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This evening we will be lighting up Chester's Newgate Bridge orange, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Manchester Arena attack, four years ago today 🧡
Our grass cutting teams have cut NHS logos in the grass on some of the borough’s large open spaces to show their support for all NHS and key workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Chester Town Hall and Newgate Bridge were lit up last night in recognition of the dedication and resilience shown by
#carers
in these challenging times. Carers we applaud you!
#CarersRightsDay
Chester's Eastgate clock face,
@ChesterTownHall
and the Amphitheatre will be illuminated in blue from 8pm tonight to show support for all NHS staff and key workers:
@dbirch11
@raalaw1
@Frenchycam
@Tesco
Hi, this is not one of our officers or on our land. We only issue parking tickets to vehicles parked in contravention on a public highway or in council operated car parks. Emergency vehicles are exempt from the legal orders our officers enforce. ^MW
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@ChesterTownHall
illuminated in red, white and blue. Landmarks in the borough will be illuminated until Monday 11 May as part of the VE Day celebrations:
#VEDay75
🏴 We're proudly flying the St George’s flag from Chester Town Hall in support of
@England
for tonight's
#Euro2020
final.
Good luck England! ⚽
#ThreeLions
#ENG
Item 8, an application for a floodlit all-weather 3G sports pitch, grass training pitch, sports pavilion, car park and ancillary works at Blacon Avenue playing fields, has been approved.
Moving to the final item, an application for a floodlit all-weather 3G sports pitch, grass training pitch, sports pavilion, car park and ancillary works at Blacon Avenue playing fields:
#cwacwebcast
We have launched a dedicated helpline to support those vulnerable groups living in west Cheshire at higher risk from serious complications as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
Our fantastic waste and recycling crews are working hard to collect waste and recycling across the borough 👏
Here are a few tips on how we can all help each other 👇
Chester Cathedral will be paying tribute to His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on Sunday 11 April between 2.30pm and 3.30pm by tolling its tenor bell 99 times, once for every year of his life. |
@ChesterCath
Chester Market traders are hard at work fulfilling some of the 1,000 orders they have completed into the community so far. For details of how to order, visit the Live Well website:
Chester Town Hall, Eastgate Clock and Newgate will be lit blue this weekend to show support for the first-ever NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers' Day which will be taking place on Monday 5 July. Find out more about the day:
Here's a quick look behind the scenes at our food distribution hub as Democratic Services staff team up with Localities packing and distributing food parcels for those that need them. Their fantastic work will be continuing over Easter
#ThankHoliday
Today is Samaritans Awareness Day👂💬
Samaritans are here to listen 24/7. They’re also encouraging people to become better listeners. Follow
@samaritans
for more information.
Chester Town Hall, Eastgate Clock and Newgate will be lit green tonight to mark the day.
.
@ChesterTownHall
was lit in green light last night to celebrate our seven Green Flag awards and to recognise the importance of good quality parks and open spaces
UK Nationwide Cleaning Services are working each night this week, deep cleaning Chester’s historic Rows.
The cleaning is part of the Historic England High Street Heritage Action Zone scheme
Going out in
#Chester
on Saturday night? Chester is launching a
#SafeSpace
offering support to anyone who needs it on a night out. Find it near the Eastgate Clock most Saturdays from 10pm to 4.30am.
Northgate Street, Chester, will be closed to vehicles on Friday 4 March from 4.30pm to 6.30pm, due to a vigil in Town Hall Square at 5.30pm being held in support for Ukraine.
A massive thank you to all our
#carers
for the phenomenal dedication and resilience they have shown and continue to demonstrate during these unprecedented times:
#CarersRightsDay
It’s important we all play our part to stop the spread of COVID-19 and one thing we can do to help is wear face coverings. Dr Chris Ritchieson and Dr Ravi Jayaram explain how to wear one correctly.
More about face coverings and the exemptions:
Paul from our StreetCare team is out and about emptying bins today. Please keep him smiling - play your part and use a bin. If the bin is full please take your rubbish home with you
#GBSeptemberClean
A defibrillator has been installed at the Chester Bus Interchange. It was fitted by
@NWAmbulance
by Stand A and is accessible 24hrs a day, seven days a week
To mark
#InternationalNursesDay
and show support to all the incredible nurses, we're asking you to shine a light in your window at 8.30pm this evening. We will be showing our support by illuminating Eastgate clock blue 💙
Chester Town Hall, the Eastgate Clock and Newgate Bridge were illuminated green during February to show support for the Let’s Go Green for Clatterbridge campaign 💚
@ClatterbridgeCC
@CCCNHS
Our friends from Democratic Services and Localities are continuing their work at the food distribution hub over this Easter
#ThankHoliday
weekend. We love the donation of 400 Easter Eggs from Aldi for the food parcels the team are packing for our shielded residents.
Two new parklets have been created in Chester and Neston to give shoppers and visitors a bit of open space, right in the middle of town.
If you’re out and about in Chester or Neston this weekend they are perfect places to stop and sit 👉
Chester Castle will be open this summer from Friday. The Castle will open Friday, Saturday and Sunday's from 10.30am to 4pm. This year you can also climb to the top of the Agricola Tower for £2 per person. Entry to the grounds is free
#ChesterHour
🌼This is 45 seconds of just a few of our 45 native wildflower meadows that are now looking beautiful across the borough. Thank you for all your lovely comments about them.
Find out more 👉
The Chairman of Cheshire West and Chester Council,
@MayorChester
and the Dean of
@ChesterCath
held a private commemoration service today to honour the heroes of World War II
#VEDay75
We express our deepest sympathies following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, whose selflessness, respect and devotion to a life of service is an inspiration.
Chester Castle will be open this summer from Friday, 20 July to Sunday, 16 September. The Castle will open Friday, Saturday and Sunday’s from 10.30am to 4pm with free entry to the grounds
Chester’s newest park opened on Monday. The George Street Pocket Park has brought back to life an area by the Shropshire Union Canal and city walls that have been unused for many years
@CanalRiverTrust
We wrote to the group in Chester's Hamilton House yesterday with our plans on how we would support them. Tonight (Thursday) the forfutures homelessness hub has expanded and two people have already taken up the offer.
Chester Town Hall, the Eastgate Clock and Newgate Bridge will be illuminated in red and white from 8pm tonight to celebrate
@England
reaching the Euro 2020 final.
Come on England! 🏴
Marking works have commenced on A5116 Liverpool Road and A51 Boughton ahead of new experimental bus and cycle lanes in Chester. They are not yet in operation. Until then, drivers can continue to use the entire carriageway. Further updates will be provided in the next few days.
Primary schools, special schools, and alternative education settings in west Cheshire will open from Monday, 4 January, subject to any previously scheduled INSET days:
#LetsTurnThisAround
⛴️ Additional Sandy Lane Ferry service over Easter.
The Sandy Lane Ferry will operate on Good Friday (Friday 7 April) to Easter Monday (Monday 10 April). Sailings between 10.30am - 4.30pm.
Chester’s Midsummer Watch Parade starts today from Chester Town Hall square at 2pm. One of the country’s oldest and most colourful street parades dating from 1498
Here’s an update on the COVID-19 situation locally from our Director of Public Health, Ian Ashworth. Play your part to turn COVID-19 infection rates around:
We’re all finished and packed away at the Cheshire West and Chester Council local elections for 2023. Thank you for following us today and thank you to everyone involved.
You can find the full results at 👉
Re-Living the Rows is a new free event taking place on Sunday, 30 July between 10am and 4pm.
The event brings Chester's historic Rows to life by a group of performers taking on the roles of historic characters.
Full details ➡️
Join us and
@cwaclibraries
tomorrow for a stay at home party to commemorate VE Day. The flags are out
@ChesterTownHall
and landmarks in the borough will be illuminated in red, white and blue.
We love this story about Sebastian, who is making his community smile with Sebastian’s Kindness Bakery - baking cakes and giving them away in his bakery basket set up outside his house 😃
See his story and more at:
#InspireCW
Grab a jab this weekend 💉
⛪ Pfizer vaccine clinic at Vicar's Cross United Reformed Church
📅 26 June and 27 June
🕓 4 - 7pm
👤 Anyone aged 18 or over
No appointment needed. More information 👉
#GrabAJab
Our StreetCare Team has been working with 17 mini cops from
@WillowwoodCNPS
,
@cheshirepolice
, the local ward Councillor and
@weavervale
to clean up the Wharton area. The team collected over 30 bags of rubbish. Well done to all and thank you for a wonderful team effort.
Tomorrow is Samaritans Awareness Day👂💬
Samaritans are here to listen 24/7. They’re also encouraging people to become better listeners. Follow
@samaritans
for more information.
Chester Town Hall, Eastgate Clock and Newgate will be lit green on Saturday to mark the day.
Here's the Council's own easter bunny Deborah at the food distribution hub. The team has just sent out their 500th food parcel for our shielded residents.
Don't forget our dedicated helpline for those who need extra support remains open until 7pm tonight:
Our social care teams support vulnerable residents to stay well, as independent as possible, and connected with families and communities during this difficult time. When you're clapping tonight please spare a thought for them - we're all in this together!
#ClapForCarers
👏
The Council’s Highways team along with local farmers
@ColasLtd
spent 28 hours pumping out water at Parkgate Road. One example of the extensive clear up operation that’s been ongoing since Storm Babet reached our borough.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is proposing to initially resettle up to six families under the Afghan LES (Locally Employed Staff) Relocation Scheme, whilst it waits for more detail on the Government’s wider Afghan Citizen’s Resettlement scheme
⚠️ Surge Testing in
#Chester
areas CH1 3 and CH1 4.
People who live or work in two Chester postcode areas are asked to book a COVID-19 test in response to the increase in positive cases of the Delta
#COVID
-19 variant in the area.
Northwich has officially been named the first town in the North West and only the third in the UK to achieve its ‘Makaton Friendly’ status
@NorthwichBID
The Council,
@ChesterVol
and the rest of the voluntary and community sector are all working closely together to provide an opportunity for residents to volunteer in the fight against coronavirus.
Register your support for the community:
Here at the European Parliamentary Election Verification for West Cheshire, we don’t just have
#dogsatpollingstations2019
we have
#dogsatcountcentres
with Maysie, Mark’s Hearing Dog settled in for the night.
⛴️ The Sandy Lane Ferry will start its full summer service from 27 May until the last Sunday in September.
The service takes passengers across the River Dee from Sandy Lane to the Meadows and back.
More info on times and fares 👉
We, in partnership with
@VCUK_Building
, have donated over 200 tonnes of sand to
@chesterzoo
.
The sand was excavated from the new surface water drainage tunnel through Chester and will be used in the zoo's Eastern black rhino and painted dog habitats 👉
We've made a commitment to contribute towards £4million worth of football facility improvement projects within the borough, over the next three years. Read more
Result for Ellesmere Port Town Ward by-election: Mike Edwardson, Labour, elected.
Edwardson, Mike - Labour Party: 1,447 (e)
Griffiths, Robert Douglas - Conservative Party: 239
Roberts, Mathew Joseph - The Green Party: 60
Buildings across the borough will be lit purple tonight.
💜Purple Tuesday, is an international campaign for improving the customer experience for disabled people and their families
Cheshire West and Chester has reopened for business. In Chester and other parts of the borough our Capable Guardians are ensuring everyone can shop safely 👇