A HARTFORD travel firm is helping to rev up fund raising for a charity which provides motor sport experiences for people with disabilities. The Perfect Getaway – a Hartford-based travel company which creates tailor-made breaks of a lifetime for its customers – has joined forces with Speed of Sight, a cause set up by multiple […]
Dramatic underwater images of the final resting place of the world’s first steam powered submarine, which was built in Wirral and sank on its maiden voyage in 1880, have been released for the first time. It comes as scuba divers from the British Sub-Aqua Club in Chester, who have responsibility for preserving the historic wreck of […]
The boss of an award-winning security firm that keeps a close eye on football star Michael Owen is marking 10 years at the helm. Jonathan Turner took over the reins as managing director of AGS Security a decade ago and has seen the company quadruple in size. AGS supplies and fits bespoke intruder and fire […]
A Wirral-born food entrepreneur who created 50 new jobs by ploughing more than £1.5m into an seaside café has launched a recruitment drive for extra staff. Phil Brown, who built up the Philpotts bespoke sandwich empire from his first branch in Chester to 22 outlets across the UK, has now launched the Sea Shanty Café in […]
The production manager is putting his best foot forward at the 2017 Chester MBNA Half Marathon to raise funds for a charity that’s close to his heart. Martin Stevens from Rubicon Garden Rooms has vowed to complete the run in May for the British Heart Foundation. The 57-year-old was inspired to tackle the 13.1 mile challenge, […]
A WARRINGTON vet who hails from South Africa and once helped sedate a lion has been appointed as a new divisional partner for an independent veterinary group. Pieter de Villiers, one of the lead vets at Beech House Veterinary Surgery, was born and raised in Potchefstroom, a town in South Africa’s North-West province. In his […]
A WOMAN with cerebral palsy from Wigan has thanked a travel business for supporting a charity that has turned her dreams of driving a racing car into reality. Self-confessed adrenaline junkie, Hannah Shelmerdine, of Golborne who is also visually impaired, was able to get behind the wheel for the first time thanks to Speed of […]
THE curious ‘tail’ of a cat called Kitty who almost died when she swallowed a toy cat called Kitty has had a happy ending. Experienced vet Ann Mee operated on Kitty, a four-year-old ginger tabby adored by her owners, after she swallowed the two-inch plastic cat from the Kitty in My Pocket children’s toy range. […]
The heart-warming tail of a tiny kitten found abandoned by the roadside has had the purrfect ending after she was reunited with the women who saved her life. Nala the ginger kitten was spotted by quick-thinking cat lover Rachael Evans lying helplessly on a grass verge as she drove past on her way to work […]
One of the UK’s most talented conductors has taken on a new choir – just weeks after working on the new Sony Playstation 4 advertisement watched by millions of fans. The University of Manchester has announced the appointment of Robert Guy from Gorton as conductor of its Chorus and as a tutor of choral conducting […]
