News in Frodsham

On Thursday 10 June, Mattys Lane will be closed to enable BT Openreach to work on underground structure to restore customer service.

The closure will last for a maximum of five days, although the works are only anticipated to last for one day.

Frodsham & Helsby Rotary Club is making preparations for its popular and long-running Festival in the Park event.

Covid-19 restrictions permitting, the Festival will take place on Sunday 29 August at Castle Park, beginning with an official opening by the Town Mayor at 12:30pm.

Now that the warmer weather has finally arrived, Cheshire West and Chester Council will be carrying out surface dressing and resurfacing works on some roads in the local area.

The process of surface dressing involves spraying the road with a layer of hot liquid bitumen (known as a binder) and then covering it with loose stone chippings. The dressing is then rolled, which together with the actions of slow moving traffic, embeds the stone chips into the road surface.

After being switched off for over six years, the floodlights at Saltworks skate park have finally been repaired and turned on by Cheshire West and Chester Council, thanks in large part to the work of Waterside resident and Kindness Café creator, Helen Watson.

"However, what the Council have found is that the lights aren't really adequate for the area," Helen adds. "So within the next few months they're going to improve the lighting even more, which is really good."

Frodsham residents have been vaccinated in greater numbers than their neighbours elsewhere in Cheshire West.

In every over-50 age group, a higher proportion of Frodsham people have been inoculated against the virus than the overall percentage for the Cheshire West and Chester borough.

Hawthorne Road will be closed for five days from Friday 4 June for sewer connection works.

During this time, the road will be access-only and there will be no through-route.

Four people were taken to hospital 'as a precaution' after a collision between J12 and J14 of the M56 eastbound yesterday (Wednesday) at around 2:30pm.

Firefighters, paramedics and police all attended the scene of the crash, which, according to Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, involved two cars.

Helsby FC have topped Division Three of the West Cheshire League, which means promotion for the Green Army!

After an amazing season full of great football, Helsby beat second-placed Runcorn Sports with 42 points to 40.

Film crews working on the new BBC drama, Rules of the Game, are back in Frodsham this week.

On Monday pupils, parents and staff members from Frodsham Manor House Primary School acted as extras in one scene, while today, crews were filming by Main Street Community Church.

Covid-19 rates remain 'suppressed' in Frodsham and Helsby, although they have begun to creep upwards elsewhere in the borough.

In all of Frodsham, Helsby, Kingsley, Manley and Alvanley, fewer than five new cases were reported in the week leading up to 28 May.