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Profile: Mark Dowling

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Reporter covering court, council, business, crime, education, health and human interest stories in Chester, Ellesmere Port, Frodsham and Helsby.

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Garden Lane, Chester. Picture: Google.

'Loutish' Chester trio sentenced for city street 'melee'

THREE "loutish" Chester men who attacked their victims in a "melee" have each been told to pay hundreds of pounds in compensation.

Piers Morgan walking off the set of GMB in March 2021. He later quit the show. Picture: GMB.

Ellesmere Port bus shelter advert for The Sun removed after residents' outcry

A BUS stop poster in Ellesmere Port advertising The Sun newspaper has been removed following an outcry by residents.

Chester Magistrates Court.

Chester doorman had eyes gouged by attacker offering £20 for fight

A MAN who offered a Chester doorman £20 for a fight, before gouging him in the eyes, has been handed a community order.

Lucy Letby.

Lucy Letby: Nurse accused of murdering Countess of Chester Hospital babies appears in court

A NURSE accused of murdering eight babies has made a further appearance in court ahead of her trial.

Art Box is officially opened in Chester, with Ainsley Harriott in attendance.

TV's Ainsley Harriott joins artists to officially open new Chester art gallery

ARTISTS, celebrities and residents gathered to celebrate the launch of a new Chester art gallery.

The revamped kitchen at St Clare's Pre School in Chester.

Chester pre-school benefits from firm's community donation

AS part of its ongoing commitment to working in partnership with local communities, Taylor Wimpey North West has recently donated £500 to St Clare's Pre School in Chester.

The dispersal zone in place.

Dispersal zone set up in Chester city centre due to 'anti-social youths'

POLICE in Chester have set up a dispersal zone for the city centre following what they say have been "numerous" anti-social behaviour incidents involving youths.

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Chester Magistrates Court.

Thief conned Chester man out of £500 55-inch TV on Facebook Marketplace sale

A THIEF who conned a Chester man out of his 55-inch Smart TV has been sentenced at Chester Magistrates Court.

Chester Magistrates Court.

Chester Royal Mail centre worker stole gift cards and cash from post

A CHESTER Royal Mail worker has admitted stealing dozens of postal packets, including cash and gift cards.

Jon Hayes, Managing Director of Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance.

Number of Cheshire and Merseyside cancer referrals more than triples after pandemic dip

OVER three times as many people are being sent for urgent cancer checks across Cheshire and Merseyside than at the start of the pandemic, figures show.