News in Frodsham

On Sunday 31 January, Godscroft Lane will be closed again to allow Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd to carry out bridge work.

The closure will be in force for a maximum of five days, during which time the road will be access-only. The work is anticipated to last for approximately one day.

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Have you seen this old picture of Frodsham Station?

It dates from 1963, when the station had its own porter. It was in this year, well before the arrival of the M56 and the wind farm, that The Beatles performed at the Mersey View nightclub next to Frodsham's famous helter skelter!

Vaccines have dominated the conversation on Cheshire's Covid-19 fightback this week.

And, following the release of NHS England data at a regional level for the first time, this edition of the Local Democracy Reporting Service's Weekend Feature will focus exactly on that topic.

A song written by Horn's Mill Primary School pupils has this week been featured during an online music session streamed to children across Cheshire West.

The Zoom workshop was organised by AmaSing a charity foundation which works to enhance young people's wellbeing through singing and arts projects.

More than 30,000 Cheshire West residents 'have been vaccinated' against Covid-19, according to council leader Louise Gittins.

Cllr Gittins tweeted this morning (January 22): "Vaccination alert!! Calculator has been busy all night and I think about 31,000 people have been vaccinated across Cheshire West."

Bins could soon only be collected once every three weeks under new proposals set out by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

The plans, which are being consulted on for eight weeks from yesterday (January 21), are part of the council's '10-year strategy' on waste collection and recycling.

A deficit of £6.5 million is being faced by the NHS body responsible for Cheshire's Covid-19 vaccination programme.

NHS Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group's (CCG) latest financial projections reveal that although all of its cost needs were met from March to September last year, higher expenditure in the organisation's hospital discharge programme in the autumn means it is facing a black hole of £6.461 million by the end of March.

Local residents have until 5pm tonight (Thursday) to sign up to attend the latest Leisure, Health and Wellbeing Community Meeting concerning the future of Frodsham Leisure Centre.

During Cheshire West and Chester Council's November Cabinet meeting, it was agreed that a project group involving local stakeholders would be set up to draft options for the site and the town's leisure and sport provision.

A mass Covid-19 vaccination centre could open in Cheshire after health chiefs indicated they were open to the possibility.

Even without a large-scale site, NHS figures also said that they were 'on track' to meet national targets in delivering the jab to priority groups.