News in Frodsham

On Friday 4 June, Watery Lane will be closed for approximately 80 metres from the junction with Kingsley Road to allow for United Utilities to replace frame and cover works.

The road will be closed for a maximum of five days, during which time it will be access-only. It is anticipated that the work will take one day to complete.

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

Since we launched last year, we have been talking to some of these local businesses and organisations for our 'Up Close in Frodsham' series.

Castle Park Arts Centre is currently hosting four exhibitions for visitors to enjoy.

These include Inside Outside by The Eddisbury Artists, From the Water's Edge by Andrew Croughton, Opening Up by Sarah Morley and A lifetime with pencils, pens and paints by Jean Harley.

Members of Frodsham Town Council have met with a representative of Cheshire Police to discuss problems relating to antisocial behaviour at the Council-owned Memorial Field car park.

On 26 April 2021, Cllrs Judith Critchley and Caroline Ashton, Town Clerk Jo O'Donoghue, two members of the public and Designing Out Crimes Officer, Colin Marples, visited the site following repeated reports of vehicles gathering there, dropping litter, playing loud music and taking drugs.

In the week leading up to 23 May, there were fewer than three Covid-19 cases in Frodsham, Helsby and all of their surrounding villages.

Frodsham's suppressed rates are echoed across every single Cheshire West area, a trend which made for a total of only 16 new cases last week.

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Our 'Rough and Tumble' project will begin on Wed 30 June (until 2 July) with artist in residence, Emily O'Shea, talking to older members of the community about their stories and experiences of playground games and outdoor play.

Frodsham Town Council has agreed to alter the way in which it selects the Town Mayor and Deputy Mayor each year.

Until now, Frodsham's mayoral appointment system has been based on 'seniority', that is, the number of years a councillor has served, either from the date that they were elected to the Council or the date of their last been made Mayor.

Helsby Parish Council has been making arrangements for the replacement of two benches at Helsby Parish Play Area, which were vandalised on Friday 9 April.

The benches, which were rendered unusable by the damage, will be replaced by fixed steel equivalents.

Frodsham residents have come out in force to clear the town of rubbish as part of litter picking group, the Frodsham Wombles.

On Wednesday evening (26 May), 29 people of all ages gathered an enormous 60 bags of litter on a public footpath under the M56.

Frodsham Town Council have taken actions to address the findings of an internal audit which found it to be in breach of financial regulations over the ordering of last year's Christmas tree.

In the report, the auditor noted that the "Council purchased a Christmas tree at a cost of £2,145 (excl VAT) and whilst we have seen evidence that the payment was approved retrospectively by Council, we have not seen evidence that the awarding of the contract in the first place was approved by the Events Committee as required by the Financial Regulations (FRs).