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  • Beacon launches £1.3m Sandstone Ridge conservation project

  • Oct 13, 2008
  • THE lighting of a beacon at Beeston Castle has marked the start of an ambitious three year project centred on the natural and historic heritage of Cheshire’s Sandstone Ridge.Cheshire County Council and partners have received £1,395,000 of fundi...

  • Chester City Council faces £1.1m financial black hole

  • Oct 13, 2008
  • By David NorburyA MASSIVE £1.1m black hole has hit Chester's Town Hall coffers thanks to the global economic crisis.The city council’s Tory administration has been pouring over the council's books with top officials to produce a recovery plan, ...

  • Lifting the lid on the state of Chester’s public toilets

  • Oct 13, 2008
  • By David NorburyCOUNCILLORS are continuing to lift the lid on the condition of Chester's public loos.ŠTheir campaign started last year when a whirlwind blitz on city centre loos by the new Conservative administration at the Town Hall revealed ...

  • Chester waste collections face major revamp from April 20

  • Oct 13, 2008
  • By David NorburyCHESTER'S new multi-million-pound waste collection and recycling contract, due to be introduced on April 1 next year, will take an early breather to avoid missed collections at Easter, it has been revealed.Environment portfolio holder...

  • Chester's streets come alive as performers go Up The Wall

  • Oct 13, 2008
  • THE SECOND Up The Wall performance art event has been labelled a success after more than 1,800 people braved the weather to show their support.Chester Performs staged the three-day celebration of the city's history and architecture in light, sound an...

  • 'Sheer luck' no one killed in Chester gas cylinder explosions

  • Oct 13, 2008
  • The road was closed between Broughton and Chester after an acetylene cylinder exploded through a garage roof and flew about 70 metres into the air over Meadow Cottage on Roughlyn Crescent, Marlston-cum-Lache on the Flintshire-Cheshire border.Another ...

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