News in Frodsham

In the week leading up to February 11, coronavirus case numbers fell across almost all Cheshire West wards, including Frodsham and its surrounding villages.

In Frodsham, 14 new cases marked a decrease of 39 per cent on the week before and resulted in a rolling rate of 153 per 100,000 residents.

Frodsham Labour MP Mike Amesbury is backing residents by insisting the town must have 'first class' leisure, community and library facilities.

Mike told a virtual public meeting the community needed reassurance given fears over the possible shutdown of Frodsham Leisure Centre, which also houses the town library.

We've had Frodsham's virtual Christmas Market, and now it's time for Manley's Virtual Spring Fair!

Running from 1 until 15 March, this online event is another great opportunity to browse the wares of a range of small local and not-so-local retailers.

Cheshire West & Chester Council has been told (15 February 2021) that it will share in extra funding to help fix local roads this year.

In this, the second instalment of the government's £2.5 billion Potholes Fund, £500 million will be given to local councils for additional highways maintenance, with the money expected to fix the equivalent of 10 million potholes across the country.

On Tuesday 23 February, The Zodiac Musical Theatre group will be hosting a free dance workshop for anyone who is keen to shake off that lockdown lethargy.

Beginning at 7:30 pm, you will learn a routine for A Chorus Line finale 'One'.

Helsby Parish Council have chosen to postpone a public consultation on a proposed conservation area around Helsby Hill.

At an extraordinary meeting of the Parish Council on 19 January, Councillors agreed that the Covid-19 pandemic would make it impossible to achieve a sufficient level of public engagement with the plans, and that the consultation should be delayed by at least six months.

Residents across Cheshire are being invited to have their say on the use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology in policing.

ANPR technology is used by police forces and law enforcement agencies to help detect, deter and disrupt criminality, including tackling travelling criminals, Organised Crime Groups and Terrorists and to protect vulnerable people.

A health chief has hailed the heroic effort to protect Cheshire's most vulnerable residents from Covid-19 and signaled the determination to drive a reduction in health inequalities via the vaccine roll-out.

All over-70s, frontline health and care staff, older care home residents and people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable have now been offered a Covid-19 vaccination.

Tonight (Monday 15 February) marked the first in a series of community meetings aimed at developing draft options for future leisure, health, wellbeing and library services in Frodsham.

The meeting followed November's Cheshire West and Chester Council Cabinet meeting, where a new 'hub and spoke' model for the borough's sports facilities was approved, and it was suggested that Frodsham Leisure Centre would stay open 'on a limited basis in the short term'.

SEVENTEEN drivers were caught speeding on Fluin Lane today (Monday) during a police crackdown.

Police say that the highest recorded speed was 45mph travelling in the 30mph zone.