News in Frodsham

POLICE officers in Frodsham have highlighted a self-care message and say residents should use it to praise themselves for "doing their best" during the pandemic.

They spotted the poster during a visit to Helsby High School and have passed it on via social media as they believe it encapsulates the need for us all to be a bit kinder to ourselves during difficult times.

Now that lockdown has eased enough to allow for outdoor and indoor socialising, there are summer activities and events popping up all over the place in Frodsham and Helsby.

You can keep up with some of these local and community goings-on on our What's On section and our regular Event of the Week article.

If you or someone you know in Frodsham and Helsby wants to be a police officer then Cheshire Police says there is no better time than now.

The force is recruiting new officers, with the application window having just opened today (May24).

Last week, Castle Park introduced four new exhibitions for visitors for visitors to its Arts Centre.

These include Inside Outside by The Eddisbury Artists, From the Water's Edge by Andrew Croughton, Opening Up by Sarah Morley and A lifetime with pencils, pens and paints by Jean Harley.

If you are looking for work in Frodsham and the surrounding area, our Job of the Week, handpicked from our Jobs section, might just be your dream role.

And don't forget that if you are a Frodsham business wanting to advertise your job opportunities to our readers you can click 'Nub It' to get in touch with us about our listing rates.

If you had to revisit the experiences and encounters that have shaped your view of and place in the world, which would you choose?

It is in this question that David Atherton's new Castle Park Arts Centre exhibition, Drawing Aside the Journey, begins.

Back in Easter-time, we wrote about a walk looping round Kingsley village and the Weaver and this week we thought we'd move a bit further up the river to Acton Bridge.

Beginning in Crowton, this four-and-a-half mile walk takes in quiet country lanes, open fields and riverside pathways, a very tranquil way to end the week.

If you are looking for work in Frodsham and the surrounding area, our Job of the Week, handpicked from our Jobs section, might just be your dream role.

And don't forget that if you are a Frodsham business wanting to advertise your job opportunities to our readers you can click 'Nub It' to get in touch with us about our listing rates.

Cheshire CCG has today released a video diary from Dr Abbie Fletcher of Helsby & Elton Practice, following her daily duties as part of the local vaccination rollout team in Frodsham and Helsby.

During the video, Dr Fletcher shows viewers round the vaccination centre at Frodsham Leisure Centre while also discussing the challenges and constraints created by the Covid-19 pandemic.

It's Friday, and that means we're celebrating another one of our local Frodsham Heroes.

This week we thank Paddy Bleakley and the team at Kash 22, who were nominated by Frodsham MP Mike Amesbury for the amazing community work they carried out during the first coronavirus lockdown last year.