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DOUBLE DEFEAT IN FOUR DAYS FOR KNYPERSLEY
KNYPERSLEY Vics are one off the bottom of the table after two defeats in the space of three days. The Vics went down 2-1 on Saturday at Boldmere St Michael, and followed that up by a 3-1 defeat at home to Chasetown on Tuesday night. Boldmere took the
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NEW BOY CRAIG EARNS POINTS
CONGLETON Town new boy Craig Warrington earned the Bears an excellent point at Ashton United on Monday night. The full back put Congleton ahead on 23 minutes when his drive from 25 yards out was deflected past the keeper by the Ashton centre-half. Ashton
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ALSAGER SPRINGS SURPRISE
ALSAGER produced their best performance of the season on Saturday to spring a major surprise at third-placed Cheadle Hulme. Alsager made a reasonable 163 all out after coming in first, but it was their bowlers that really did the damage, dismissing Cheadle
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DRAW ENDS WINNING RUN
HIGHFLYING Alsager dropped their first points of the season on Saturday when they conceded a late equaliser at home. Alsager were 3-1 up against Eccleshall after 55 minutes, but a defensive error on the hour and a penalty 10 minutes from time cost them
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JOB SAFETY THE PRIORITY AFTER FIRMS COLLAPSE
RECEIVERS are hoping to attract buyers for car dealership Chatfield Ford and Leek showroom Arthur Redfern after the collapse of both companies. Some 270 people are employed across the two firms, which have a combined turnover of £60 million and debts
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FINANCIAL UNION WITH EUROPE IS A THREAT TO OUR SOVEREIGNTY
IF the United Kingdom signs up to European monetary union we will lose a crucial element of our sovereignty. Large numbers of leading businessmen in this country now agree we will end up paying higher taxes and become poorer as a result. I remain opposed
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SHOPPERS DESERT CONGLETON
LESS than one in ten shoppers from across the borough choose Congleton for their clothes, furniture and electrical goods, a new survey has revealed. Congleton accounts for just seven per cent of non-food shopping of people within the borough, only one
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ADAM'S DREAM COMES CLOSER
BRAVE youngster Adam French could be meeting up with Mickey Mouse and his friends thanks to generous bike riders. Adam, aged six, has cystic fibrosis, a condition for which he has to take 50 tablets a day. Workers at Smurfit Cartons in Congleton were
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COMMONWEALTH GAMES GLORY FOR SARAH
TOP athlete Sarah Bentley will realise the ambition of a lifetime next month when she runs in the Commonwealth Games. Sarah, aged 31, will be competing in the 10,000 metres at the games, being held in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. For Sarah, from
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TODDLER DROWNED AFTER HIS MUM WAS ACCIDENTALLY TRAPPED IN CELLAR
TODDLER Cody Haggard drowned in a pool after his mother became trapped in a basement at the family's Congleton home, an inquest heard. Lisa Haggard managed to escape by smashing a window, but after a frantic search spotted Cody lying face down in a pool
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REARRANGED MATCH
WESTON Cricket Club have re-arranged their Cup Match. It was abandoned last Sunday due to the poor weather. The final will now take place against Swynnerton on Sunday, August 30 at 1.30pm. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and
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TRAFFORD ARE TOO TOUGH
WISTASTON travelled to table topping Trafford MV last Saturday and suffered their first away defeat. Put into bat Wistaston's recent poor form continued as they were bowled out for 86, only captain Darren Thomas 22, and Neil Steadman who was left stranded
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CREWE EASE RELEGATION WORRIES
CREWE CC 1st XI lifted themselves out of the relegation zone with a vital 4 wicket victory over fellow strugglers Newcastle last Saturday. Crewe invited their hosts to bat first on an extremely green wicket and Alan Clarke bowled a superb opening spell
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SHAKERS NOT STIRRED
Bury - 1 Crewe Alexandra - 0 BUSTLING Bury proved too strong in defence for Crewe to rescue anything from this game and only a star performance from Jason Kearton kept the final score down to 1-0. The Alex welcomed back Steve Anthrobus to the starting
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ROADSHOW HIGHLIGHTS CHARITY GROUPS' WORK TO NANTWICH SHOPPERS
CHARITY started in Nantwich last week when Borough Mayor Ray Stafford organised a roadshow in the town. The Charity Roadshow had displays from 16 groups and organisations on Nantwich Square following a similar event in Crewe in July. "Many people are
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CALL FOR CAMERAS TO CUT SPEEDING
RESIDENTS in Crewe are calling for speed restrictions and cameras to be brought in on a busy road in the West End. People living on Coppenhall Lane in Crewe are concerned that the speed limit on the road is too high. The limit used to be 30 miles an hour
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HOSPITAL STAFF STEP OUT FOR VITAL EQUIPMENT
LEIGHTON Hospital staff have embarked on a fund-raising bid to help buy a vital piece of equipment. A national charity, CanSearch, has donated £3,500 to the hospital's Cervical Smear Test Service to buy a computer guided microscope for staff training.
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PAST PRESIDENTS GATHER TO MARK CHAMBER'S END
CREWE Chamber of Trade and Commerce will stage a special ceremony next week to mark the end of its 63-year existence. Eight past presidents will attend next Tuesday's ceremony at Crewe Hall, when the Chamber's presidential jewel will be passed on to Vic
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RIVER POLLUTION ROW BUBBLES UP
ONE PUBLIC body will be covering for another if the Environment Agency does not prosecute the borough council for draining water from the Nantwich indoor swimming pool into the river, a former councillor claims. In June the authority's leisure department
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TWIN TOWN SENDS LETTER OF SUPPORT TO ROLLS' WORKERS
TROUBLED Rolls-Royce workers have received another message of support from Germany- but this time not from one of the duelling car giants. The Mayor of Crewe's twin town Bischofsheim has written to council leader Peter Kent to offer his best wishes to
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ATTACK SPARKS WITNESS APPEAL
CREWE police have appealed for witnesses to a brutal attack which occurred in town earlier this month. A 48-year-old male was assaulted on Flag Lane Bridge when he refused to give two underage smokers a cigarette. The man, who has long white hair and
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RESIDENTS SET TO FIGHT MAST 'MONSTORSITY'
RESIDENTS in Crewe are up in arms about plans to site a communications mast at the bottom of their gardens. People living in Pear Tree Avenue, Crewe are furious about a proposal to site the mast off Bradfield Road and have set up a petition. Residents
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TOP MARKS FOR STUDENTS
MONTHS of agonising came to an end last Thursday when students from across Crewe, Nantwich and Sandbach received their A level results. At SOUTH CHESHIRE COLLEGE more than 100 students received A grades with the pass rate, at 88 per cent, higher than
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TWO TOWNS ARE BLOOMING LOVELY
GREEN-FINGERED residents in Nantwich and Willaston have been celebrating this week with two runners-up places in a national contest. Judges at this year's North West in Bloom decided the two places were blooming lovely in both their categories. Nantwich
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PRAYING FOR SALVATION
DISAPPOINTED worshippers at an Islamic Centre in Crewe are set to appeal against the decision to close their Mosque. The Shajalal Mosque, based at a house in Walthall Street, had been given temporary permission three years ago to be used as an Islamic
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ON COURSE FOR TITLE
KNYPERSLEY remain 14 points clear at the top with four games to go despite earning just six points from a draw on Saturday. Knypersley made 216 for seven in 60 overs, leaving fifth-placed Leek the almost impossible tasko of scoring 217 in only 38 overs
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BACKS TO WALL
STUBBORN rearguard action by Stuart Adlam and Jake Capper earned Congleton a hard-fought draw at Cholmondley on Saturday. Congleton put themselves in with a good chance of victory after dismissing their seventh-placed opponents for 168. However they shot
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KAREN HUNTS HORSE OF THE YEAR SHOW SUCCESS
TALENTED showjumper Karen Watson has been chosen to compete at the world-famous Horse of the Year Show. Karen, aged 26, will be riding her mount, Billy, full name Marton Elyvator, at the show in the working hunter horses competition. Karen, from Pirie
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JOBLESS FIGURES DOWN
UNEMPLOYMENT in Congleton is running at almost less than half the national rate. The figure for Congleton for June was 2.4 per cent, compared with 4.5 per cent for Great Britain. It is slightly higher than the 2.1 per cent in Macclesfield, but compared
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HAVE YOUR SAY ABOUT WOODLAND PROJECT
RESIDENTS are being urged to attend a meeting next week to air their views about plans for a community woodland. People living in the Linley Road area of Alsager have already met with borough council officers to draw up draft plans and ideas for how the
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RESIDENTS WIN FIGHT AGAINST CAR SALES PLAN
RESIDENTS won their fight this week to stop a former petrol station near their homes being redeveloped for car sales. Sylk of Macclesfield wanted to create the new business at vacant premises on Rood Hill, Congleton. However the scheme sparked opposition
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SECURTIY has been stepped up at a building society in Alsager following an armed raid.
New high-tech security doors, which allow staff to control who enters the branch, have been installed at the Britannia in Crewe Road. The move is the result of a security review following a robbery when raiders threatened staff and escaped with cash.
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BUSINESSMAN Joe Terry this week predicted a major shake-up in Congleton's restaurant sector because
Mr Terry's comments came as he announced a ''value for money'' strategy at his steamboat restaurant alongside the River Dane. In a radical move Mr Terry is abandoning his entire special events programme in favour of what he describes as "a new, single
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STUDENTS EXCEL IN A LEVELS
TALENTED teenagers Kieran Jones, Roseanne Brown and Suzanne Elcombe have one thing in common - four A grades at A level! Kieran scored As in chemistry, general studies, mathematics and physics at Westlands High School, Congleton, earning a B in further
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SECOND HOME DEFEAT FOR ELWORTH
A DEPLETED Elworth suffered their second home defeat of this season in Division A of the North Staffordshire & South Cheshire Cricket League at the hands of reigning champions Moddershall. Elworth were invited to bat first for the fifth week in a
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INJURIES PILE UP
CREWE Alex head into a busy bank holiday period with yet more injury problems this week. Centre-back Chris Lightfoot looks set to spend the next few weeks keeping the treatment table warm after straining a hamstring in Saturday's defeat at Bury. Reserve
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MUSEUM VISIT
COUNCILLORS are set to visit Nantwich Museum before they decide whether or not to accept the plans for an extension. The plans for a single storey extension were recommended for refusal by officers at last Thursday's planning meeting. They felt it would
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REASEHEATH LEADS THE WAY
A NANTWICH college has become one of the first places in the area to maintain the Investors in People award for more than three years. Reaseheath College is still applying the Investors' principles to help to achieve the aims and objectives. And this
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ROARING SUCCESS
CHARITIES from across Crewe and Nantwich took part in an annual Lions Club fair last weekend. Crewe and Nantwich Lions held the Charity Fair on Saturday, August 22, with about 20 different groups joining in on the day. Each charity had a stall and the
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PUB STAFF SUCCESS
CUSTOMER care and a good memory proved a winning formula for two members of pub staff at Nantwich. Mark Waters and his partner Jeanette Reade, who work at the Three Pigeons in Nantwich, have each been given a prestigious Inn Partnership 100 Club Award
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COMMUNITY CENTRE SETS UP CONFIDENTIAL UNIT FOR ADVICE SESSIONS
VOLUNTEERS at a community centre are hoping to offer even more advice and information thanks to local donations and sponsorship. The Maw Green and Middlewich Street Action Group is converting a room which used to house a water tank for a launderette.
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TALKS TO PROMOTE VOTING FEVER
CREWE and Nantwich councillors have been invited to talks with the Home Office to decide on ways to encourage voting at local elections. The council expressed concerns over the low turn-out of less-than 25 per cent at the last local elections in May and
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CRASH VICTIM WANTS TO MAKE HEADWAY
CAR CRASH victim Alan Carliano is spearheading a bid to form a support group for people whose lives have been shattered by severe head injuries. He's teamed up with Winsford-based Tina Griffiths, former Toc H and MIND worker, to launch a local branch
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PLAQUE UNVEILING IN MEMORY OF DIANA
A TRIBUTE to Diana, Princess of Wales, will be unveiled in Crewe next week to commemorate the first anniversary of her death. A hand carved stone plaque of Diana's face will be unveiled by the mayor of Crewe and Nantwich, Councillor Ray Stafford, as it
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1998 A LEVEL RESULTS
Malbank School D Allingdon GS EL So Ps; E Arnold SS H Ps; A Ashworth GS B SS Ps; K Austin EL IT Ps; M Bailey GS BG Ec PMS; T Barlow GS PMS G C; D Beard GS PMM Ph; C Bebbington GS Ps EL H; S Bell GS PMS IT DT; L Breeze GS B H; F Brereton GS PMM Ph A; M
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IN MEMORY OF DAN
FRIENDS and family will be paying tribute next month to a student who died last year after being attacked in Nantwich. Dan Edwards, of Eastern Road, Willaston, was just 21 when he died 17 days after being punched by amateur boxer Bradley Sandham. The
