Good morning from Warrington town hall! There’s a devolution update on the agenda today for the Cheshire and Warrington joint committee- it is of course less than a year until the county elects its first mayor.

Good evening from the Runcorn and Helsby by-election count.

I've got my snacks (sandwich, Skittles and cola, if you're interested) and I'm here throughout the night filing updates to the BBC News live page:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...

Got to meet a celebrity this morning!

A good day to be in the office 🥞

What next for MP Mike Amesbury? I've been giving an update on Politics North West this morning (you can watch on BBC iPlayer shortly if you missed it)

Bonus pic of inside Warrington Town Hall because it’s a beautiful building

I love Digging for Britain and got to experience my own version of it this week. Under a former car park, they’ve unearthed some interesting finds - especially as they didn’t expect to find anything!

See more here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As I spend a lot of time driving around Cheshire, I often see places I want to visit when I have the time. Yesterday I went to one of those places - the half-timbered St James and St Paul's Church near Congleton. Sadly only part of it was open but what a magnificent building!

Snowy scenes in Cheshire today ⛄

Full hi vis PPE today for a visit to a Victorian signal box. Network Rail have been working on a multimillion-pound upgrade of the signalling system around Crewe over the Christmas period - watch on North West Tonight on BBC One this evening at 6:20pm

Festive scenes in Crewe today.

Merry Crewemas!
(Sorry, I know that was terrible)

I've been in Alsager which is one of a number of areas in Cheshire where parking charges have come in this week. Some businesses have concerns about the charges coming in during the pre-Christmas period - listen on BBC Radio Stoke in the morning.
And here's the Christmas display in the town centre 🎄