TWO thugs bludgeoned a man with a baseball bat over a £60 drug debt – and one later threatened to slit his throat if he “grassed”, a court heard.
Brandon Hobbin, 18, and Zakaria Meziani, 19, were part of a 10-man gang that confronted Charlie Jupp on Pan
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Man attacked with baseball bats in Hoole over drugs debt
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Purge to keep death and misery off roads
POLICE are cracking down on boozed-up motorists this Christmas after it was revealed 179 people were arrested for drink-driving in the county last December.
Officers made almost six arrests a day, 73 of which were in Cheshire West and 54 in Cheshire Eas
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Chester restaurant district moves big step closer
EXCITEMENT is building over the creation of a multi-million pound city centre ‘dining district’, which it is said will transform the face of Chester.
Work is well under way on the stylish, glass-fronted £8 million rooftop and al-fresco dining areas, whi
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Top sculptor’s work is handed over to museum
A MAGNIFICENT bronze sculpture by respected artist Prof Michael Sandle has been presented to the city’s Grosvenor Museum.
Barbara Watmough presented the 1981 masterpiece Catafalque for Anton Bruckner in memory of her husband, David R. Watmough, who died
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Chester child obesity figures shock
CHILDREN in the Chester area are getting fatter as they go through school, a report has suggested.
Last year almost a quarter of reception class youngsters were an unhealthy weight and nine per cent were classed as obese.
But for those in their fin
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Club announcer wins moustache competition
CHESTER FC raised more than £300 towards a new bladder scanner at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Fans have grown moustaches to support the Movember campaign in memory of former Chester manager Harry McNally, as this month marks the 10th anniversary o
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Developer under fire as it seeks to scrap school plan
A DEVELOPER has been accused of “cynically changing its mind” after it applied to drop plans to build a school and industrial park on a brownfield site.
Cllr Mark Williams, ward councillor for Dodleston and Huntington, hit out at a resubmitted applicati
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Factory hits back over 'bad smell' complaints
BOSSES at a perfume and aroma factory have insisted they are not responsible for the unwanted odours in the Sealand Road area of Chester.
Residents have complained smells reminiscent of “sausages, porridge and perfume” have been affecting their quality of
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Man finds Anglo-Saxon carving in bag of rubble
A LANDSCAPE gardener from Chester could net a small fortune after finding a rare Anglo-Saxon stone among a load of rubble.
John Wyatt, from Chester, paid £50 for the pick-up load of ‘natural stone’ that he saw advertised in the city.
On getting home
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Title of new Bond film is revealed
THE title of the new James Bond film has been revealed with Chester-born actor Daniel Craig confirmed as the hero.
Producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced today (Thursday) that the 24th James Bond adventure will be called SPECTRE.
Craig
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Magical world of Narnia at cathedral exhibition
FORGET wardrobe doors – adventure-seekers need only venture through the entrance of Chester Cathedral to discover the magical world of Narnia.
Characters and scenes from C. S. Lewis’s classic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe have been lovingly recre
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Riverside throng gather in Chester to recall loved ones
RECORD numbers turned out for a Chester hospice’s Light up a Life service at the River Dee.
The event in support of the Hospice of the Good Shepherd at Backford is now in its fifth year. It saw more than 500 people gather at The Groves alongside the Riv
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Fresh bid to build on football pitches near Blacon
HIGHLY controversial plans to build more than 100 homes on popular football pitches are back on the cards.
Despite having plans rejected for 142 houses to be built on Clifton Drive, near Blacon, Jersey-based Bank Street Investments (BSI) have now put fo
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Flasher strikes at belly dance class
A FLASHER wearing a ski mask exposed himself at a belly-dancing class in a Chester church.
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Police called to one-vehicle crash on A483
POLICE were called to a one vehicle crash on the A483.
A Cheshire Police Police spokesman said officers were called to the crash at 9.53am today.
The car crashed into the central barrier on the northbound carraigeway, just over the English border.
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‘Insecure’ man harassed girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend
A MAN has been given a community order after he harassed and assaulted his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend which the judge said was an act of “insecurity”.
Adam Gumati, 23, of Blacon Hall Road, Blacon, pleaded guilty at Chester Crown Court yesterday to one c
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Cookery school named as best in country
IT WAS a case of second time lucky for a cookery school named best in the country this year after narrowly missing out on the gong in 2013.
Harthill Cookery School, in Tattenhall, near Chester, was awarded the Best Small Cookery School 2014 honour at th
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Mud-loving champions take on endurance race
TWO mud-loving eco champions raised their game to better than ‘bog’ standard when they took on the Hellrunner endurance event at Delamere Forest in aid of a wildlife project based there.
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Chester contest trio thank their lucky stars
CHRISTMAS came early for three shoppers at Chester’s Forum Shopping Centre who bagged £600 in gift vouchers.
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Religious group targets ancient city watch parade
A RELIGIOUS group’s protest against skeleton and devil costumes at Chester’s Winter Watch Parade has been slammed by community leaders.
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