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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes review – strange things afoot in gag-laden crime convention caper

The debonair detective heads north for this breezily daft mystery featuring a missing masterpiece, vicious nuns and a full-bodied rendition of I Will Survive

The Guardian - UK

Tractor smashes into homes after drug driver runs red light

A drug-driver crashed into a tractor, causing it to smash into a row of houses in Chester.

The Independent UK

Drug-driver avoids jail over crash that caused tractor to plough into homes

Matthew Cumpsty drove through a red light into the path of a tractor in Chester.

Evening Standard

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Biblical Women Ageing Disgracefully: artist Sarah Lightman reimagines characters battling midlife, motherhood and menopause

What happens when the women immortalised in old master paintings step out of their gilded frames and into the chaos of modern domestic life? That’s the question artist Sarah Lightman tackles, with wit, irreverence and insight, in her exhibition Biblical Women Ageing Disgracefully, now on at Chester Visual Arts, Grovesnor…

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Killer nurse Lucy Letby could face new charges over more baby deaths at hospitals

Letby is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others

The Independent UK

Former Manchester United footballer Paul Ince charged with drink-driving

Fifty-seven-year-old arrested after Range Rover collided with central reservation in Neston, Cheshire on Saturday

The Guardian - UK

Rare maccoa ducklings hatch at Chester zoo for first time

Four ducklings add to safety-net population of African species that is estimated to be down to 5,000 in the wild

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Good Samaritans and cops leap into action in dramatic rescue of woman from burning car in New York state

Good Samaritans and cops sprang into action in a dramatic rescue of a woman from her burning car in Chester, New York.

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania Has Failed Environmental Justice Communities for Years. A New Bill Could Change That.

A waste incinerator, a paper plant and a sewage treatment facility all jammed in a town of 35,000. “Our children literally cannot breathe.”

Capital & Main

Hollyoaks spoilers: Warren Fox returns to Chester. What brings him back?

Airs Tuesday 3 June on E4 at 7pm.

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Lucy Letby inquiry will release findings in early 2026, months later than planned

Lady Justice Thirlwall previously said she hoped to publish report in November into murder of babies at Countess of Chester hospital

The Guardian - UK

Horse racing: East India Dock flies home for Chester Cup glory, plus a Saturday preview

The 2025 Chester Cup success of East India Dock proved to be a big day in the careers of two of racing’s rising stars

The Guardian - UK

Horse racing: more records for Aidan O’Brien as Chester dominance continues

Mount Kilimanjaro and Illinois produced victories in the day’s big races as the trainer struck again at the Roodee

The Guardian - UK

Horse racing: Minnie Hauk and Lambourn deliver Classics pointers at Chester

Aidan O’Brien may have been off the mark at Newmarket on Guineas weekend but he bounced back in no uncertain terms

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The Independent UK

A lost DoorDash driver started knocking at houses for directions. A local official then shot him in the back, cops say

John J. Reilly, 48, the highway superintendent for the town of Chester, is charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm

Evening Standard

Tractor crashes into front of two houses

Extensive damage was caused to both semi-detached properties in Chester, but the occupants were found safe and well.

The Guardian - UK

Chester zoo unveils £28m ‘Africa’ facility – complete with chilly giraffes

Nine-hectare site home to 57 species including rhino, zebras and ostriches in UK’s biggest such development

The Guardian - UK

Quiz: test your knowledge of English football’s weird and wonderful mascots

Do you know your Moonchester from your Gunnersaurus? If so, this quiz on football’s furry friends is for you

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The Independent UK

Labour selects candidate for by-election to replace disgraced Amesbury

Cheshire West & Chester councillor Karen Shore will run as Labour’s candidate.

Evening Standard

Labour selects candidate for by-election to replace shamed Amesbury

Cheshire West & Chester councillor Karen Shore will run as Labour’s candidate.

The Independent UK

UK’s ‘most welcoming city’ also voted one of the most haunted

The city has ‘a strong sense of community’ combined with a ‘mysterious past’

Evening Standard

UK’s ‘most welcoming city’ is also one of the most haunted – poll

Travel company Booking.com said Chester has ‘a strong sense of community’ combined with a ‘mysterious past’.

The Guardian - UK

MP Mike Amesbury has prison sentence suspended after appeal

Ex-Labour MP was originally jailed for 10 weeks for assaulting a man in the street

Evening Standard

Mike Amesbury: Former Labour MP jailed for punching man has sentence suspended for two years on appeal

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has had his 10-week prison sentence for assault suspended for two years following an appeal at Chester Crown Court.

The Conversation

Will Lucy Letby get a retrial? Here’s what happens next with her case

Lucy Letby was convicted in two trials in 2023 and 2024 of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others in her care at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England between 2015 and 2016.

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