Cheshire's Silk 106.9

Health and social care organisations across the area are united in encouraging residents to take simple but effective steps to stay well and to help their NHS support those who need it most.

Cheshire East Council has been recognised for its work to encourage more walking, wheeling and cycling - with the success of its recently completed Southern Gateway scheme in Crewe helping to unlock funding.

Cheshire East residents are being encouraged to check the council’s website for changes to their bin collection schedule during the festive period.

A construction company that works closely with East Cheshire NHS Trust has generously donated a Christmas tree to Macclesfield Hospital for the second-year running.

Scientists working at a remote British research station in the Antarctic received a special delivery of a new Royal Mail post box in time for Christmas – thanks to the King..

Specialist rape and sex offences investigators will be introduced to every police force as part of reforms to be introduced under the Government’s violence against women and girls (Vawg) strategy..

One of Britain’s most significant train timetable changes since the ill-fated May 2018 revamp comes into effect on Sunday..

The Metropolitan Police has decided not to launch a criminal investigation into reports that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his taxpayer-funded bodyguard to dig up dirt on Virginia Giuffre..