The websites for Reach-owned weeklies Crewe Chronicle, Chester Chronicle and Macclesfield Express will merge into one online title called Cheshire Live this week.

The new website, plans which were first announced in March, will go live on Thursday as the “new home of live news, sport and entertainment across Cheshire”.

In an article announcing the changes, the Chester Chronicle said the website will continue to “serve the communities we already do” through the print titles, while “expanding to become a county-wide digital news service”.