Kate Houghton

4 days ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Kate Houghton

Dear England is storytelling at its finest, holding the audience gripped through laughter and tears to the close  I need to start this review by making very clear I am not remotely knowledgeable about football. The only part football plays in my life is when it occasionally disrupts summer plans with World Cup and European tournaments, the menfolk disappear to local hostelries and dinner table conversation gets very one-sided.

4 days ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Kate Houghton

Four decades after the world's greatest pop stars played two concerts to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, a Live Aid 40 festival is being staged in Cheshire to mark the anniversary. The music and family fun event at Verdin Park, Northwich, on the evening of Friday, July 11, and all day on Saturday, July 12, features 12 tribute acts honouring those who performed at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia in July 1985.

6 days ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Kate Houghton

Cheshire’s leading agricultural show is a major event in the rural calendar, but is it increasingly an anachronism in a county of such diverse industry and influences? Absolutely not, says show committee chairman, Rob Davenport, rather it’s an opportunity to share, learn and celebrate everything that makes Cheshire great. ‘The Cheshire County Show has been going since 1838 and was, of course, originally much smaller and used to travel around the county to different locations each year.

1 week ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Kate Houghton

Russell Watson lives in Congleton with his wife Louise and their many animals, from dogs and cats to alpacas and sheep. He is known locally for his dedication to supporting his community and each year performs a fundraising concert at Astbury parish church. The globally acclaimed tenor celebrates 25 years of music this October and November with a series of concerts, The Evolution Tour. ‘Everybody loves an anniversary,’ says Russell Watson. ‘And 25 years is a big one.

2 weeks ago | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Kate Houghton

Jill Jenkinson moved into her Brooklands home with now husband Mark and son George in 2013, but their search for a home to share had taken years to complete. ‘When I met Mark he was living in Bolton and I was in Timperley, with my son, George. When we decided to move in together, we started looking for something in this area. We must have looked at over 50 houses, but none of them were quite right.