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<p>HUNDREDS of students are ready to embark on the journey to a new life as they graduate from the University of Chester this week.</p>
<p>A CHARITABLE group handed a cheque for more than £2,500 to help care for terminally ill children.</p>
<p>A WOMAN was seriously injured after her car was involved in a collision with another vehicle on the M56.</p>
<p>THREE vehicles have been involved in a collision on the M56 at Hapsford this morning, causing rush hour chaos and leading to the closure of part of the motorway.</p>
<p>SHOPPERS in Chester city centre are been urged to keep their wallets and purse close by after three people were targeted by purse thieves over the weekend.</p>
<p>A TRADITIONAL Chester pub has been recognised by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in his new magazine.</p>
<p>STAFF members at a Chester fast food chain are hoping to keep fit during a 10-hour Sport Relief fundraiser tomorrow (Friday).</p>
<p>TRIBUTES have been paid to a 17-year-old passenger killed on a dangerous road.</p>
<p>THE Shortlist for the Chronicle Gala Dinner Awards evening has been drawn up after a record breaking year of intense voting.</p>
<p>EDUCATION bosses are demanding top marks from school during the next 12 months.</p>
<p>LACHE’S only bus service is to receive a boost from next month, residents heard in a public meeting yesterday (Wednesday).</p>
<p>MEMBERS of the public are invited to examine £7.5m plans to make Chester Cathedral more visitor-friendly.</p>
<p>IMPORTANT maintenance work to bring Chester’s City Walls into a good state of repair is now complete.</p>
<p>A PLANE enthusiast was left feeling on top of the world after being invited onboard her favourite aircraft by bosses at Manchester Airport.</p>
<p>POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a serious accident in which a van driver was injured.</p>
<p>CHESTER’S Delamere Street will be closed on Sunday and Monday, March 21 and 22 so that a crane can be moved by Watkin Jones from their Travelodge site.</p>
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<p>THE University of Chester has provided a tase of higher education for 150 youngsters from schools across Halton.</p>
<p>POLICE are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of an Ellesmere Port man who was reported missing by his family.</p>
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Hull's council withdraws funding for model toads which are to be placed around Hull to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of poet Philip Larkin.
Chester Zoo donates a bronze elephant calf to demonstrates its links with the city.
BBC's School Report featured a raft of highlights from 25,000 students who produced some amazing reports and features.
Construction is due to begin of a new flood wall in County Durham, replacing existing defences.
Newport County AFC are on the brink of a promotion that would leave them just one division below the Football League.
HMS Albion's new bell is blessed in Chester after the crew exercise their Freedom of the City by marching through the streets.
Thousands of schoolchildren across the UK are reporting the news for BBC School Report News Day.
The driver of a coach critically injured in a fatal collision in Chester-le-Street remains unconscious in hospital.
The financial problems of many football clubs has left the national game "in a mess", the House of Lords is told.
Football clubs are fighting for survival, not on the pitch but in the court.
Two men are arrested following the discovery of skunk cannabis with a street value of £100,000 at a house in Bedford.
Jon Venables was given a second chance and is now back in prison. But making judgements about rehabilitating offenders - and public support for it - can be problematic, says Jon Silverman.
The housing market may have been fluctuating, but the most exclusive street in England and Wales remains unchanged.
A two-year-old girl is injured after a police car collides with another vehicle as it makes its way to a fatal crash.
Plans are submitted for a former prison, which has also been a munitions factory, to host weddings.
A teenager from Cheshire, who was only the third British boy to join Russia's Bolshoi Ballet in its 236-year history, has made his debut on stage.
A strike by bus drivers in mid and north Wales is called off following talks between a union and a company.
A 14-year-old boy is seriously injured after he was hit by a car on Merseyside.
Police name a bus driver killed when his vehicle collided head-on with a coach in County Durham.
Talks between a union and a company are held in a bid to avert a bus strike next week affecting mid and north Wales.
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One of the final acts of Chester City Council has been the production of a leaflet about organisations which give free and confidential advice on money matters.
A litter bug in Chester was recently fined £350 plus £60 costs for dropping a cigarette butt on the street.
Delegates from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany arrive in Chester this week as the new European project ?Portico? is launched at Chester Racecourse (Wednesday 18 March).
Children from The Arches primary school, Blacon enjoyed a memorable visit to Blacon Greenway to see the skills of wood carvers in action as they make improvements to Blacon Old Station and the greenway.
Chester City Council has invested £20,000 revamping the changing and toilet facilities for disabled people at a popular sports centre.
Chester City Council?s benefit team is looking at new and innovative ways of improving the service it offers and now has access to an online benefit calculator and claim form.
Chester City Council?s community safety wardens and dog warden have stepped up patrols following increasing complaints from local residents about the high level of dog fouling on Chester?s streets and public land.
Children from local schools in Overleigh and Westminster have been busy planting trees in Westminster Park.
Chester City Council and Cheshire Police recently hosted a Community Safety Conference on Youth and Alcohol with representatives from Chester?s twin towns.
ING Real Estate, the company behind the proposed Northgate development, and Chester City Council, have announced that they have agreed a new collaboration with Land Securities to investigate a revised scheme of development for the Northgate area of the city centre.
Chester Renaissance and Chester City Council have confirmed a grant of £20,000 for Liberty Properties Plc as a contribution to create three pieces of public art at the new HQ site in Chester. The three installations will tell the fascinating story of the site, incorporate archaeology found in the area and add a sense of place to this prestigious development.
Chester City Council is committed to delivering planned improvement works that have been favourably received by many people in the area. The improvements will bring long term benefits to Brook Street such as a better connection with the station and city centre making it an even more attractive area to visit.
A can on wheels, a recycling wizard and bin-playing bands will descend on Chester?s Town Hall Square on Saturday 21 February to promote Cheshire West and Chester Council?s new waste collection service for the Chester area.
An improvement scheme at Sandy Lane Park Chester is set to begin on site this month.
Chester City Council?s licensing team is reaping the benefits a council -backed technology drive known as Connecting Chester.
On Thursday 29th January Chester Renaissance received the green light from Chester City Council to improve the leisure and business activity in Northgate area through a range of projects.
Chester City Council has been highly praised in its last ever annual audit and inspection letter from the local government watchdog, the Audit Commission. The commission assessed the council?s performance as being in the top 20% of district authorities and highlighted residents? satisfaction with the value for money of its services.
One of Chester?s landmark hotels is celebrating after officially opening a set of spectacular gates as part of its multi-million pound redevelopment programme.
Chester City Council has joined forces with the other Councils in the West of Cheshire to carry out a survey of housing markets and needs in the area.
Chester City Council and its partners are working together to help tackle the local effect of the global credit crunch on local businesses and people.
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