Kieran Lamb's List: Ellesmere Port Pioneer 02/09

A MEDICAL student from Ellesmere Port has won a health award.

Simon Bulley beat off competition from medical students from all over the country to scoop the honour.

The 24-year-old, from Little Sutton, was awarded the Prize in Rheumatology by leading medical research charity the Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC).

ELLESMERE Port Hospital is having to enforce visiting restrictions due to a highly infectious winter vomiting bug.\n\nA surge in cases of norovirus on the Ruby and Diamond wards meant the hospital was unable to accept new admissions last week.

Departing Cheshire County Council chief executive Jeremy Taylor tells DAVID HOLMES of his fears as key department loses 'hundreds of years' of experience\n\nCOUNCIL boss Jeremy Taylor is among the "three-quarters" of top managers at Cheshire County Council who won't be in charge after April 1.