The Chester Standard is a weekly free newspaper. It is distributed within the Chester area and has a readership of 102,000. Since July 2006 the newspaper can be bought by visitors to Chester in many shops, at a price of 40p, however it is still delivered free to residents.
It is a sister publication to the Chester Evening Leader, and is produced by NWN Media.
The UK's Newspaper Society voted the Chester Standard Free Weekly Newspaper of the Year in the North West, North East and Yorkshire 2008.
It is now also available online in PDF format at http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk.
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