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RURAL HOUSEHOLD WASTE SITE TIPPED FOR CLOSURE
VILLAGERS near Nantwich could have to travel further to dump their household waste if plans to close their current centre go ahead. At present residents in Alpraham, Bunbury and Barbridge live near to their local Household Waste Centre which is based
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FIGHT WILL GO ON FOR MUSEUM EXTENSION
NANTWICH Museum's chairman has vowed to fight on to have the building extended after councillors threw out his plans for the third time. Planning Committee members rejected the proposal to build a temporary exhibition hall after a neighbour complained
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RUGBY CLUB SET TO TACKLE NEW PITCHES
CONTROVERSIAL plans to extend Crewe Vagrants Sports Ground onto nearby farmland have been approved by councillors. Neighbours objected to proposals to convert a five-acre site into rugby pitches for Crewe and Nantwich RUFC, because of the risk of extra
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POOL CLOSED AFTER WINDOW DROPS IN
A SWIMMER had to be rushed to hospital after a pane of glass fell on him from the roof of Crewe Swimming Pool. The pool was immediately closed last week after the glass, measuring eight square feet, hit two swimmers causing one to need stitches for a
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INVESTIGATION AFTER TREE CRASH
TREES at Nantwich are to be inspected by a specialist after a lime that crashed down onto a passing car was found to be rotten at the roots. The elderly woman driver was lucky to escape injury. Fears that other lime trees in the area may be in the same
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ROBBER'S AIDS JAB THREAT
POLICE are hunting a man who assaulted a Sandbach shop assistant and threatened to inject her with AIDS. The attacker, who carried out the raid in broad daylight on Sunday lunchtime, escaped with around £200 cash from the Bargain Booze off licence in
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DUO EARN THEIR LAURELS
ADRIAN Dale and Colin Mountford earned the bowling and batting laurels at Congleton Cricket Club over the past season. Dale scored 481 runs, an average of 24.3, while Mountford took 28 wickets at an average cost of just under 14 runs. Congleton finished
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VICS CRASH OUT OF CUP
KNYPERSLEY Vics had two players sent off on Saturday as they crashed out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle. Terry Stanway and Steve Wilkes were red-carded as the Vics went down 3-1 at Arnold Town in the first qualifying round of the competition. Arnold
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GARETH IS HAT-TRICK HERO
GARETH Rowe scored a hat-trick in the cup on Saturday as Alsager ran riot against a stunned Abbey Hulton. Alsager were only 1-0 up at the break in their away league cup second round clash, but went on a goals spree in the second half to run out 7-0 victors
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DRIVERS COME CLEAN
MORE than eight out of ten Congleton drivers would use their cars less to cut traffic congestion and pollution, a survey has found. The finding emerged from a survey carried out by Cheshire County Council, which is campaigning to raise awareness of county-wide
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CHIP SHOP JOBS
TEN new jobs are set to be created with the opening of a new fish and chip shop in Congleton. John Hodson, who owns Pine Kitchen in Biddulph, is set to open the new business in the former Bargain Booze off-licence in Hillfields. The chip shop will be
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LABOUR'S CHANGES WILL TAKE AWAY HOUSE OF LORDS
IT IS time to alert people to the irrevocable changes being foisted upon the nation by the Labour government. We will have Scottish Home Rule and a Welsh Assembly. We may also have a voting system which ignores the will of the electorate, a politicised
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PERIL OF TAKING A LEEK
GARDENS Association head Len Staton issued a health warning to would-be thieves - steal our vegetables at your peril! The warning came after leeks which had been sprayed with fungicide were stolen from allotments over the weekend. The leeks were stolen
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JOBS ARE SAVED
DOZENS of jobs have been saved at a Congleton firm following the sale of the crisis-hit company. Some 83 people were made redundant by fitness equipment makers Pulse Fitness when the firm collapsed with multi-million pound debts. However its future and
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DABBERS FIND FORM
NANTWICH Town overcame a disastrous opening spell to move one step closer to Wembley Way on Saturday. The Dabbers won 2-1 away at Halesowen Harriers despite losing Matthew Baldwin with an injury on 12 minutes, Scott Preece being sent off for violent conduct
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TWINKLE-TOES
LIGHT-FOOTED Lianne Lewis has pirouetted to a place at Buxton Opera House for the second year running. The 10-year-old Haslington dancer has been chosen again to compete in the national semi-finals of the Junior A.A.D Ballet Scholarships. She was selected
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NATHAN'S CLOSE SHAVE HELPS HOME
BRAVE soccer coach Nathan Johnson did his best to prove that what's hair today is gone tomorrow in a fund-raiser last week. Long haired Nathan, who assists the Crewe Alex Community Programme team, proved he was a cut above at The Leopard pub in Nantwich
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BROOKSIDE STAR IS READY FOR THE CHOP
SOAP star Matthew Brenher made a surprise appearance in Crewe last weekend and came in for a Brookside Close shave. Brenher, who recently played Brookie Baddie "Marcus" in the top Channel four show, dropped in to The Hairdressers, in Market Street, on
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COMPOST BINS ON OFFER
GARDEN lovers across the borough should be able to buy special compost bins at a one off price in October. The environmental services committee has approved the possibility of a one-day sale of the Compostabin. The bin, developed by Blackwall Products
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COMMUNITY WISH IS GRANTED
MARSHFIELD Bank Residents Association is to start building a new community centre after winning a £250,000 National Lottery grant. The grant, which is the largest of its kind in the north west, will be presented to the association at a ceremony in Crewe
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ALICE AND JOHN TO BE HONOURED
TWO well-known citizens of Crewe and Nantwich are to be awarded the Freedom of the Borough later this year. Councillor Alice Roberts and John Bedson will be granted the honour at a special ceremony later this year. Mr Bedson was appointed as a Justice
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EYES IN THE SKY GET TOWN BACKING
COUNCILLORS have thrown their full support behind a scheme to introduce closed circuit television to Sandbach. Congleton Borough Council are investigating a system of three cameras to monitor events in the High Street, the Cobbles area and the Big and
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GOLFING SCHEME ON COURSE FOR SUCCESS
NANTWICH looks set to have its own golf course after all, following a dramatic U-turn from councillors. The Planning Committee were due to refuse an application to turn 53 hectares of Hankelow farmland into an 18-hole course at a meeting last Thursday
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GOING FOR GOLD
OLYMPIC hopes will be riding on a Wistaston cyclist after he was presented with a specially constructed racing bike last week. Robert Hughes, who will compete in the World Special Olympics next year, was handed the £1,200 cycle by Mayor Ray Stafford to
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THIEVES STEAL FAMILY'S DREAM HOLIDAY TICKETS
HEARTLESS sneak-thieves who robbed a Coppenhall lady's handbag have stolen a dream holiday from her six distraught children. Virginia Cooper was due to fly to Tenerife with her family last Wednesday, but cruel opportunists struck at her Elm Drive home
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KNYPERSLEY END AS RUNNERS UP
PAUL Goodwin produced a season's best knock on Saturday to earn Knypersley the runner's up spot in the league. Goodwin hit a superb 84 not out as Knypersley jumped from third to second in the table with a victory at Newcastle and Hartshill. However the
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PLACE IN HISTORY FOR ROD
CENTRE forward Rod Thornley is claiming a place in the history books after playing his part in a sensational cup victory. Thornley played for 78 minutes as Congleton Town's stand-in keeper after Mark Winstanley was sent off in a thrilling FA Cup first
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HI-TECH HELP
TECHNOLOGY whizz kids have been given a new hi-tech dimension to their studies. Westlands High School, Congleton, has bought new technology equipment with a £5,500 donation from Zeneca. The money has been used in the school's advanced manufacturing technology
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MOTORCYCLIST DIES OF CRASH INJURIES
A YOUNG motorcyclist died from head injuries after a road accident on Wednesday morning. The man, who comes from Macclesfield and is believed to be in his late 20s, died after his bike was in collision with a van on the A34 near Congleton. The accident
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CHARITY BEGINS AT SCHOOL FOR ALSAGER STUDENTS
BRIGHT sparks at Alsager School have danced their way to fund-raising success. Year Eight pupils presented £1,000 last week to the Alsager support group of the Hope House Hospice. The money represented just part of a whopping £8,500 charity total raised
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ANNE'S READY FOR CHARITY SWIM
CHARITY head Anne Mawdsley is relaxing before tomorrow night's swimming challenge with Olympic gold medallist David Wilkie. Mrs Mawdsley is the director of the Alsager-based Raynaud's and Scleroderma Association, for which she is hoping to raise thousands
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DROP-IN SESSIONS SET UP FOR CARERS
CARERS in need of support and advice or just a friendly chat can take advantage of a new town centre service. South Cheshire Carers Project has started weekly drop-in sessions at Congleton Library for local carers. The initiative is responding to what
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SCALED DOWN PARKING BAN PUT TO TRADERS
HIGHWAY chiefs are offering a compromise solution to Congleton shopkeepers fighting a proposed parking ban. Traders in Willow Street attracted a thousand names for a petition opposing moves to ban parking on both sides of the street. They claim the ban
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MUGGERS APPEAL
POLICE are appealing for the public's help in catching two young thugs who robbed a Congleton pensioner of £200. The 78-year-old was walking home at about 10pm when he was stopped by two young men. He was held by one while the other searched him, and
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TRAIN TRAVELLERS TO RAIL AGAINST BAD SERVICE
CONGLETON rail travellers have formed their own action group to fight for a better train service for the town. The East Cheshire Line Rail Users Group is looking to press train companies into laying on more trains and improving the service in general.
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CREWE SURVIVE
CREWE CC 1st XI made sure of avoiding the dreaded drop into Division 2 of the NS & SC League with a convincing 5 wicket victory in their final match of the season at Caverswall last Saturday. Needing 7 points to be sure of staying up Crewe invited
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CENTURION SAVIOUR
ELWORTH'S final game of the season in Division A of the North Staffordshire & South Cheshire Cricket League, against Longton, looked doomed to a boring draw until the final half an hour. That was before an exhilarating Jeff Maynard century took the
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BATTLING SHOW EARNS RESPECT
CREWE & Nantwich RC travelled to Caldy in the NPI Cup and were far from outclassed in a 15-3 defeat by the Wirral side which were three leagues above Crewe having achieved promotion twice in the last two years. Crewe adopted typical cup-tie tactics
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POINTS SHARE
CREWE clung on to share the points with visitors Bolton after executing one of the most exciting comebacks of the season. Bolton's unbeaten record came under serious threat at Gresty Road after the Alex got off to a flier with a 13th-minute header from
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CITY CRASH OUT OF CUP
TWO goals in two minutes from Crewe striker Mark Rivers breathed life into a dreary tie at Gresty Road on Tuesday night, and sent Bristol City crashing out of the Worthington Cup. The Alex took the lead on 63 minutes when Marcus Bignot's cross found the
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ON THE RIGHT ROAD FOR FUN
GRAND weather and some great support made Sunday's Wheelock bypass celebrations a rip-roaring success for joint organisers, Sandbach Lions and Galliford. A carnival atmosphere throughout the day was rekindled in the evening with a band concert and firework
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SECRET BUNKER SET FOR TV FAME
A FORMER nuclear bunker near Nantwich will be the venue for a new science fiction TV series. Hack Green, opened as a tourist attraction in April and has really taken off with a bang. It has attracted more than 1,000 visitors a week throughout the summer
