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Prime Minister Gordon Brown vows to back Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port with financial support

GORDON Brown has vowed to back Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant with financial support and says plans are under way to secure the contract to build the new electric car.Read

Shark hatches in diver’s hands at Blue Planet Aquarium in Ellesmere Port

BLUE Planet Aquarium divers Kelly Timmins and Richard Hughes had an amazing encounter when a baby shark literally hatched out in their hands.Read

Ellesmere Port and Neston MP believes that the future of Vauxhall’s car plant will become clearer next month

ELLESMERE Port and Neston Labour MP Andrew Miller believes the future of Vauxhall could become clear by the middle of the month.Read

Liberal Democrat activist Elizabeth Jewkes defends Vince Cable over Vauxhall comments

LIBERAL Democrat activist Elizabeth Jewkes has defended controversial comments made by one of her party’s leading MPs over the future of Vauxhall.Read

Vauxhall worker Peter Southwood talks about his concerns over the future of the carmaker

LIKE most Vauxhall workers Peter Southwood has endured sleepless nights worrying about what the future holds for the carmaker.Read

Ellesmere Port and Neston MP Andrew Miller hoping for Vauxhall jobs boost

ANDREW Miller is hoping jobs will be created rather than axed at Ellesmere Port’s Vauxhall plant.Read

North West Euro MP Arlene McCarthy wants protection for Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port workers

NORTH West Euro MP Arlene McCarthy says she is fighting Vauxhall’s corner.Read

Vauxhall worker Peter Southwood talks about his concerns over the future of the carmaker

LIKE most Vauxhall workers Peter Southwood has endured sleepless nights worrying about what the future holds for the carmaker.Read

Unite union chief Tony Woodley vows to keep the pressure on business secretary Lord Mandelson

UNION chief Tony Woodley has told Vauxhall workers that the Ellesmere Port car plant will not be axed in the next five years.Read

Stuart Penketh, Conservative parliamentary candidate for Ellesmere Port and Neston, accuses Lord Mandelson of taking a back seat over Vauxhall future

TORY politician Stuart Penketh is calling for Lord Mandelson to ‘get off his backside’ and support Vauxhall workers.Read

Ellesmere Port and Neston MP Andrew Miller hoping for Vauxhall jobs boost

ANDREW Miller is hoping jobs will be created rather than axed at Ellesmere Port’s Vauxhall plant.Read

Stuart Penketh, Conservative parliamentary candidate for Ellesmere Port and Neston, accuses Lord Mandelson of taking a back seat over Vauxhall future

TORY politician Stuart Penketh is calling for Lord Mandelson to ‘get off his backside’ and support Vauxhall workers.Read

Unite union chief Tony Woodley vows to keep the pressure on business secretary Lord Mandelson

UNION chief Tony Woodley has told Vauxhall workers that the Ellesmere Port car plant will not be axed in the next five years.Read

Magna to takeover GM Europe

NEGOTIATIONS to close a deal for the sale of General Motors Europe could take several weeks.Read

North West Euro MP Arlene McCarthy wants protection for Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port workers

NORTH West Euro MP Arlene McCarthy says she is fighting Vauxhall’s corner.Read

Mold man suffers facial injury in Chester city centre fight

A MOLD man was taken to hospital with a facial injury following a brawl in Chester city centre.Read

Cheshire West and Chester Council leaders call for talks with General Motors’ president Frederick Henderson to help secure the future of Vauxhall in Ellesmere Port

COUNCIL leaders want to fly out to the US for an urgent meeting with the head of General Motors in a bid to help secure the future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant.Read

Mold man injured in Chester city centre brawl

THREE men have been arrested and two were taken to hospital following a brawl in Chester city centre in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday, May 20).Read

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Gary Porter is a multimedia journalist for the Ellesmere Port Pioneer and Chester Chronicle. Tel. 0151 356 2345 or 01244 606421.

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