A FAMILY ice cream business has scooped a national award. Daresbury Dairy was voted best newcomer at the national ice cream competition organised by the Ice Cream Alliance. Husband and wife team 32-year-old Matt Whitlow and Claire, aged 34,
THIS picture captured on the banks of the River Mersey looking through the arches of the railway bridge was captured by Keith Foster of Farnworth, Widnes. He said: “I took it looking towards Pickerings Pastures from West Bank.” To share a picture
FOUR-year-old Louis, a miniature Jack Russell who lives in Higher Runcorn, is pet of the week. His owner Samantha Littler said: “He suffers badly with epilepsy. “He goes to work with my dad every day doing driveways and gets lots of free treats
A MAN is to be questioned following an allegation of sexual assault at last year’s Creamfields festival. The alleged victim, a woman in her early 20s from Scotland, reported the incident to police after the the August bank holiday festival finished
ANIMAL lovers must now be told if their pets are killed on the roads, thanks to campaigners. Halton MP Derek Twigg has won a victory in Parliament after 122,000 signatures were collected on an e-petition and he tabled a motion calling for the law
A CHIMNEY caught fire at a house in Runcorn last night. Firefighters tackled the blaze in Weston Road shortly after 6.30pm. A spokesman for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “Crews tackled the fire from both the roof and the grate with
A GROUP of 40 schoolchildren flew to the French Alps to learn how to ski.Students from Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy in Runcorn and Ormiston Chadwick Academy in Widnes teamed up for the trip to Les Menuires.Teachers said the freshly fallen snow made conditions
Ditton Community Centre in Widnes has won a national accolade. The centre in Dundalk Road has received the best performer award from the Association of Public Service Excellence. The award was in the civic, cultural and community venues category
