of its return.

IF the weather is nice this weekend and it looks like there might be some sunshine, why not make the most of the day and enjoy a walk in the fresh air?

The People’s Trust for Endangered Species’ (PTES) 10th annual water vole survey runs April 15 to June 15, and the charity is calling for helpers in Mid Cheshire to survey local riverbanks.

IT’S Friday – Good Friday – so who fancies fish and chips for tea?

A new exhibition exploring the intersection of art and science is set to open.

Cheshire Constabulary is launching a new operation to target motorcyclists and improve road safety for everyone.

Tony Royle, from Northwich, has been at the restaurant on the High Street for the 30 years between 1995 and 2025.

A POLITICIAN is having her waist-length hair cut to make a wig for a sick child.

The petition, which now has 1,334 signatures, was created on Change.org by former Middlewich town councillor, Laura Turner.

The Met Office has issued the following weather summary for Mid Cheshire from Friday, April 18, to Monday, April 21.

St John’s Hartford’s Mission Room, on Romanes Street, is described as an ‘eyesore’ by Winnington and Castle ward councillor, Arthur Neil.

Children and teenagers from Darnhall Primary School, Winsford Academy, and the 1st Hartford Scouts are collaborating with Global Grooves, an international carnival arts specialist, to put on a flamboyant, Brazilian-style procession.

The tool theft was outside an address on Westlands Road on the afternoon of Friday, April 11.

The emergency services were on Nantwich Road, Minshull Vernon, at around 4pm yesterday, Wednesday.

Gary Feldman, a teacher of four decades, was dismissed by the Oaks Academy, near Crewe, and then by the Rudheath Senior Academy in the year to January 2024.

The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed that hundreds of millions of pounds of funding would be used to redevelop the Leighton Hospital site.

Michelle Glover stole a substantial sum from Liquid Metering Instruments Ltd in six monthly payments from March 2024.

CHESHIRE'S The Cholmondeley Arms plus two other county pubs are in the running to be named the country’s best for 2025.

Plans to convert a four-bed house in Alsager into a 10-bed HMO will have a ‘profoundly negative impact on the character, safety, and wellbeing of the community’, residents claim.

NEW plans have been revealed for the next chapter in the life of Northwich’s ‘most iconic and loved’ department store.

A NEW free guidebook exploring how Northwich’s industrial heritage has shaped its landscape, wildflowers, and trees has been published.

The books were dumped outside the Venue Community Centre on Gadbrook Road on Monday, March 24, sparking outrage among some passers-by who got into the skip to save them.

Christine Campey, of Caldwell's Gate Lane, was caught on CCTV slipping rat poison into a horse’s feed at a livery yard on May 16, 2023.

Mark Henderson, of Grove Avenue, appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on April 14 for sentencing on three charges.

In recent weeks the Government has been trying to work with British Steel’s Chinese owner, Jingye, to put steelmaking in Scunthorpe on to a sustainable footing, and to help the company transition to greener processes.

Pupils at Whitegate CofE Primary School held a special non-uniform day at the end of the spring term, with children each bringing in a chocolate Easter egg.

Judy Lea died after her Lexus NX car was involved in a collision with a fire engine responding to a 999 call, Cheshire Coroners’ Court heard on Wednesday, April 16.

Cheshire East has given the go-ahead for a new burger bar next door to Crewe Youth Zone despite acknowledging in its planning policy that health experts recommend restricting hot food takeaways around schools.

Crewe residents are furious with Cheshire East over plans for a new park entrance which they say will increase anti-social behaviour near their homes and put children’s safety at risk.

A golf centre has applied for planning permission for four padel courts on part of a former nine-hole course which became unviable after some of the land was purchased for the Poynton Relief Road.

Matthew Higgins stabbed drinking partner David Eaton with a kitchen knife on September 28, 2024.

Cheshire Police said they were in the area in response to reports of a range of anti-social behaviour.

The hubs were set up in the aftermath of the pandemic to help those suffering from after-effects of Covid-19.

A MIDDLEWICH salon has proved to be a cut above the rest after scooping two regional hair industry awards.

Dominique Kay and Dawn McManus have raised more than £1,300 towards Jacob Hopkins' fundraising campaign by swimming the length of the English Channel.

Matthew Higgins is to be sentenced for the murder of David Eaton.

A council has pledged to improve domestic abuse support services with the help of a charity.

The M6 is currently closed between junctions 22 for Winwick and 23 for Haydock as emergency services tackle a huge lorry fire on the motorway.

TWO men have avoided jail despite their involvement in a road rage retaliation incident which saw a car windscreen smashed with axe.

Did you welcome one of the 239 babies born at Leighton Hospital in March?

POLICE are investigating after a vulnerable young man was mugged at knifepoint and had his phone stolen.

A creative retreat near Northwich is being transformed into a woodland.

BARBERS and other ‘cash-intensive’ businesses in Northwich and Winsford have been targeted by police and other law enforcement officers during a three-week crackdown on high street crime.

In its most recent inspection by the Catholic School Inspectorate (CSI) on February 26 and 27, St Nicholas Catholic High School was judged ‘Good’ overall, but ‘Outstanding’ for its Catholic life and mission, and collective worship.

Following a 12-year closure, The Golden Lion, in Ashton Hayes, will see the appointment of Lance Warburton as its new tenant as the pub gears up to reopen.

Emma Elston successfully ran Winsford-based UKCM for 25 years before selling it in 2023.

Plans have been submitted for 74 affordable apartments for older people on a Maw Green site where three housing schemes have previously been refused.

Residents are objecting to plans to convert a Crewe family home into a house in multiple occupation with some claiming crime and violence has rocketed since other properties became HMOs.

A FORMER bakery line manager in Northwich will face ‘all options in sentencing’ next month after he admitted sharing an intimate picture without permission.

Firefighters attended the scene off Station Road at around 6.40pm on Saturday.