News in Frodsham

Budding photographers are being asked to send their best winter or festive-themed pictures for a chance to have their snap used in a Christmas card this year.

The competition has been launched by Mike Amesbury MP and takes place every year. It is usually aimed at schools, with children from across Weaver Vale sending in their artistic designs.

Helsby FC are the winners of the West Cheshire League Shield Final 2019/20!

Playing in Crosby against Marine AFC Reserves last night, a "superb performance" from the Green Army saw them win four goals to zero.

We might no longer be able to socialise with people outside our households in pubs and restaurants, but that doesn't mean we can't still enjoy a meal out.

And with many of Frodsham and Helsby's pubs putting on special deals for their customers, there are lots of places to choose from!

Local country musician, Lee Shone, has topped the Country Thunder Network's international chart with his song, 'Hit Me Like a Rock in the Head'.

Country Thunder is an international radio station, which promotes emerging country musicians and bands from around the world.

Local musicians, Daniel Axworthy, Andrew Winter and David Leslie, were recently in St Laurence Church, recording their performance of Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D minor as part of L'Orchestra dell'Arte's online music series.

With Daniel and Andrew playing the violin and David Leslie delivering the keyboard continuo, the ensemble's recording of the third movement of Bach's 1730 work is now available to view on YouTube.

Frodsham Town Council is to write to Cheshire West and Chester Council to express its opposition to plans to close Frodsham Leisure Centre.

In a consultation document launched by Cheshire West over the future of the Leisure Centre, local provider, Brio, deemed the facility 'not fit for purpose'.

Frodsham resident Helen Watson is encouraging the town's pubs, restaurants and cafés to put up 'kindness boards' inside their premises, in order to brighten people's day in these difficult times.

"I'm asking local businesses to display a kindness board where people, especially those without Internet, can read positive messages, hand written by Frodsham folk who have seen or heard of an act of kindness," said Helen, via her Wacky Watsons Waterside Kindness Board on Facebook.

In the week commencing 5th October, Cheshire West and Chester Council recorded 17 positive Covid-19 cases amongst Frodsham residents, and seven in Helsby.

In the previous week, there had been seven positive tests amongst residents in Frodsham, and six in Helsby. These new infections bring Frodsham's coronavirus rate to 180.75 per 100,000 people, and Helsby's to 140.79.

Frodsham Churches Together have been working with Chester Cathedral to raise awareness of the prevalence of human trafficking ahead of Anti-Slavery Day on October 18th.

As part of this campaign, the Cathedral is playing host to an exhibition from London-based Syrian artist Sara Shamma, which is entitled Modern Slavery and can be viewed in the Cathedral Chapter House until October 23rd.

Frodsham's Cheshire Cheese pub will most likely be closing its doors to the public after a planning application to build housing on the site was recently approved.

The application, which was first submitted in November 2019, involves the erection of six dwellings and the conversion of the pub to create a further dwelling, with associated access, parking and amenity space.