News in Frodsham

In the week commencing 28th September, Cheshire West and Chester Council recorded 7 positive Covid-19 cases amongst Frodsham residents, and 6 in Helsby.

In the previous week, there were 14 new infections in Frodsham, and 4 in Helsby.

Frodsham Nub News aims to support our community, promoting shops, businesses, charities, clubs and sports groups.

We will be profiling some of these local businesses and organisations over the coming weeks in a feature called 'Up Close In Frodsham'.

A Frodsham woman has told how she was motivated by treatment of refugees, which she described as "horrifying", to show that there is another side to the welcome in the UK for those in need.

Pauline Lowrie is delighted that many residents in Frodsham share her views and have responded positively to her call for support for refugees who have been housed in a nearby hotel.

Helsby FC Reserves were away against Chester Nomads this Saturday (3rd), drawing 2-2.

Braving the miserable weather conditions, Helsby started well, making three half chances. However, with the rain growing heavier by the minute, both teams began to struggle, neither managing to make much headway.

Photographer Andrew Woolmington takes a stroll around Frodsham's train station and Castle Park.

Ever wondered how Frodsham's Castle Park acquired such a grand and imposing name?

Where the house now stands, there really was once a 'castle', but the history of this building is hazy, moulded out of shape by a series of fabrications and untruths.

BBC Breakfast was filming from Frodsham this morning as presenter Louise Minchin began her 2020 London Marathon from the war memorial on Frodsham Hill.

Louise was joined at the misty scene by ITV's Robert Rinder, who was also going to participate in the woodland trail route.

With our newfound summer freedoms being thrown suddenly into question by the spread of new lockdown measures across the country, we might soon be limited once again to picnics and walks in the great outdoors.

How lucky, therefore, that Frodsham marks the beginning of the Sandstone Trail, which provides a varied array of beautiful walks ranging across Cheshire.

Cheshire West and Chester Council have reported that the borough could be put under tighter coronavirus restrictions by next week, if the government decide that it is necessary to curb the rise in cases.

Earlier this week, the Council sent a letter to ministers asking that they consider introducing new rules on household mixing, in order to prevent infections rising to meet the rate in neighbouring Warrington (180 per 100,000 of the population) and Liverpool (288 per 100,000).

Every year, Frodsham's residents and businesses collect advent calendars to be donated to local foodbanks.

This has been a difficult year for many of the families in our region, and so campaign coordinator, Tom Billington, wants to make its 2020 offering it bigger than ever.