News in Frodsham

Castle Park Arts Centre will be reopening on Tuesday 13 April with a new exhibition from the Association of Animal Artists.

From this date, the galleries, Courtyard Café and shop units will be open from Tuesday to Saturday as normal, and it is hoped that Castle Park's popular Elevenses performances will be able to start up again.

A number of Frodsham Town Councillors have supported a vote of no confidence against Council Chair Judith Critchley.

This came as Councillors reviewed the way in which Frodsham Town Council is managed at an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday.

On Sunday (21 March), the organisers of Tributes on the Hill announced that they would be giving away 100 tickets to NHS workers in order to say 'a massive thank you' for all they have done in the past year.

This was met with an 'amazing response', with all the tickets being claimed by healthcare workers across the country, including staff from South Wales and the North East.

Local residents who are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) will no longer need to shield from coronavirus after Thursday 1 April.

Updated national guidance has been issued for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) people following the announcement of the new roadmap for easing restrictions.

Cheshire West Libraries is launching a service that will make it easier for members to download and read eBooks and listen to audiobooks.

Any library member will be able to download the new BorrowBox app to their digital devices and access thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks free of charge at any time of the day or night.

In April 2020, Sky News was one of several news providers to report on the socially distant dancing organised by local fitness instructor, Janet Woodcock, on Springbourne, Frodsham.

This week, the Sky News team returned to the street to see how its residents have coped with the past year.

Today (Tuesday 23 March) marks one year since the first national lockdown began in Britain, and sometimes it is hard to believe that, 365 days later, we are still under such stringent restrictions.

Wherever we turn we can see and feel the heartache and loss wrought by Covid-19, and we know that this National Day of Reflection is by no means the end of the struggles we face.

Frodsham's Police Community Support Officer, Neil Flanagan, has suggested that Saltworks Farm Playing Fields may be the focus of a new 'Street a Week' policing scheme.

Saltworks has been the focus of increased police and resident attention of late, as reports of antisocial behaviour at the site grow in number.

Local resident, Pauline Lowrie, has been co-opted onto Frodsham Town Council as a Councillor for Overton & Five Crosses ward.

Cllr Lowrie was welcomed onto FTC during a Full Council meeting on Monday 22 March.

Work is well underway to make Manley Road Copse a more welcoming place for local residents to enjoy.

On Wednesday (17 March), Frodsham Town Council Amenities Committee agreed to hire a contractor to carry out maintenance on the Copse, which is already looking neater.