General News

Yesterday evening, Maggie and I headed over to the Ellesmere Port Library Committee Room to attend the 2026 Charter Trustee Meeting. The Charter Trustee Meeting is where local councillors discuss important topics or elect the next Mayor of Ellesmere Port. The meetings are held 4-6 times a year, and duties are mainly limited to ceremonial activities. The Charter Trustees also set the mayoral budget and maintain the relationship with our twinning town, Reutlingen. Yesterday evening's meeting focused on electing the next Mayor.

Exciting things are happening at The Flora Bakery in Ellesmere Port as the popular Whitby Village bakery expands into the unit next door.

In many films like Jurassic Park, as well as in books and games, dinosaurs can be a key element. There are many different types of dinosaurs, and while they are often grouped with reptiles and related to birds, some people see them as a myth made up for fun. Is this true?

One of the world’s most popular toys is LEGO — small, colourful building blocks that you can put together to make amazing creations. But where did it all begin?

When we think of combat, we may think of a sport like boxing or a fight with swords — but what does it actually mean?

Something really scary about the oceans on our planet is that we have only explored 5 percent of them. As you probably know, there are five oceans on Earth, which are massive bodies of water containing so much unique life.

As technology is advancing, we are creating robots to do things for us. There are concerns that robots could replace us, but overall, at the moment, they are working for us very well. Multiple robots have different jobs, so let’s have a look at some.

Especially in the last hundred years, plastic pollution has become more and more of a problem. Plastic pollution is when plastic objects, like water bottles, are left and not recycled. But the question is: why is leaving a bottle on the floor so bad?

Every year on the 14th of February, people celebrate their love for one another in many different ways. This can include cards, gifts, quality time together, or something else. In today’s article, you can find out what used to happen, when it started, and why.

The definition of a volcano is a mountain or hill where magma escapes. However, digging deeper than this, there is a lot of science and many interesting facts. To understand volcanoes, you have to look at the very start and then how they eventually erupt hot lava.

Almost everyone travels every day, often without even thinking about it. We use things like bikes, cars, and ourselves to get around. This leads to an interesting question: what is the quickest way to travel?

You may have heard of the term deforestation before, which means cutting down trees. But what makes it so bad?