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Warrington are to sign Castleford's Oliver Holmes and Peter Mata'utia on three-year and two-year deals respectively from 2022.

The investigation is continuing into the collapse of part of Northwich railway station's roof.

Ashley Barnes was arrested hours after Burnley FC beat Fulham, securing their top-flight status.

The latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

Two men and a woman are due in court after pro-Palestinian activists scaled a Runcorn factory.

Martin Blondel worked with pubs, rugby clubs and Johnny Vegas to provide essentials during pandemic.

Additional testing is now being rolled out in Northwich and Winsford after Delta cases detected.

Three protesters are arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and aggravated trespass at the factory.

Protesters say they have destroyed property and sprayed red paint across the factory in Runcorn.

Footage of Benjamin Bridgeman assaulting the 74-year-old fisherman was posted on Snapchat.

People living in parts of Cheshire are being urged to have a Covid-19 test after an "alarming" rise in cases in the area.

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The increase in Crewe and Macclesfield is being largely driven by the so-called Indian variant, now named the Delta by the World Health Organization, Cheshire East Council said., external

Every person over the age of 18 in the two towns are being asked by the authority to have a test, even if they do not have symptoms.

Mobile testing units have been set up in Middlewich, Holmes Chapel and Wilmslow while the council highlighted local testing sites in Macclesfield and Crewe.

Nathan Batha was eventually brought to a halt with the help of a police stinger.

Nathan Batha sped along the M6 in Cheshire at more than 150mph and through Warrington at 100mph.

On the last leg of his journey through north west England, Michael Portillo makes a clean sweep in Ashley, where, in Victorian times, the new middle classes set up home in suburban villas with multiple chimneys, swept by children.

In Macclesfield, Michael finds the end of the Silk Route and tries his hand at screen printing. After stoking the fire on the steam-powered Churnet Valley Railway, Michael alights at Froghall for Alton Towers, to trace the 19th-century origins of the modern theme park.

A Labour MP and a Conservative chairman object to plans to carve up the City of Chester constituency.

The centre will be led by IBM and the Science and Technology Facilities Council, a minister says.

Two teenagers aged 13 and 14 are among six held following the stabbing.