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PLANS by Cheshire West and Chester Council to charge residents for disposal of construction and DIY waste have been put on hold pending a review.

PLANS by Cheshire West and Chester Council to charge residents for disposal of construction and DIY waste have been put on hold pending a review.

A TEMPORARY ban on trail hunting on Cheshire West and Chester’s land has been approved by council chiefs.

BBC News By Phil McCann Published image captionLex Greensill was an unpaid adviser to then Prime Minister David Cameron A deal for the financier Lex Greensill to buy 500 acres of council-owned Cheshire farmland has been paused due to the Westminster lobbying row surrounding his firm. Cheshire West and Chester Council said auditors would review the transaction to ensure it acted with "integrity". Mr Greensill planned to create a "natural sanctuary for wildlife" in his home village of Saughall ne...

BUILDING work is underway on a new village hall serving five communities near Chester. The £1m project to create the new Mollington, Backford & District Village Hall is due to be completed by June this year. The new community hub, serving Mollington, Backford, Chorlton, Caughall and Lea-by-Backford, will replace the original hall built in 1950 at the same site on Station Road in Lea-by-Backford. The National Lottery Community Fund awarded more than £640,000 with further financial supp...

PLANS to create a day care facility for dogs in a Chester village have been given the green light. The change of use application for the existing Footgolf building at Mollington Grange Business Park in Parkgate Road has been approved by Cheshire West and Chester Council on a 12-month trial basis. As part of the conditions for granting planning permission, there should not be more than eight dogs on the site at any one time. The facility can only open between the hours of 8am and 6pm, M...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a long-serving former Chester City and Cheshire West and Chester Councillor, who has died at the age of 76. Brian Crowe, who had served as a councillor for over a quarter of a century, was widely respected among his political allies and opponents and has been described as "a giant of the community". He served as Lord Mayor of Chester from 2002-2003 and was the first Chairman of the new Cheshire West and Chester Council from 2008. Brian stood down from the coun...