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CONGLETON CRUISE IT
CONGLETON moved up two places in their league after carrying out a demolition job at home on Bramhall at the weekend. Bramhall won the toss and chose to bat in the Murray Smith Cheshire County League game but were all out for 67. Wicket takers were Andrew
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BOWLING ALONG TO VICTORY
GOOD bowling enabled Alsager Cricket Club to overcome a poor batting performance as they beat mid-table Didsbury at the weekend. Alsager moved up to tenth in the league after winning by six runs. "It was a pretty poor batting performance from Alsager
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BEARS ARE IN FINE FORM
BEARS fans could be in for a good season this year following some impressive pre-season form and several new players on the books. In the last five days Congleton have beaten three teams and have one more friendly left before the season starts in earnest
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YOUR TICKET TO RIDE
CYCLING fans are invited to take part in a 21 mile ride around Sandbach and Alsager this month. The ride, organised by the county council's Countryside Management Service, will be held on Thursday, August 20. It starts from Sandbach Railway Station and
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BARNEY VIDEO WINNERS
BARNEY-BARMY children, Sam Talbot and Nicola Hammersley, have won copies of the dinosaur's latest video. Sam, aged three, and Nicola, aged seven, won the videos of It's Time for Counting after entering the latest of the Congleton Guardian's popular competitions
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FUNDING BID TO END TRAFFIC HAZARDS
TEENAGERS and young children are hoping for cash help to protect them from traffic hazards on the way to school. Marlfields Primary and Dane Valley High in Congleton are looking to win funding this year from the Safer Routes to School initiative. Marlfields
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CHARITY BOX THEFT ANGERS STORE STAFF
ANGRY pharmacy assistant Jean Winnell told this week of her disgust at the hard-hearted thief who fled with a charity box. The charity box snatched from Hills Pharmacy in Congleton contained about £70 intended to boost a campaign run by the British Heart
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WEEKLY COLUMN
LISTENERS to my Magic 1548 breakfast show will know my views on Moors murderess Myra Hindley. I have always believed she is a really wicked woman. I am saddened, however, that one of her victim's family has visited her behind bars with a view to expecting
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VIKINGS FALL PREY TO HAWKS
Hunslet Hawks 41 Widnes Vikings 10 THE Vikings first game in the post-Graeme West era ended in a second-half collapse after a first period of promise. Caretaker coach, Colin Whitfield, selected his first side and included a rare glimpse of the lesser-spotted
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PERVERT JAILED
A WIDNES man has been sent to prison for indecently assaulting a nine-year-old girl earlier this year. Peter Batty, 44, of Kingsway, drove up behind the child as she was cycling her bicycle in St Helens in January this year. He rolled down his window
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CANCER BOY DEATH
TRIBUTES have poured in to the brave Widnes boy who has lost his long battle against cancer after raising £17,000 for Alder Hey. Graham Manning, from Billington Road, died on Wednesday after more than 18 months of struggle. Graham lost his right arm to
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ATTACKER JAILED
AN ATTACK outside a pub on Christmas Eve left one man with a chipped tooth after a man kicked him in the head, a court was told on Friday. A woman who tried to stop the fight was commended and given a £50 reward, Warrington Crown Court heard. Frank O'Neil
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ALVANLEY EYE TOP SPOT
ALVANLEY'S long run of good form hit a new high on Saturday as they entertained leaders Outlon Park in the match-of-the-day. Second place and promotion is the priority for Alvanley this season but Saturday's dismantling on Oulton closes the gap and could
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MILLION POUND HOMES PROMISE
FOUR estates in Runcorn could be boosted to the tune of up to a £1 million as the controlling housing association seeks to upgrade its areas. Riverside Housing Association is hoping to spend the money on new and improved community facilities. The trust
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£5M CASH BID
THE public transport system in Halton could be set for a transformation if a council bid for £5 million of Government money is successful. Halton Council this week announced plans for an integrated public transport network to focus initially on reinvigorating
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MURDER CHARGE
A MAN has been charged with murder following the death of another Runcorn man at the weekend. Stephen McLoughlin, 30, died from his injuries at Whiston Hospital on Saturday after being assaulted in Runcorn on Friday, July 31. He had suffered a serious
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MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD
A MAN whose disappearance two weeks ago prompted a police search has been found dead in his car. The body of Paul Johnston, who went missing on Wednesday, July 28, was discovered in his car near to Junction 11 of the M56 at Daresbury on Monday. He was
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CINEMA GO-AHEAD
HALTON'S long-awaited cinema moved a step closer this week. Plans for the multi-screen complex at southern loop beside Halton Lea were approved by the planning committee. The development, proposed by Appleleash, includes an independent family entertainment
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BINMEN TO STRIKE
BINMEN are planning strike action in Halton following disciplinary action against a former employee. A spokesperson for Halton Council said: "We have been notified by the GMB union that some of their members will be holding three one-day strikes in the
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EARLY CUP SUCCESS
KNYPERSLEY Football Club got the season off to a silverware-winning start by taking the Joe McGorian Charity Cup. The cup is traditionally played for by the winners of the League Cup, in this case Knypersley, and the league champions. But champions Bloxwich
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE GETS ZENECA BOOST
BUDDING scientists are looking forward to buying new state-of-the-art equipment for their school. Leading local company Zeneca presented £5,500 to Westlands High School, Congleton. The money is aimed at improving technology teaching, and will be used
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BOOK APPEAL
YOUNG bookworms from Congleton and Alsager are being invited to help fellow book fans from Africa. Throughout August adults and children can donate books at Congleton and Alsager libraries and others across Cheshire. The county initiative is part of a
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LINDA SAYS GOODBYE AFTER YEARS OF FUND-RAISING
FANTASTIC fund-raiser Linda Roger has won praise for her sterling support for a primary school over the past two years. Mrs Roger has given up her role as chairman of the Parents' Association at Highfields Primary School in Alsager after a hugely successful
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AUCTION GOERS HELP LAURA
GENEROUS auction goers have paved the way for the holiday of a lifetime for young cancer sufferer Laura Thorley. Laura, aged seven, from Alsager, started chemotherapy treatment in June after being diagnosed with leukaemia. She takes up to 12 tablets a
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SOLDIER'S ACTION IN EMERGENCY EARNS PRAISE
A ROOKIE soldier has been praised for her actions in helping a young mother and her children in Northern Ireland. Gunner Butfakorm Hemrathananon, aged 18, from Scholar Green has been in the army for just nine months, and was involved in security operations
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FRIENDS SET UP A SOCCER TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL
CARING friends of a teenager who died last summer from meningitis are hoping to raise hundreds of pounds in his memory. Michael Read, of the Fairway, Alsager had celebrated his 19th birthday just four days before he died last August while his parents,
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THANKS FOR SAVING OUR SON
A FUND-RAISING family are celebrating this week after hitting the £20,000 mark in their bid to say thank-you to the hospital which saved their son. Robert Boffey was treated for a brain tumour at Alder Hey Hospital seven years ago when he was less than
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GONE WEST
A DISILLUSIONED Graeme West has launched a broadside at Widnes following his sacking by the club on Wednesday. The board took the decision to end West's year-long reign in the wake of a string of defeats, culminating in the home humiliation by Hull Kingston
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CHILD SEX MAN DEAD
A WIDNES man who was due to appear at court on charges of sexually abusing underage girls has been found dead after taking his own life at a caravan park in Wales. The body of Paul Smith, a 30-year-old resident of Widnes, was discovered by police at a
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BIRD RESCUED
WIDNES must be beginning to resemble the set of Animal Hospital if you work for the Fire Brigade's green watch. First Widnes Fire Brigade were called in to assist in saving a whale trapped on a riverbed. Then they had to save a parrot called Oliver from
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SEX OFFENDER JAILED
A MIDDLE-AGED motorist followed a young girl as she rode her bicycle and then indecently assaulted her, a court has heard. The incident happened in St Helens as the nine-year-old was riding to a local shop, said Mr Brendan Carville. 44-year-old Peter
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POWER STATION BLAZE QUELLED
A BLAZE caused damage at Fiddlers Ferry power station on Monday afternoon. A large area of external lagging insulation was set alight by workmen using oxyacetylene torches at the plant shortly before 4pm. Two engines from Widnes were sent to tackle the
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BENEFITS FRAUD WOMAN JAILED
A WOMAN obtained more than £17,000 in benefits by claiming she was tenant of a house, Warrington Crown Court heard yesterday. She was actually the owner but still claimed housing benefit to help pay bills. Susan Houghton, 44, of Upton Lane, Widnes, admitted
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MOND KICK-OFF
MOND open the season with a visit to much fancied Heswall on Saturday in the Carlsberg West Cheshire League Division One. Mond drew their final friendly with Crosfield's (Warrington Premier League) 1-1, Mond getting a late equaliser with a spectacular
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MENTAL HEALTH ROW
THE psychologist at the centre of the mental health care row at Halton Hospital has been handed a final warning for writing to Frank Dobson over the relocation of his therapy group. Community Care for Health disciplined Dr Robin Hensman for using CCH
