Cheshire's Silk 106.9

A county lines drug dealer from Stoke-on-Trent who was dealing class A drugs in Congleton has been jailed.

Cheshire business and political leaders have urged the Business Secretary to reconsider the decision to end £2.8m of funding for Jodrell Bank Observatory, warning it would undermine research activity, skilled employment and future investment in the region.

Today marks a major milestone for education and skills across Cheshire as Cheshire College - South & West and Macclesfield College formally become one organisation, following the successful completion of their legal merger.

A woman who was arrested in relation to serious offences involving members of a religious group in Crewe has now been issued with an interim Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order.

Donald Trump has said he thinks he and Andy Burnham are “going to have a very good relationship” as he again stressed the need for the UK to tackle immigration and open up North Sea oil, claiming Britain was currently “a bankrupt country”..

Jordan Henderson has joined Chelsea on a two-year deal following his departure from Brentford..

England and Wales have had their driest July in records dating back to 1836, provisional statistics from the Met Office show..

Comedian Jimmy Cricket has died aged 80 following a short illness..