• High-flyer Michelle helps holidaymakers travel 350 times around the world and lands top award

  • Big hearted travel boss opens new store and makes fundraising pledge to help youngsters with special needs

  • Spire Fylde Coast Hospital staff trained in how to spot signs of modern slavery

  • Clothes rail project launches at Stretford Mall to help those in need stay warm this winter

Children’s hospice charity aims to raise £30,000 with Snowdon Trek

A trek to the summit of Snowdon is set to raise thousands of pounds for a charity caring for children from Cheshire with life-limiting conditions. Supporters of Hope House at Oswestry  and Tŷ Gobaith Children’s Hospice in the Conwy Valley will make the trek on July 1. The two hospices provide care and support to life-limited […]

Plucky Patch cheats death thanks to Wirral vet finding rare tumour

A PLUCKY pooch called Patch has cheated death thanks to a Wirral vet who discovered he had a rare tumour. The seven-year-old black Shih Tzu was showing no signs of being unwell but unbeknown to owner Cheryl Dolan, from Seacombe, he was a ticking time bomb and months away from certain death. Cheryl, 44, had […]

Hire firm on the road to creating a greener planet with UK woodland scheme

An industrial equipment hire firm is on the road to helping create a greener planet, by helping to plant more than 3,342 acres of new woodland. Family firm Astley Hire, based in Leigh, is among the signatories to a pioneering scheme set up to help businesses offset the carbon emissions from their vehicles. It means […]

Meet the sibling cats with 14 extra toes between them

NOT only do cats Tiger-Lily and Lomu have nine lives, they also have 14 extra toes between them. The sibling pair, known as Polydactyls are cared for at Middlewich Veterinary Surgery, where trimming their nails takes that little bit longer. The felines had a tragic start in life when a dog savaged their litter, killing […]

High flying team at Bolton travel agents scoop top award

A FIRST class team of Bolton travel agents is celebrating winning a top award after helping holiday makers cruise their way almost four times to the moon and back. The high-flying staff at Hays Travel in Bolton town centre are over the moon after being named best cruise store for the second year running at […]

Call for Joneses to take part in world record bid

An appeal has gone out to people called Jones to take part in a bid to break a world record. They are being invited to join  the largest collection of runners called Jones, just before the start of the Jones Crisps Anglesey Half Marathon. Already more than 800 athletes have signed up for the race […]

Riello UPS keeps the power on for businesses thanks to Delsol

Vital equipment to keep power connected at data centres through to hospitals around the UK is being sped on its way thanks to  delivery company Delsol. Couriers from the parcels and pallets firm, which is based on the Chester border,  transport products from Riello UPS Ltd to critical locations across the country. Getting parts speedily […]