A council leader says the factory was "at the heart of our town".

Soaring special needs provision demand means councils buying more private school places, BBC told.

Services are unable to run on the Chester to Hooton line after a drainage pump is sabotaged.

Twin sisters who were blown out to sea on an inflatable unicorn thank the volunteers who saved them.

The fundraiser has been recognised nationally for her "exceptional" work raising more than £28,000.

Refinery owners EET said they took "immediate action" to stop the spill from the Stanlow Oil Refinery.

They ran to help when their 73-year-old neighbour was being attacked by her son.

The industrial incident in Ellesmere Port left vehicles and properties coated in a layer of dust.