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OLD BOYS ARE THRASHED IN SCORING SPREE
CONGLETON'S rugby men ran in a string of first-half tries on Saturday as they demolished St Mary's Old Boys 37- in the league. Congleton took the lead at home after only 60 seconds when Mark Winship kick a penalty. Following a srummage in the fifth minute
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MAJOR SHAKE-UP AT VICS
KNYPERSLEY Vics are looking to sign a new centre half after parting company with Steve Wilkes. Wilkes was told his services were not longer required because of his disciplinary record, following his latest sending off against Arnold Town. Wilkes' departure
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MURPHY MAGIC
CRAIG Murphy scored a superb goal for Congleton Town on Tuesday night to earn the Bears a point at Trafford. Murphy scored in the 58th minute of the league clash after latching onto a through ball from Russell Payne. However his goal was cancelled out
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RAINFOREST TRIP OF A LIFETIME
CONSERVATIONIST Kelly Sproston is to jet off for the adventure of a lifetime after the success of a fund-raising drive. Kelly, aged 21, is to spend two months in Belize working on conservation projects as part of a trip run by a charity. Kelly, from Johnson
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DINATION PAYS FOR SURGERY FOR NICOLETE
ROMANIAN orphan Nicolete Spinache is to undergo a vital operation thanks to the generosity of a Congleton man. The family man, who wishes to remain anonymous, put up the £200 needed to pay for an ear operation for Nicolete, who suffers from deafness.
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OAP HOME SET TO CLOSE THIS MONTH
HIGHFIELD House old people's home is due to close by the end of next month in order to making savings of £200,000 a year. The Staffordshire county council-run home in Biddulph is one of two earmarked for the axe, both closures estimated to save £400,000
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BRAVE MUM'S BATTLE TO SET UP CANCER NETWORK
BRAVE mum Karen Tait is setting up a support group for parents like herself with children with a rare form of cancer. Mrs Tait's 11-year-old son Matthew was diagonosed in April 1997 with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer. Only 30 new cases are
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DIARY DATES
Saturday, October 3 Charity Dance, fun mix of modern sequence and line-dancing, Crosville Club, Crewe 7.45pm to 11.30pm. Admission 50p. Proceeds to Orthapaedic Ward at Leighton. Meet Scoopy the Cat at Inn Deal, Nantwich Road, Crewe, plus clowns, face
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SOUL NIGHTS
MOTOWN and soul nights have moved from the Rolls-Royce Sports Club to the Starlight Ballroom from next Friday. The events, which have helped several charities over the last five years and cost £3, start on Friday October 9 from 8pm-1am. Converted for
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INNOVATIVE EMBROIDERY ON SHOW AT QUILT FAIR
LEADING contemporary quiltmakers will be displaying their work at a special fair in Manchester next week. Some 250 quilts and embroideries will be on show at the Autumn Quilt Fair in the Armitage Centre, Fallowfield from Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October
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JPS ARE WANTED
LOCAL people who are interested in becoming Justices of the Peace are invited to put their names forward. Applications are now being received for appointments and anyone between 27 and 65 years of age is eligible. Magistrates are asked to be available
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CLASS SIZE VIEWS SOUGHT
PARENTS have been invited to air their views on class sizes in a survey by Cheshire County Council. The council's Education Committee has thrown its full support behind government plans to limit primary school class sizes to 30 by 2001. A draft policy
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LIANNE MAKES THE GRADE
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 semi-finals of the Junior A.A.D Ballet Scholarships. She was selected by a
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SICILIAN STUDENTS ENJOY SWAP STOP
ITALIAN students have swapped the island of Sicily for the town of Crewe following the success of an exchange last year. A group of students from the Liceo Scientifico 'E Vittorini' travelled to Crewe as part of a theatrical exchange with South Cheshire
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ARSON INVESTIGATION
POLICE and fire chiefs are investigating a blaze which destroyed football equipment and lawn mowers in Sandbach. The fire, which is being treated as arson, started at about 11pm last Wednesday, September 23 in wooden storage sheds at the town's cricket
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CREWE'S CAT PROTECTORS WELCOME TAGGING
CREWE Cat Protection League organisers have welcomed government proposals to have every pet in Britain injected with a £20 identity tag. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was last week reported to be considering the plan, which would combat the problems
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GEORGE FIGHTS BACK WITH PLANS FOR A SHOW
COMEDIAN George Roper is bouncing back after a battle with cancer. Life has been far from a joke for the Sandbach based funnyman since being diagnosed with the life-threatening condition in May. Since then he's had an operation at Leighton Hospital and
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COCKATOO CRADLE-SNATCH
BIRD lovers are being urged to keep an eye out for a baby cockatoo who was stolen from her cage last week. Jasmine, a four-month-old cockatoo, was taken from Pets At Home last Wednesday, just before the store closed. Assistant manager Paul Blow said she
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AWARDS FOR LIFE SAVING BOBBIES
HERO policemen who brought a Crewe man back from the dead have been rewarded at a special ceremony. Constables Matthew Todd and Christopher Bromley successfully performed CPR on the heart attack victim after he collapsed in his home in Oakhurst Drive
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MURDER TRIAL ADJOURNED
COMMITTAL proceedings against a Nantwich man accused of murdering Wirral pensioner Alice Rye were adjourned at Wirral Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Kevin Joseph Morrison, 59, of no fixed address but who had been living in Whetton Hall Road, Poole, Northwich
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Sauna reprieve
NANTWICH Sauna has won a late reprieve after investors delayed it's proposed transformation into a new fitness suite. Sauna-users were upset at losing the facility, which was due to close on Tuesday while renovations were carried out. But Powersport International
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ASSAULT FOLLOWS SCHNAPPS AND CHICKEN THEFT
SUPERMARKET giant ASDA is offering a £1,000 reward following a serious assault on a woman employee by two shoplifters. Two men were caught on ASDA's store cameras in Crewe last Wednesday, September 23, at 6.31pm. One took a bottle of Schnapps from a shelf
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MULTI-MILLION POUND PLANS WELCOMED
AMBITIOUS £20 million plans to revitalise the town centre were welcomed this week by Widnes Traders Association. Chairman Rona Leather said the radical plans were the only way of saving many businesses, struggling for survival on the edge of town. She
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BIKE CRASH WITNESS APPEAL
A WIDNES man suffered serious spinal injuries in a motorcycle accident at Newton-le-Wilows on Wednesday night. The man, who has not been identified, was travelling along an unlit section of the Parkside Road and was trying to take a left-hand bend. But
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HALTON- DRUG CAPITAL?
HALTON could be in danger of becoming the drug-taking capital of the Mersey region as research figures show the borough had the highest reported number of new users last year. Figures compiled by the University of Liverpool for 1997 show that 409 new
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COUNCIL HOMES PLEDGE
PEOPLE who face losing their homes to make way for a £20 million regeneration of Widnes town centre will be re-housed and receive compensation, Halton Council pledged this week. Residents and tenants heard details of the proposed development plans at
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RAPIST JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS
A WIDNES man whose assaults against a 12-year-old girl two decades ago escalated to an attempted rape has been jailed for four years. Michael Greaves, 51, committed the offences over a five-month period 20 years ago while the victim's mother was visiting
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YOU'VE MADE MY DAY - MP
EDUCATION secretary David Blunkett told a Halton schoolteacher this week: "You've made my day!" The minister said he was delighted to hear about the success of an integrated summer school co-ordinated by Chesnut Lodge teacher Tom Cassidy. It was the only
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NO ALARM AT BLAZE BAR
A BLAZE victim living in a Widnes bedsit above a disco may have had "precious minutes" to escape if a fire alarm system had not been disconnected, a court heard. The system appeared to have been deliberately switched off because it had previously interfered
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I'M NOT BITTER
THE COUNCIL painter whose sacking caused bin strikes across the borough in August has lost his case against Halton Council. Alan Lowe is now coming to terms with losing his claim for unfair dismissal, a decision announced on Thursday. Mr Lowe, 53, had
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GOAL-HUNGEY ALSAGER DEMOLISH STALLINGTON
ALSAGER'S relentless goals machine rolled right over Stallington on Saturday in a 5-0 exhibition of classic finishing. The home victory saw Alsager go top of the league on goal difference over Norton, although the crowd had to wait for the goals feast
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CASH POURS IN FOR CHARITY SWIM
CHARITY head Anne Mawdsley is this week celebrating the success of a sponsored swim at the Manor House Hotel, Alsager. Mrs Mawdsley and Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer David Wilkie completed 164 lengths of the pool at the hotel on Friday evening. The
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KIMBERLEY'S A REAL TRENDSETTER!
HAIR stylist Kimerley Williams is in line to become the UK's trendsetter at a national final in London. Kimberley, aged 21, competes this month at Wembley exhibition centre for the title of the Young Trendsetter of the Year. She also stands to win £1,000
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SAFETY FEARS OVER TWO-WAY CHANGE
CHILDREN'S safety could be put in danger by moves by create a two-way system near a main road, it was claimed this week. The warning came from councillor Judith Thwaite, who is fighting plans to scrap the one-way system in Nursery Lane, Congleton. Under
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SHOPS WIN FIGHT TO SAVE PARKING
SHOPKEEPERS were celebrating victory this week in their fight to retain vital parking spaces outside their businesses. The police had asked for the parking ban in Willow Street, Congleton, to cut long-standing traffic congestion. However traders feared
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WILDLIFE CARNAGE
OUTRAGED farmer John Ward voiced his disgust this week at the people behind the agonising death of hundreds of ducks. More than 200 mallards died over the weekend when gallons of oil were poured into six ponds at Astbury and Somerford used by local shooting
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEET
THE work of the Chester Record Office will be revealed at the first meeting of Nantwich Historical Society next week. Members will be able to quiz John Hopkins about aspects of the county's past and present at the first lecture of the new season. This
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SOLID GOLD AT THE CIVIC
NANTWICH is set for a flashback to the swinging 60s as the latest Solid Gold night arrives at the Civic Hall. Birmingham band The Fortunes, who first hit the big time with a string of hits in the middle of the exciting era, will headline the event next
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SPORTING A NEW SPONSOR
VICTORIA Community Centre has been bowled over by a cash boost from Afford Rent-a-Car after securing a 12-month sponsorship deal. The deal, which is set to benefit the bowling and football leagues, will provide a new bowls mat, a league cup and other
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FODENS PROVE THEY ARE TOP CLASS BRASS
SANDBACH'S top brass have come up trumps in a major musical competition. Fodens brass band served up a winning performance at the Harry Ramsden's 70th Jubilee Brass Band Masters competition. The local ensemble beat eleven of the country's top bands to
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JULIA IS FLYING HIGH
FORMER Malbank School pupil Julia Harborth is well on her way to becoming a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. Julia, aged 25, from Nantwich, has successfully completed the initial stage of officer training at the Britannia Royal Naval College
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WASTE MATTERS!
FAMILIES aiming to keep the countryside clean and green turned out at the weekend for a recycling event near Nantwich. 'Waste Matters' was staged at Bunbury on Saturday to promote recycling and encourage more people to protect the environment. The day
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ALZHEIMERS' HQ OPENS TO HELP
A DROP-IN Centre offering support to Alzheimer's Disease sufferers and their carers has opened at Leighton Hospital. The new centre will be the branch's office headquarters plus support and advice centre. "People can now drop in to the office or telephone
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FACTORY WORKERS SET TO TAKE TO THE AIR
WORKERS at Robert H Lowe in Crewe have swapped sportswear for aeroplane seat covers after the factory was bought this week. Hundreds of jobs at the company's factories in Crewe, Congleton and Biddulph hung in the balance after RH Lowe lost a major contract
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AFTER-OP CARE WILL MOVE TO NURSING HOMES
PATIENTS at Leighton Hospital are to be transferred to a nearby nursing home after surgery because of a staff shortage. The scheme, which started on Monday, will see patients from the hospital's troubled orthopaedic department spend one or two-night stays
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STAY AWAY PLEA OVER PET DEATHS HEARING
RSPCA inspectors have told animal protesters to keep away from court after announcing the date for Ann Stott's first hearing. Mrs Stott, who owned the Crewe Animal Rescue Centre and lock-up garages where 140 animals were found dead, will stand before
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TEC RESPONSE TO CRISIS
SOUTH and East Cheshire TEC has its headquarters in Middlewich but also operates out of Crewe, Congleton and Macclesfield. Chief Executive Liz Davis has stated that it is too early to say where the cuts in jobs and premises will be made. "We will have
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TEC FACES £1 MILLION CRISIS
AN institution created for and dedicated to helping businesses reduce unemployment is about to add to the 'dole queue'. South and East Cheshire Training and Enterprise Council projects a loss of £1.065m in this financial year and this will lead to cutbacks
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POLLUTION PANEL PLANNED
Council A PANEL to investigate pollution issues in the borough may be set up by Halton Council. The pollution panel would meet to discuss when it is necessary to deal with problems arising from industrial sites. Each meeting would deal with one company
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CO-OP IN ASDA ROW
THE Co-op which will face the proposed giant Asda superstore this week expressed serious concern about the plans. A spokesman for United Norwest Co-op told the World: "We shall be attending a regeneration meeting on Tuesday night. We will be saying that
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PUPILS HURT IN BUS CRASH
A GROUP of Widnes children were injured when a school bus on which they were passengers was involved in a collision with a tractor in Hale Village on Monday afternoon. The accident, injuring 14 children and one adult, happened at 4.30pm when a tractor
