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AS the daughter of one of the many distressed residents of Heathvale Residential Home which is facin
I would like to ask Mr Dykes why money has been spent on refurbishing other CLS Homes and yet CLS is closing Heathvale and WillowView? New rooms with ensuite facilities were promised three years ago - prior to my mother entering Heathvale. I do not accept
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THE recent stranding of a whale in the Mersey at Runcorn brings to mind an incident which happened i
Walking home across the Oak Tree meadow below Hartford, after going fishing with my uncle Jack Hall, he paused below Marshall's Wood and said: 'Come with me up to the head of the wood, I've got something to show you.' When we reached the top of the slope
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DC Brookes is keen to stress that his team is not facing an epidemic of heroin usage.
"People should not panic," he added. "There is a surge in the number we are arresting at the moment, but it is by no means out of control. All we would urge is for people to be alert as to the dangers of using it, and some of the indicators as to when
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PROGRESS seems to have been made over plans to improve access to The Drill Field's Danebank Stand.
Although Vale Royal Borough Council have not given written confirmation accepting a proposal made by the Northwich Vics' board two weeks ago, they have apparently sought estimates from local building firms for the work. Vics' chairman Rod Stitch said:
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WITTON'S Director of Football has promised that improvements will be made to the squad before next s
John Bond said: "We had a good spell after Christmas but at the moment we just can't score. Every team experiences the same problem at some stage, but you don't become a bad team overnight. "It was only two weeks ago we were picking up an award as the
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MARK Gardiner is hoping his players respond to Saturday's defeat in the way they have in the past: b
"Since I took charge, each time we have suffered a setback the lads have responded in the best way possible," he explained. "We have been scraping through games with wins in the last few weeks and sometimes the result can mask the performance. After Saturday
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THIS is the vision Northwich Cricket Club has unveiled for its new Moss Farm home.
The club ended months of speculation about its future this week by asking for permission to build a £300,000 home at the town's major sports complex. The development will include a two storey pavilion, an 18 wicket pitch and practice area, creating the
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DELAYS DURING BRIDGE WORK
DRIVERS are bracing themselves for more motoring misery, with the start of maintenance work on Acton Swing Bridge. For the next seven days the bridge, which carries the A49 over the Weaver Navigation, will be closed with diversion routes operating via
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DAD SURVIVES HEART SURGERY AFTER CAR CRASH
A FATHER-of-four underwent major heart surgery after being injured in a head on car crash. Terry Sweeney, 32, suffered similar chest injuries to Princess Diana and doctors carried out heart surgery to save him. "We don't know what the long term effects
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NORTHWICH Cricket Club has unveiled plans to create the home of county cricket at Moss Farm.
The club ended months of speculation about its future this week by asking for permission to build a two storey pavilion, 18 wicket pitch and practice area at the sports complex. Chairman Rob Westworth said: "It's going to be very, very good for the town
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The decision to warn parents was welcomed by Cuddington councillor Bernard Burton.
"They were informed in some cases that the terms of their tenancy were not being honoured and if that situation persisted, they could be facing ejection," he said. "I don't see how it can harm the situation. If parents are not aware that their kids are
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UNRULY FAMILIES WILL BE EVICTED
Staff from Vale Royal Borough Council have visited parents over the past three weeks to underline the threat. "We are aware of some problems and certain specific issues are being tackled by the local Community Safety Partnership," said council housing
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I AM writing in response to Mr G Holman, who asked how Knutsford benefited from its town twinning li
Over the years - because of town twinning - members of Knutsford Lions have been welcomed by their opposite numbers in France and the president of the Knutsford branch of the Royal British Legion has been made an honorary president of the Ancient Combatants
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LOTS of people seem to want Martin Bell to stay as our MP. If you do why not drop a line to the Knut
CONCERNED CITIZEN Carrwood Knutsford Name and address supplied Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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JOHN REES should be allowed to have his say without being pilloried by Richard Cussons (Knutsford Gu
Mr Cussons does regularly grace the pages of the Guardian and I'm sure enjoys the resulting free publicity. Perhaps now we are well entrenched in 1999 it would be possible to see somewhat less of Mr Cussons in the Guardian and more of the other town traders
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A LOCAL businesswoman is off round the world - in a yacht.
Victoria Allen, of Chester Road, Mere, has been chosen to take part in the Millennium Round The World Yacht Race. "I had made no plans for the New Year and I thought this would be exciting because we are going to some great places," said Victoria, 39.
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YORSTON LODGE headmaster Ian Cumpsty treated himself when he took over at the Bexton Road school.
He bought himself a set of drain rods. "I never had to tackle drains before," he said. "So I got a plumber in and I watched what to do and treated myself. "In a school this size you have to be able to do the little jobs yourself." Mr Cumpsty's association
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Altrincham League:
Division One Knutsford A 4 Timperley FC 2 KNUTSFORD built a healthy 3-0 lead in the opening 23 minutes on Saturday. But it was just as well. For by the 25th minute the game looked somewhat different when Alan Brown was sent off for hand ball. Teenager
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Knutsford 0, Pilkington 0
KNUTSFORD maintained their unbeaten run in the Mid-Cheshire League on Saturday with a goalless draw against promoted Pilkington. But in truth it was two points lost in their pursuit of league leaders Barnton. The team's most realistic prospects of any
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KNUTSFORD Football Club is facing extinction, it emerged this week.
Manager Kenny Harrison said the Manchester Road club desperately needed help from the public to secure its future. "Without support the club will be extinct after the end of this season," he said. The club chairman said the players and committee members
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Restaurant is 'logical' way to make a profit
Trader puts her plans on the table A KNUTSFORD trader wants to turn her King Street shop into a restaurant before she leaves town Viv Allinson - whose fashion shop Vivi's is up for sale - believes a restaurant licence would make the double-fronted property
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COUNCIL bosses are threatening legal action to stop vibrations from freight trains that rumble throu
Macclesfield Borough Council barristers are to examine the responsibilities of rail operator EWS, Railtrack and Brunner Mond to solve the problem of train tremors. "This is keeping the pressure on and forcing the companies to solve the problem," said
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A KNUTSFORD mum travels to Northwich to do her shopping because she can't take her baby daughter aro
Alison Moonan, of Higher Downs, said she leaves Knutsford to shop because there is better parking and easier access for mums with pushchairs elsewhere. "Why should I spend my money here when no one seems bothered about mothers with small children," she
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KNUTSFORD'S millennium library WILL be built, county hall bosses promised this week.
The developer behind the £1 million combined library, restaurant, flats and community centre proposal - thrown out by borough planners last week - will submit a new set of plans next week. "We're determined to go ahead with this," said county council
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HALTON HORNETS ROUND-UP
Halton Hornets u16s 12 Mary Port u16s 6 THE HEAVY conditions determined the style of rugby in this uncompromising First Round National Cup tie. Against the run of play Mary Port took a 2-0 lead from a penalty. Sustained pressure from the Hornets saw Ste
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RUGBY APPEAL
CROSFIELDS female rugby team is looking for new players. They train on Tuesdays and Thursdays, playing on a Sunday. If anyone would like to join contact Debbie Morris on 07801 101 336. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting
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MILLENNIUM BUG SCAM
VILLAINS posing as millennium bug experts are conning their way into homes in Widnes, police revealed this week. Two men tricked their way into a house in the town centre, purporting to be MANWEB officials. They said they were checking to make sure the
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LOTTERY TICKET RAIDERS
A WIDNES newsagents was robbed by two men at the weekend. The pair entered Rowles shop in Halton View Road, Widnes, at 8.40pm on Saturday and threatened the woman behind the counter, demanding that she open the till. They then ran off with cash, scratchcards
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THANK YOU!
BIG-HEARTED World readers are rallying round to help save Halton Haven. Following the cancer care centre's urgent appeal for £25,000 in last week's paper, the hospice has been inundated with donations and offers of help. Families, factories, schools,
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OAP BURGLED
A TRIO of pensioners were left badly shaken after a pair of burglars forced their way into their house and stole a handbag and contents. The incident happened on Friday at 8.20pm when two men knocked on the door of a house on Hale Road, Hale village.
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BOY DIES IN ANOTHER MENINGITIS TRAGEDY
A 12-YEAR-OLD Widnes schoolboy has died from meningitis - the 13th Halton youngster to fall victim to this killer brain disease in the past two months. Paul Caffrey, a first year pupil at SS Peter and Paul RC high school, became ill while on a residential
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MANWEB SHUTDOWN
MANWEB is shutting up shop in Widnes. The electricity and gas supplier announced on Monday that the Windmill Centre shop would be closed this summer. MANWEB said the idea had come from staff themselves and said services would improve under new measures
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HALTON TO GET £4.3M
THE Government has warned Halton Council that there should be no big hike in council tax after it was given a £4.3 million increase in funding for this year. Halton will receive £91.875 million of Government funds for the next financial year compared
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DRUG GANG CHARGES
FORMER page three model Tracey Kirby and 14 others, including a Runcorn man, charged in connection with a £10 million drugs ring appeared in court this week. They were further remanded until March 26 at Woolwich Crown Court. The arrests followed a customs
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CANCER EMISSION SHOCK REPORT
ICI has been branded a national leader in the release of cancer-inducing agents in a new report by green group Friends of the Earth. Environment Agency data from 1996 puts ICI's Runcorn factory is the second worst emitter of carcinogenic chemicals to
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YOU MUST GO NOW!
UP TO 60 staff could be made redundant as Halton College faces massive budget cuts - despite it having £11 million in the bank. Lecturers were this week shocked to discover savings of £1.5 million must be made because of falling income and a failure to
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NEW WITNESS APPEAL
DETECTIVES investigating the Runcorn FC robbery have made a fresh witness appeal after new information has come to light. A witness has come forward to say that they saw the two suspects, both young men, walking along the canal towpath towards the town
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MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
A DATE for the manslaughter trial of former Runcorn policeman Tony Bukhari will be set in two weeks' time. Bukhari will appear before Bermuda's Supreme Court on February 15, where he is charged with manslaughter for failing to help his then-girlfriend
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BANNED FROM TRADING
A MAN who owned a cut-price goods shop in Runcorn has been barred from setting up new companies for three years. Michael Stuart Oakes was banned following the collapse of the Pocketwatch series of bargain household products shops in September 1995. When
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I NOTE with interest that the 'yob' problem in Cuddington continues in line with other areas around
I also note that the local police have decided to withdraw village bobbies. Yet in the North East, the 'zero tolerance' policy, which involved a heavy and active police involvement, has resulted in the local population enjoying a dramatically improved
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I MUST congratulate you on your report in the Guardian on February 10 and also Debbie, aged 15 years
Her parents must be very proud of her. I have been the village barber in Cuddington for 33 years on March 3 this year, and I have never seen a village go down as quickly as this. It is ironic that I went to Mere Lane shops the previous Wednesday and I
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BIG ideas are in the pipeline at Northwich's 36-year-old Youth Centre.
Staff and teenagers want to revamp the centre, on Winnington Lane - and even add a homework room. But first they are appealing for donations and covenants to turn their dreams into a reality. Northwich and District Youth Centre was set up in 1962 and
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IF YOUR CHILDREN WERE TAKING DRUGS - WOULD YOU KNOW IT?
"IF someone you know, a friend or even a close family member, becomes involved in heroin, you are left trying to cope with a nightmare." Diana, Princess of Wales, wrote those words just a few months before her death in 1997. She was writing a foreword
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WITTON Albion's recent history might be less than wonderful.
But dedicated fans are planning to celebrate the club's glory years by converting the Wincham Park gym into a museum. A newly-formed supporters' association will oversee the project, which will also create a bigger souvenir shop. "We've not had too much
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NEARLY 400 Primary School students were at The Drill Field on Saturday as part of Northwich Victoria
The club sent 1,000 match tickets for Saturday's Conference clash with Southport to 30 schools. John Richards, Vics' marketing manager, said: "It proved to be a great success and we will be continuing the initiative for the forthcoming home game with
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GRETNA 2
WITTON ALBION 1 ROB Brown and Eddie Bishop urgently need to reassess their armoury if this game is anything to go by. Because on Saturday, for all their possession and intent, Albion failed to display the firepower needed to shoot down Gretna's chances
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NORTHWICH VICS 1
SOUTHPORT 2 NORTHWICH Vics might have escaped with a victory against Worcester City . But they were punished for a below par performance on Saturday against a side with only five league wins this season. In truth, Vics deserved a draw. They woke after
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DEREK Ward left Northwich Vics this week with a final message for the Drill Field faithful: I'll alw
The 26-year-old has teamed up with former boss Phil Wilson at Stalybridge after finding his first team chances limited under Mark Gardiner. "I'd like to thank the fans for their support and wish the club all the best," he said. "It will always have a
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FINAL BATTLE OVER 300 HOMES FOR HARTFORD
HARTFORD villagers have wrapped up their arguments against plans for 300 homes on the Grange Farm site. Both the Hartford Village Trust and Hartford Parish Council appeared at Vale Royal Borough Council's local plan enquiry last week. Parish council chairman
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TURKEY FARM WILL NOT 'GOBBLE UP' COUNTRYSIDE
PROTESTERS look set to have won their two-year battle to save the countryside in Little Leigh. Vale Royal Borough Council has recommended NOT to grant planning permission for a turkey farm and bungalow on land off Runcorn Road. The council's planning
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CAFE STAFF'S TRIBUTE TO LOYAL EVA
A COLLECTION is being made at Northwich's Cosy Kitchen cafe, in memory of Eva Charlton - one of their oldest and most loyal customers. Eva, who died last Saturday, was a regular customer at the cafe for over 11 years and was well loved by the staff. She
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TORIES CHOOSE SECRET LIST OF BUDDING MPs
TATTON Tories will pick their next budding MP from a secret list of 23 names. Constituency chairman Mark Stocks refused to name anyone on the list - or even how many candidates had failed to make it past the first hurdle. "There is an enormous media interest
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DON'T forget to sign up for your chance to help young Sam Burgess at this week's one-day blood testi
Sam, who suffers from a rare disorder, needs to find a bone marrow donor if he is not to develop leukaemia. Blood samples will be sent to the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust in London. Experts will then see if you're a match for Sam, or any other sufferer
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CAMPAIGNERS fighting the closure of Heathvale elderly people's home in Rudheath are hoping to save t
Campaign co-ordinator Ena Green has enlisted the help of Nick Dykes of CLS Services, the owners of Heathvale, to help draw up a bid, which could be submitted to the lottery's charities board. "We don't have much time," said Mrs Green. "Bids have to be
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SO another lethal right-turn on to the A556 is to be closed to reduce the risk of serious accidents
While I applaud the Highway Agency's concern, I deplore the negative choice of action they propose implementing to deal with it. Plumley Moor Road serves not only the village of Plumley, but communities beyond. Now at one stroke these poor people will
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IT'S for others to judge whether the relations between the Unitarian Chapel and other churches are '
The fact that we are hosting the annual Women's World Day of Prayer service for Knutsford on March 5 this year is perhaps a good sign all round. We were very pleased to welcome the two clergy who were able to come to my induction. Just to set the record
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I REFER to both reports in last week's Knutsford Guardian about the proposed new library.
While a new library and senior citizens' club house would be welcome in our town, I fail to see why 10, 20 or 30 more flats (I thought it started off as 6) have to be built where, at the moment, there is some space. It appears that councillors/planning
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Tills ring
the change KNUTSFORD counted its blessings when one of the first electronic calculators was exhibited in town. Councillors marvelled at the quick sums of the metal machine - a bargain at £550. But the benefits of the calculator really added up when the
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LOOKING back, the easy bit was probably the 1,000km drive over mountains in a car that had seen bett
The hard bit was no doubt getting home again in time for DINNER. But Peter Boyce and David Russell did both in style. They rolled back into Knutsford in their 43-year-old TR4A after successfully completing the Monte Carlo Challenge - with 45 minutes to
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KELLIE Jepson's takings over Christmas - a traditional boom-time for florists - were abysmal.
Valentines Day - another potential goldmine - was no better either for the owner of Kay-Flora in Canute Square. Things have got so bad that two-and-a-half years after she opened her doors for trade, Kellie is leaving town. "When I first got my own business
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KNUTSFORD firemen are appealing for old chip pans.
They want residents to hand them in at their Mobberley Road station in return for a £5 voucher to buy a new deep fat fryer. "Chip pans now injure more people than any other single cause of fire," said fire service spokesman Evan Morris yesterday (Tuesday
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JUST 13 people hold the secret of who wants to follow in Neil Hamilton's footsteps.
The confidentiality of the 23 would-be MPs, who have applied for the vacant prospective Tory parliamentary candidacy, is being taken so seriously that NO ONE outside the selection committee and party workers know who they are. On Monday, association chairman
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KNUTSFORD'S infamous Northwich Road toilets can't re-open - because the council can't find matching
Work on rebuilding the block - demolished by a mystery man driving a fork lift truck - began last year. But in a cost-cutting measure, council architects ordered builders to salvage tiles from the ruins then buy the rest to match. But the tiles couldn't
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RAY OF LIGHT FOR HELSBY
Port Sunlight 1st XV 0 Helsby 1st XV 19 HELSBY increased their chances of a top five final league position with another impressive league victory. Playing into a strong wind in the first-half Helsby made good use of this advantage and their tactics to
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DRAW FOR U12s
Halton Girls u12s 1 Chester 1 A POINT was the least Halton deserved from a game they dominated from start to finish. Having taken the lead in the second minute, Chester only managed one other meaningful shot on target all game, even then it was easily
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SEVENTH HEAVEN FOR CHEMS
Carlsberg West Cheshire Football League Division One Newton FC 1 General Chemicals FC 4 THIS was yet another victory for General Chemicals which makes it seven wins in a row for the fine Runcorn side, albeit the first-half was not one of their better
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AYE AYE CAPTAINS
THE first day of the New Year saw the appointment of the 1999 captains at Frodsham Golf Club, John Hatto and Barbara Mottershead. Twelve-handicapper and keen Arsenal fan John arrived on the tee to great applause as he was presented with a trick club which
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HELSBY'S BRIGHT LIGHT
New Brighton 2 BICC Helsby 6 BICC won this West Cheshire Division Three tie with goals from Mike Smith, Gary Tyrell (2), Gary Jacques (pen) and Kev Wood (2). Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost
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CHANCE FOR DRUG MAN
A MAN has been given two months to prove he can give up drugs and settle down to a normal life. Sean Finn, 30, was given the chance by Judge David Hale at Warrington Crown Court on Friday. Finn, of Littlegate, Halton Brook, appeared for breaching a two-year
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MORBAINE VICTORY
MORBAINE Ltd, Widnes-based property developer, has overturned a controversial decision affecting many areas of commercial dealing following a three-year legal battle. In a complicated case relating to what amounts to confidential information, the relationship
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MENINGITIS
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD child has become the latest victim of the killer brain disease meningitis, it was revealed this week. A reception class pupil at Moorfield county primary school in Widnes is being treated for the disease. Headteacher Joyce Caunce said:
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300 JOBS WILL GO AT ICI SITE
UP TO 300 ICI workers are to lose their jobs because of cost-cutting, management have confirmed. Talks were staged on Thursday between unions and management over the £30 million Project Solo cutback initiative. Workers' representatives told ICI that they
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HAVEN SUCCESS
THE campaign to save Halton Haven continues to strike a chord with readers. Staff at ICI Chance and Hunt in Runcorn have pledged their monthly fund-raising drive in April to the cancer care centre. Workers will hold a charity day on April 30, with all
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HUNT FOR SEX ATTACKER
POLICE are looking for a man who attacked two women in the space of five minutes in Castlefields on Saturday evening. And the same man may have assaulted another woman near Pump Lane in Halton Village last month. The first attack happened near Castlefields
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FATE OF CRISPIE 'ALREADY SEALED'
CRUNCH talks to save 650 jobs at closure-threatened Golden Wonder have been a farce, it was claimed this week. Union leaders and MPs lashed out at company directors for falsely raising hopes that the crisp factory could be saved - when, they believe,
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WHO SAWATTACK?
WITNESSES are being sought to an incident in Castlefields on Saturday evening in which a man was badly beaten up. The attack happened at around 7.30pm at Rowlands Walk, when the man was set upon by a gang. Three people appeared before Runcorn magistrates
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BUS DRIVER SLAMMED
AN BUS driver has been labelled "cold and horrible" after refusing to take a distressed pensioner to hospital because it was not on his route, then stopping there anyway. The Arriva X5 1pm city express was starting its journey from Windmill Hill on Friday
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HIGH CHAIR HIGH DRAMA
THERE was high drama in a high chair in Runcorn on Monday afternoon when a baby boy got wedged between the legs of his sister's chair and needed the fire brigade to get him out. The 15-month-old was trying to pick something from under the chair when he