News in Frodsham

A resident led petition opposing the proposed closure of Frodsham Leisure Centre has reached 600 signatures.

The petition, which was begun by Adrian Reese, is in reaction to a 'Shaping the Future' public consultation launched by local provider, Brio Leisure, and Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Award-winning food hall and wine merchants, Whitmore and White, are looking for a new addition to their Main Street shop team.

The position is for a full time permanent staff member with plenty of retail and/or hospitality experience and a love of food and drink.

This weekend marked the beginning of Helsby's Ho Ho Scarecrow event, which involves a trail of over 70 displays made by village residents.

For this, the second year of the scarecrow trail, the theme is Children's Books, and so participants were tasked with recreating characters or scenes from their favourite childhood stories.

Helsby FC Reserves entertained Princes Villa JFC today (Saturday 24th October), and what a performance by the Green Machine!

The game started in a constant drizzle and on 5 minutes Keelan Densmore fired the ball home from the back post. As the heavens opened so did the Princes defence.

Almost 500 children in Cheshire West are cared for by the council, new data shows.

A freedom of information request to the body reveals 493 youngsters are designated 'looked after children' by CWAC, with 245 aged 12-plus.

In recent weeks, Frodsham Nub News has been visiting and speaking to a range of businesses, in our Up Close article series.

From llamas to milkshakes to pumpkin shaped bath bombs, here are some of the local business spotlight pieces that you may have missed.

Frodsham is the only settlement in the UK to be so called, and one of only a handful of towns and villages whose name begins with 'Frod-'.

While we know that the '-ham' ending comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for 'village', this 'Frod-' prefix remains something of a mystery.

Five fire crews attended a blaze in a house on Wayford Close yesterday at 3 pm.

Crews from Widnes, Runcorn, Penketh, Lymm and Chester, along with an aerial appliance from Chester, were called to the semi-detached house, where the fire was quickly spreading to the next door property.

New government support measures for businesses in Frodsham do not go far enough, the town's MP has said.

Yesterday (Thursday 22nd) Rishi Sunak finally announced an updated financial support package for Tier 2 areas, which currently includes Cheshire West and Chester.

Councillors from across Cheshire West and Chester's political divide have approved a move to lobby government for more coronavirus support.

The motion, which was proposed by Labour leader Cllr Louise Gittins and seconded by Conservative group chief Cllr Margaret Parker, received widespread support at this week's CWAC full council meeting.