ELAN Homes is helping Argoed High School reduce its plastic waste by providing reusable water bottles.

Chapel Street: ‘The Bravest Little Street in England’. Author Sheila Brady has been published. It is helping to raise awareness and funds for the charity Walking With the Wounded.

Birds of prey zipped and dipped through the skies at the Chester Cathedral Falconry and Nature Gardens aweing crowds who attended the opening day last Saturday.

This May Bank Holiday weekend Chester Cathedral will be taking part in the National Gardens Scheme.

This January, Chester Cathedral will present an out of the ordinary organ event in the form of a Battle of the Organs concert and BBC Radio 2 will be there to record proceedings.

A thought-provoking exhibition about the conflict in Afghanistan by Warwickshire-based artist Mike Yorke will take up residence in the Chapter House of Chester Cathedral this autumn.

Plans to create a Business Improvement District (BID) to enhance Chester have received a further boost with another three city centre businesses announcing their decision to vote ‘yes’ in the June ballot.

The Chester Business Club has announced the name of its 2014 Youth Ambassador Award, an award in the gift of the Club and given to ‘an appropriate young person, under the age of 25, from the Chester area, to enable them to undertake a project furthering their education or business career, and to assist in their personal development’.

Chester’s glittering festivities get underway on 21st November at the spectacular Christmas Parade of Light magically turning on the festive illuminations as it passes through the city-centre streets.

NEW Chester Christmas Market Gets Extra Sparkle Chester’s new Christmas Market in the Town Hall Square organised by Marketing Cheshire is set to have extra sparkle this year thanks to a stunning centrepiece featuring a Champagne Lanson White Label bar.