Barrie White

1 week ago | chesterstandard.co.uk | Barrie White

Chester Magistrates Court. (Image: Newsquest.) A SCOTTISH man says he was left ‘heartbroken’ after he was disqualified when police caught him over the limit because his electric car ran out of charge. Gary Sandford, 43, of Townhead Gardens in Kilmarnock, pleaded guilty over video link at Chester Magistrates Court to driving while over the legal limit on Tuesday, April 15.

1 week ago | chesterstandard.co.uk | Barrie White

Bob Fairweather with his fellow riders in Mallorca raising money for Cancer Research UK. (Image: Best Western Hotel.) A CHESTER hotel boss has joined colleagues in quadrupling their charity fundraising target for Cancer Research UK. Bob Fairweather, general manager at The Queen, in City Road and opposite Chester railway station, joined his fellow LGH Best Western managers and head office staff to turn a work trip to Mallorca into an epic cycling challenge.

1 week ago | chesterstandard.co.uk | Barrie White

The trees to be felled on the A41 Whitchurch Road in Chester. (Image: Google.) MORE than 30 trees will be cut down along the A41 near Chester after planning permission was granted by Cheshire West. The decision to fell the 31 ‘self-set’ trees along the major Whitchurch Road was taken last week by planners at Cheshire West and Chester Council’s planning officers. Plans were submitted to the council by Treehuggers, a company based in Harthill, in February this year.

1 week ago | wirralglobe.co.uk | Barrie White

Ellesmere Port pub The Cat took part in the Big Pour. (Image: The Cat.) AN ELLESMERE Port pub has joined with hundreds across the UK to break a Guinness World Record for the most people pulling a pint at exactly the same time. The Cat, in Wolverham Road, joined 114 other pubs with brewery giants Heineken to set the record last Monday, April 7.

1 week ago | chesterstandard.co.uk | Barrie White

Chester is included in a yellow weather warning for heavy rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. (Image: Met Office.) PUT the barbecues and deckchairs away gang, there’s heavy rain on its way to Chester this week. After more than 10 days of glorious sunshine, heavy rain has been forecast by the Met Office for Tuesday and Wednesday, April 15-16. A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for the two days after clouds rolled into the UK over the weekend.