News in Frodsham

Ten people have this morning (Thursday 18 February) been arrested in Frodsham, Tarporley, Chester, Saltney and Whitchurch in relation to drug offences.

Detectives investigating the importation of illegal drugs arrested the eight men, aged 25 to 43, and two women, aged 25 and 61, following a series of dawn raids across the area.

This half term, Frodsham CE Primary School are embarking on a mammoth challenge to raise money for charity.

Collectively, the school's pupils and staff will aim to walk approximately 14.5 million steps, the equivalent of travelling from Frodsham to the Philippines on foot.

Howey Lane will be closed for seven days from today (17 February), to allow for emergency gas work to be carried out by Cadent Gas.

Until the road is reopened, it will be access-only. An alternative route for through traffic can be viewed on the Frodsham Town Council website.

In the week leading up to February 11, coronavirus case numbers fell across almost all Cheshire West wards, including Frodsham and its surrounding villages.

In Frodsham, 14 new cases marked a decrease of 39 per cent on the week before and resulted in a rolling rate of 153 per 100,000 residents.

We've had Frodsham's virtual Christmas Market, and now it's time for Manley's Virtual Spring Fair!

Running from 1 until 15 March, this online event is another great opportunity to browse the wares of a range of small local and not-so-local retailers.

Cheshire West & Chester Council has been told (15 February 2021) that it will share in extra funding to help fix local roads this year.

In this, the second instalment of the government's £2.5 billion Potholes Fund, £500 million will be given to local councils for additional highways maintenance, with the money expected to fix the equivalent of 10 million potholes across the country.

On Tuesday 23 February, The Zodiac Musical Theatre group will be hosting a free dance workshop for anyone who is keen to shake off that lockdown lethargy.

Beginning at 7:30 pm, you will learn a routine for A Chorus Line finale 'One'.

Helsby Parish Council have chosen to postpone a public consultation on a proposed conservation area around Helsby Hill.

At an extraordinary meeting of the Parish Council on 19 January, Councillors agreed that the Covid-19 pandemic would make it impossible to achieve a sufficient level of public engagement with the plans, and that the consultation should be delayed by at least six months.

Residents across Cheshire are being invited to have their say on the use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology in policing.

ANPR technology is used by police forces and law enforcement agencies to help detect, deter and disrupt criminality, including tackling travelling criminals, Organised Crime Groups and Terrorists and to protect vulnerable people.

A health chief has hailed the heroic effort to protect Cheshire's most vulnerable residents from Covid-19 and signaled the determination to drive a reduction in health inequalities via the vaccine roll-out.

All over-70s, frontline health and care staff, older care home residents and people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable have now been offered a Covid-19 vaccination.