News in Frodsham

Tonight (Christmas Eve), Frodsham's residents will be taking to their doorsteps for Christmas in Frodsham's Christmas Eve Jingle!

At 6pm, the Christmas in Frodsham elves are asking people to ring a bell to spread some festive cheer, and to help Santa on his way with tonight's epic journey.

AS the seconds tick down on 2020, it's comforting to know that the oft-hellish start to the decade is nearly over.

What's less comforting is the recognition that Covid-19 is far from over — with Matt Hancock's announcing just before Christmas that two new variants of the virus were in the UK which both spread more rapidly.

Frodsham and Helsby Libraries will be closing for the festive period at 1pm today (Christmas Eve), before reopening on 4th January 2021.

During this period, services will continue online.

Cheshire West and Chester will be moving to the Tier 3, 'very high', level of Coronavirus restrictions on Boxing Day, the health secretary has announced.

The increased restrictions mean that all hospitality businesses will be forced to close or be restricted to takeaway services only.

After today, trains serving Frodsham and Helsby will be operating on a reduced Christmas timetable.

Services will continue as normal into the evening on Christmas Eve, but will begin to shut down from 8pm.

He'll need no introduction, but who is the most searched-for person on Wikipedia from Frodsham?

The Pudding has created a people map of the UK, replacing place names with their 'most Wikipedia-ed' resident.

Frodsham Town Council has handed out 973 Christmas vouchers to the town's over-70s this year.

These £10 gift tokens can be spent in a range of local independent shops, or donated to a good cause.

It's nearly time for Santa and his nine gorgeous reindeer to begin their tour of the country.

He has a lot of presents for well-behaved children and grown ups in his sleigh!

In the same week that a new coronavirus variant began spreading rapidly in parts of London and the South East, Frodsham's infection rate also increased by over 100%.

During the seven days leading up to December 16th, there were 16 new cases recorded in Frodsham, an increase of nine on the previous week. This put the town's rolling rate at 174.5 per 100,000 of the population.

Recently, Tim and William Kynaston undertook a huge, and very welcome, litter picking project in Frodsham Caves.

My wife and I were walking around the Sandstone Trail near Frodsham in early November and passed a family who were looking for "local caves".