The Latest Breaking News from Chester

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 · Jul 16, 2025

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…

The Conversation · Jul 9, 2025

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 · Jul 2, 2025

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

Airs Tuesday 3 June on E4 at 7pm.

WhatToWatch · May 27, 2025

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 · May 22, 2025

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 · May 9, 2025

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 · May 8, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025

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

The Independent UK · May 5, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025