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Stoptober is the Department of Health & Social Care’s annual quit smoking campaign, designed to encourage and support people who smoke to make a quit attempt.

New crossings, cycleway improvements and enhanced walking routes will be delivered as part of phase 2 of the Manchester Road Active Travel scheme, with construction due to begin on Monday 5th October.

Detectives from Cheshire Police have launched an investigation following allegations of historic sexual abuse.

Sixty years after the former Northwich Market opened, a new chapter begins with the opening of a brand-new market at Barons Quay.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered a bruising electoral setback in two state elections on Sunday, including a historic defeat for his party, but vowed to press ahead with potentially painful reforms to Europe’s biggest economy..

Andy Burnham has congratulated Denmark and the US on a deal to “strengthen security in the Arctic” after the two countries resolved a months-long diplomatic standoff over Greenland..

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has urged Andy Burnham to cut fuel duty by 10p a litre at least until Christmas to ease cost-of-living pressures..

The Queen will explore the “transformative power of reading” in a new BBC documentary..