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MAYORAL COUPLE PLEDGE EAST TIMOR SUPPORT
HALTON'S mayor and mayoress have pledged their support to the people in trouble-torn East Timor in their quest for independence. When Bob and Sheelah Gilligan led the council's delegation to its twin town of Leiria in Portugal, the crisis in the former
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SNAKES ALIVE
OLD folk welcomed some unusual visitors to their nursing home - a spider, a giant snail, a horn frog, turtle and a snake! Nerves soon gave way to laughter as they became entranced by the creatures, great and small. The exotic pets belonged to Widnes freelance
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NEVER MIND THE PRICE
THINK BBC1 has struck gold with The Royle Family. It's absolutely sensational and the best thing I've seen on the telly for years. How scary must it be for the upper crusts in our society to watch it and see how the other half live. I love it because
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BANK SLIDE
THE BANK travelled to St Helens to meet unbeaten top of the table side Portico. Portico gave their usual welcome with several dangersous high tackles in the opening minutes but this did not put the Bank off and in the early stages both sides seemed evenly
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VIKINGS SEASON TICKETS
WIDNES Vikings have released season ticket details for the 2000 season. By purchasing a season ticket Prices watch 14 home league matches only pay for 10. Under 21s home league matches, free entrance to season ticket holders. South Stand Match Day Price
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SQUASH SUCCESS
THE WIDNES RUFC junior squash season got underway with a highly successful pre-season handicap tournament, followed by a social evening to present awards and prizes for the players achievements over the past 12 months. The main handicap competition winner
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POST OFFICE RAID
TWO masked men smashed their way through a post office counter window and made off with a substantial amount of cash on Monday afternoon. The raid took place just after closing time at the post office in Halebank. The postmaster was alone and was confronted
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MAN 'GAVE BRIBES TO TOP COP'
A TOP Merseyside detective is facing corruption charges after allegedly accepting gifts and bribes from a Widnes informant. Carlisle Crown Court heard how Det Chief Inspector Tony Doyle, 46, entered into a topsy-turvy relationship with 26-year-old Lee
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SUNDAY LEAGUE ROUND-UP
ONLY two games were played in Premier Division- Halewood Labour who moved into third place after a 0-4 away win over lack-lustre Golden Wonder and Bridge Timber move into fifth place after a fine 7-0 home win over St Andrews, Jones led the way with four
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SEVENTH HEAVEN
Runcorn Cup Pavilions 7 Mond Rangers 2 TWO goals in the opening five minutes due to defensive errors gave an uphill task to Mond on Saturday. Mond did carry the game to Pavilions for the remainder of the first-half, Barlow's in-swinging corner was somehow
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OWEN MANIA
MICHAEL mania was alive and kicking at Fairfield School last Thursday as the England striker and coach Kevin Keegan launched a new national football scheme for kids. Awestruck youngsters were ecstatic as the Liverpool goalscorer took part in coaching
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LUCKY 13 FOR CHEMICS
Gen Chems FC 13 Elton Rigger 0 THE Chemics had learned from their shock defeat by Bollington in the Cheshire Cup and were in no mood for complacency. Peter Houghton sidefooted the first goal after 10 minutes and the onslaught started, it was actually
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COMPULSORY WINDING UP
ROGERSONS Ltd, of Stonehills Lane, Runcorn, was compulsorily wound-up this week in the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The petition to compulsorily wind up the company was presented to the court by Telling (Manchester) Ltd, who said the company was
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BUSWAY CRASH SAFETY PLEA
A CRASH on Palacefields Busway has been described this week as "another disaster waiting to happen". On Saturday morning, six people were taken to hospital after a Ford Escort collided with two buses at the junction of Palacefields Avenue. Fortunately
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Book on awards
SOUTH & East Cheshire TEC's 20th edition of Business Bulletin is out now featuring reports on the companies who have achieved Investors in People recognition. The 20-page publication is packed with details on how local companies have benefited from
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Famous town landmark is 100 years old
Report by NICK SMITH ONE of Winsford's most famous buildings is 100 years old - and people are being asked to help celebrate. Anyone with memories about the beautiful Brunner Guildhall, on High Street, is being asked to come forward. The Guildhall was
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Buoyant Twite still looking to see Watson
DAVE Twite has also been looking at Stoke City's outgoings in an attempt to boost his Middlewich Town squad. Dave Watson, a Winsford-based midfielder, was released from the Britannia Stadium last season and has since been playing Sunday league football
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Junior rivals share spoils
MIDDLEWICH and Weaverham under-10s teams both enjoyed success in their two thrilling encounters. In the A team game, Middlewich were 4-1 winners with goals from Steven Collins, Tom Slater and two from Mark Elliot. Man of the match was the impressive Daniel
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Race returns to Flash
TEAM boat racing rose from the depths to appear on the waters of Winsford Flashes on Saturday. In a special internal event, two teams from the Enterprise Class and two from the Albacore Class helms challenged each other to six short races. The Enterprise
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Have you got what it takes?
THE SEARCH is on for Cheshire's Woman of the Year - and the NSPCC want your nominations now. The judges are looking for women who have achieved either outstanding professional success, shown personal courage or given considerable service to the community
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Cadets get their hands on high tech weapons
Report by STUART DYE ARMY Cadets from Winsford Detachment had a taste of the real thing last week with a visit from some soldiers. Members of the Cheshire Regiment are home in Cheshire for a short time before being posted to Cyprus in the year 2000. During
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65 child prostitutes on the streets
SHOCKING new figures have revealed that at least 65 children are involved in prostitution in Cheshire. The county council announced the figures at a conference on Thursday last week, attended by councillors from Northwich, Winsford and Middlewich. Councillors
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Determined Noel's peak practice
A WINSFORD man has scaled the largest mountain in the United Kingdom in aid of the Cancer Research Campaign. Noel Stewart, of Bradbury Road, undertook the sponsored climb of Ben Nevis as a thank you for the help he received when he was diagnosed with
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Public meetings to discuss how tax is spent
'WHAT matters to you?' is the question county councillors want people to answer. Now they are going to ask that question to people in Winsford and Middlewich - in a bid to find out how our Council Tax should be spent. Public meetings are taking place
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More people needed to inspect cells
POLICE want more people to help them inspect station cells. They want people to join their Lay Visiting Scheme which involves checking up on how the cells are being run. Inspector Kevin Lunn, of Northwich Police, said: "The scheme was set up following
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Cash to help children in Winsford
AN INNOVATIVE Winsford youth scheme has been awarded a grant from the Cheshire Police Authority Community Safety Partnership Fund. The Detached Youth Work Team (DYWT) have been awarded over £11,000 to continue their work with young people on the streets
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Clever Kyla makes them green with envy
A VERDIN High School pupil has won the coveted Young Environmentalist of the Year Award. Kyla Davies, 12, amazed judges with her work on green issues. Her project included research into wildlife, plants, pets, rivers and pollution - and showed how we
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RUN DOWN SQUARE GETS A FACE-LIFT
REPORT By NICK SMITH ACTION is being taken to breathe new life into a run down part of Winsford. The Neighbourhood Centre, on Cheviot Square, is to be given a face-lift to improve community services. It will be given a new look, both inside and out, and
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London Road trees should be thinned out, not felled
IT seems a pity that the trees on London Road have to be felled, as their presence gives beauty to the road. Could these trees not be topped and thinned by an expert, rather than be felled and lost for all time? May I point out that there is as much need
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No more excuses - it's time
for the police to get tough FOR too long now, this group has been pussyfooting around the subject of policing. Too long have the police been given the benefit of the doubt. Firstly we should like to put one thing straight. The group are fearful for the
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Surprise
HAVING regard to the flood warning of the chief executive of the Environmental Agency in the Guardian of October 13, and of the statements by Meteorological experts of the likelihood of the increasing frequency of extreme weather conditions in the future
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Can anyone else recall?
COULD I point out a couple of observations regarding the Heritage History of Northwich. I believe the old congregational school was in Witton Street and not Station Road. My grandchildren went to this school, and my grandad also pointed out that he thinks
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Petty driving
can lead to road rage HAVING just read 'Selfish Drivers Will Come Unstuck With Me' in the Guardian, I feel enraged enough to reply. I agree all the delays at once on the A556 are most unfortunate, but the writer's attitude is nothing short of plain ignorant
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Shopping moan
WHY is it that old people shop on a Saturday? While the majority of us have no choice but to shop on a Saturday, they have the whole week to complete their shopping, but insist on walking round the town centre at a snail's pace. When they eventually get
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Campaign to keep justice LOCAL continues
I WOULD like to thank the Guardian for all your help over the proposal by the Magistrates Courts Committee to close the Northwich Court House. We have had an astonishing and overwhelming 100% response from the people of Northwich, Winsford and surrounding
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ICI should change policy
AFTER 20 years of trying, it looks like ICI have finally got their way concerning the Lostock triangle. As if they haven't done enough damage in Vale Royal, Mr Martin Bell, our MP and a genuine and sincere man, calls the plans ridiculous. I urge everyone
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Major doubts still remaining
over town's salt mine crisis PROMISES, promises - that's all we ever hear from Vale Royal Borough Council on the crisis surrounding the disused Northwich salt mines. Six months ago the council spin doctors and the local MP Mike Hall called a press conference
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High school celebrates making great strides
Report by VIVIEN KANDEL THE headteacher of Rudheath High School has praised his staff, primary schools and colleges. Mike Hayhurst was speaking during the annual prize night held at the school last Thursday. Mr Hayhurst said the school had continued to
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Caring hospice offers hope for families
Report by MHARI KELLY FOR 13 years the Jones family managed to look after their severely disabled daughter, Leah, without any help at all. Leah has cerebral palsy. She has to be tube-fed, she cannot walk or talk, and an alarm sounds up to eight times
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Your comments on the beat bobbies
BEAT bobbies may be a necessity if we want a safe society, according to Guardian readers. Following our feature in which we asked you to tell us your thoughts on community policing, we've had an overwhelming response in favour of the uniformed officer
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CUP WOE FOR 'SLOPPY' VICS
Report by NICK SMITH MANAGER Mark Gardiner has expressed his disappointment at Northwich Vics' FA Cup exit. Victory over Hednesford Town would have given Northwich a first round trip to Ryman Premier League side Aldershot Town and the chance of a money-spinning
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Reserves hit eight
TOP scorer Lee Poland bagged another brace of goals as Northwich Vics Reserves handed out an 8-0 hammering to Winnington Avenue Reserves in Saturday's Mid-Cheshire Cup clash. Vics pressed from the start and Poland opened the scoring after just four minutes
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Class tells as Park make cup progress
Northwich 6 Winnington Park 21 NPI Cup Second round SATURDAY'S big derby clash ultimately went to form, but Park had to see off a spirited challenge from neighbours Northwich in order to reach the third round of the NPI Cup. For long periods of the match
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League leaders prove just too strong for brave Lostock
Lostock Gralam 1 Trafford Reserves 2 TWO goals in the opening half-hour helped high-flying Trafford to a hard-fought 2-1 win at Lostock Gralam on Saturday. Lostock's run of good form gave them high hopes against a Trafford team which had played 10 and
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Late goal from Thwaites rescues draw for Park
A GOAL from Karen Thwaites two minutes from time earned Winnington Park ladies' hockey team a 3-3 draw at home to Yorkshire North League side Ben Rhydding on Saturday. In a tense and competitive game, Cath Edmonston opened the scoring for Park after a
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Cup dream gone for another year
Hednesford Town 1 Northwich Vics 0 FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round Replay Monday, October 18 AN out-of-sorts Vics side paid the ultimate price for missing so many chances in Saturday's encounter when they bowed out of the FA Cup in a disappointing display
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Boss leads from the front
Whitley Bay 2 Witton Albion 4 UniBond First Division Saturday, October 16 NIGEL Gleghorn may think twice before taking himself off next time Witton are cruising to victory. The player-manager's two goals had given his side a 3-0 cushion but after his
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IN THE FRAME
IT WILL be the biggest picture ever staged in Halton. Everyone who lives in Hale village is being invited to pose with Britain's tallest man. Christopher Greener - 7ft 6 ins - is stepping into the shoes of the Childe of Hale - as part of the village's
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CRIME CRACKERS
A NATIONWIDE crime initiative is being mounted to combat bogus callers posing as water board officials. North West Water has joined forces with police to distribute around 50,000 stickers warning customers to check the identification of people calling
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TOWN TEAM TOPPLE
Widnes u11 Town Team 0 Wigan u11 Town Team 20 NOT one Widnes player took a backward step, and it wasn't until the final five minutes when the sheer size of the Wigan players fully wore down the Widnes boys and Wigan scored 10 points. The score at half-time
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WIDNES HOTSHOTS
TWO Widnes hot shots are among 206 contenders bidding to become the 1999 Benson and Hedges Snooker Champion. Local lads Andrew Higginson and Darren Limburg will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of Alan McManus, Ken Doherty, Mark Williams and Ronnie
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HANDGUN RAID ORDEAL
WIDNES CID are appealing for witnesses to come forward with information on a particularly violent robbery at Hough Green Post Office. Three men were involved in the robbery which took place at12.20pm on Wednesday afternoon when an amount of money and
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OAP HERO SEES OFF BURGLAR
AN ELDERLY man is recovering in hospital with a broken hip after chasing a burglar from his home. And Widnes CID are asking for witnesses to come forward to find the robber. The 74-year-old man disturbed a burglar in his house in Dickson Street, Widnes
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LINNETS KEEP CUP HOPES ALIVE
Marine 1 Runcorn 1 FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round RUNCORN kept their FA Cup hopes alive on Saturday after coming from a goal behind to earn a replay against Marine. The Linnets again showed great character to bounce back and force a replay in the fourth
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MOORE MISERY
Moore 12 Prenton 19 MOORE'S hopes of a prolonged run in the Tetley Vase competition collapsed on Saturday with one of the worst team performances for many seasons. From the kick-off and for the whole of the first-half Moore's game plan fell apart as unforced
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WE PLAY ON
THE future of Runcorn Football Club is still hanging in the balance since Widnes-based Morbaine withdrew its plans last week - but club directors are determined to play on. They want to relocate using money raised from development on their 80-year-old
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FIREWORK PROBE
AN INQUIRY has begun in Halton into the illegal sale of fireworks. Fireworks should not be on general sale more than three weeks before November 5. And the origin of these illegally-sold fireworks is being investigated by Halton Council's consumer protection
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Henkel in the frame
WINSFORD firm Henkel has been nominated in the 1999 Management Today Best Factory Awards - also known as manufacturing's version of the Oscars. The prestigious awards take account of every aspect of the plant, including cost structure, flexibility, customer
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Butchers celebrate 25 years serving town
ONE oF Middlewich's oldest serving shops celebrates its 25th birthday this Thursday, October 21. Proberts Butchers on Wheelock Street was opened in 1974 when Brian Probert rented the building as a small shop. After six years he bought the shop and extended
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School prize winners
Andrew Sellors, The Davies Geography Prize, The Rolls Royce Motor Cars Prize for Design and Technology, The Aldred Prize for Head Boy and The Winsford & Middlewich Guardian Prize for Most Outstanding Achievement; Christopher Whitaker, The Chronicle
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A night to celebrate at Middlewich High
Report by STUART DYE PARENTS, pupils and staff celebrated as Middlewich High School held their 20th annual Certificate Evening last Wednesday, October 13. Presenting the prizes was principal guest Baroness MacFarlane of Llandaff, the first Professor of
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Nine-man Town pay the penalty
Barnton 2 Middlewich Town 2 Green Mid-Cheshire One MIDDLEWICH came away from Townfields Lane with a point, but should have taken all three, even though they were reduced to nine men for the last 20 minutes of the game. It was Barnton who started the game
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Lap record for champ
HOWARD Mainwaring rounded off his Junior British 80cc Road Race Championship winning year by knocking two seconds off the lap record at Three Sisters, Wigan. The speedy 13-year-old, a pupil at Woodford Lodge High School, has now been granted a special
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Ray of hope
WINSFORD United have made a shock move in the transfer market by snapping up former Southampton and Leeds United full-back Ray Wallace. Manager Kevin Tully has taken the 30-year-old on board after his release from Stoke City in the summer, following brief
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Police hunt robber who stole £190 from
store Report by VIVIEN KANDEL POLICE are hunting a robber who walked into a Winsford newsagents - and snatched £190 from the till last Sunday night. The robber picked up a packet of biscuits and approached a woman assistant who was working at Martins,
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Milk should be free in schools says NFU
FARMERS are calling for schools to introduce milk vending machines. The appeal has come from Cheshire's branch of the National Farmers' Union - who want to see more milk in schools. Doreen Manning, chairman of the Cheshire Women's Farming Union, said:
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Celebrations as Byley Hall receives £48,000
Report by STUART DYE BYLEY HALL is set to become one of the best equipped small village halls in the County - thanks to a National Lottery Charities Board grant. The Byley Community Association has just been awarded £48,000 enabling it to equip the hall
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Chef battered the opposition
A WINSFORD chef has beaten off stiff competition to become the Robinsons' Chef of the Year. Philip Miller is a chef at The Smoker, Plumley, and entered the competition along with entrants from 450 other pubs that Robinsons own. Each chef had to create
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Charity weekend to help disabled
ACROSS Mid-Cheshire raised almost £800 during a weekend fund-raising bonanza in Middlewich. The fund-raising team were at Somerfield in Middlewich on Friday and Saturday and Blakemere Craft Centre on Sunday. With lots of fun and activities going on and
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Miss Winsford goes tropical
THE NATIONAL finals of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic contest took place last Saturday - with strong competition from our own Miss Winsford, Alexandra Bell. Alexandra, crowned Miss Winsford in August, was one of 30 chosen from 1,000 photographic entries to
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Students stay awake in marathon study success
PUPILS from Middlewich High School took part in a remarkable feat of fund-raising last weekend. Three of the school's teachers, Mr John O' Boyle, Miss Samantha Books and Miss Hilary Watt organised a sponsored 24 hour study marathon. The idea was for students
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Halloween's no treat
PLEASE would parents not let their children come collecting for trick or treat two weeks before the event like last year. The children bang on the doors of old people and are very cheeky to them. Also the week before bonfire night we had a firework put
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Shame for rail and waterways
READING the article in the Guardian, where a pressure group is protesting over the actions of British Waterways and its policy over the use of the River Weaver for industrial purposes, reminds me of the arguments raised when this country's motorways began
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No need for new pub
I WAS walking my dog around the Kingsmead estate on October 9 - the part where the two signs are advertising Gooch Webster land available for retail and leisure purposes - when I noticed an A4 piece of paper stapled to a post. It stated that a Simon Christopher
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Getting the message across
AS a member of the Congleton Labour Party I visited the Party Conference at Bournemouth - attending a fringe meeting of the County Landowners' Association, whose guest was the Minister of Agriculture. I questioned the minister in respect of those losing
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Councillors can't hide away
WITH reference to the letter Please Answer My Question in last week's issue; it is very difficult to communicate with someone who insists on remaining anonymous. Councillors do not have this shield to hide behind - thank goodness. We have both however
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Campaign is a disgrace
TONY Blair's Britain in Europe campaign is a disgrace - to deceive the British people. The alliance say 50% of our trade is with the European Union. It is not, in fact 80% of trade is internal, 11% is with non EU countries and only 9% is with Euroland
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Pride as students
receive awards Report by MHARI KELLY SCHOOL may have become a thing of the past for departing Year 11 pupils at Hartford High School - but headteacher Nayland Southorn urged his students to hold on to their memories. At the school's certificate evening
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Why I believe community teams are best solution
WHAT price the return of the beat bobby? This was the question we put to Chief Constable Nigel Burgess in the wake of the overwhelming evidence that this is what the people want. He wouldn't be pinned down on an exact figure - but said he would need to
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Witton may merge or move in order to survive
CHAIRMAN Mike Worthington will meet Witton Albion supporters and shareholders tonight, Wednesday, to discuss steps the club needs to take in order to survive, writes NICK SMITH. He will present three options to solve the club's financial crisis - Albion
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Brothers in arms
CHESHIRE will be aiming to make it a record four titles in a row when they compete in the Veterans County Premier Division Table Tennis Championship this weekend. The first leg of the two-part event takes place at St Nicholas High School, Northwich, on
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Simon's season off to storming start in Staffs
VALE Royal AC athletes enjoyed a good day at the first round of the North Staffs Cross-Country League at Newcastle. In the senior men's race, run over six-and-a-half miles, Simon Ruscoe was in contention throughout before eventually finishing in second
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Spill can't spoil super year
Report by IAN KELLY RISING star Craig Jones suffered an unfortunate end to an excellent season during the final round of the Aprilia RS125 Motorcycling Championship at Donington Park. The 14-year-old rider from Greenbank took control of the race in its
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Poole rounds off his season in record-breaking fashion
TIM Poole rounded off a satisfying year by breaking the lap record an incredible 12 times at the Anglesey Grand Invitation event at the weekend. The Northwich motorcyclist slashed the record at the Tycroes circuit from 48.2 seconds down to 46, as he collected
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Greenbank to host pool masterclass
Report by NICK SMITH LOCAL pool players will have the opportunity to take on the pros at their own game on Monday, October 25, when Northwich becomes a national venue. The Greenbank Hotel, on Chester Road, has been chosen by the International Pool Playing
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Typical antics from the clown prince of keepers
Northwich Vics 2 Hednesford Town 2 FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round Saturday, October 16 THE familiar sight of Bruce Grobbelaar racing out of his area to join the outfield play is the type of antic that has given him a reputation as one of the game's craziest
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Prize night joy for Wharton Cons and Slow & Easy
MORE than 170 people attended Mid-Cheshire Bowling Association's annual presentation evening at Winnington Park Recreation Club. Making the presentations was Ken Winnington, a life member of the association, assisted by Ken Moran, the association's president
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Wentworth prize for charity champ Brian
A DONATION from the Wooden Spoon Society competition, held at Heyrose Golf Club in July, to the Children With Leukaemia charity afforded Brian Yardley, the captain of Heyrose, an invitation to the Captains Cup tournament at Wentworth. Partnered by Johnny
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Barnton frustrated as nine-man Town share spoils
Barnton 2 Middlewich Town 2 IF Barnton retain their Mid-Cheshire League title, they won't be thanking Middlewich Town for any favours, having dropped five points against them this season. Saturday's 2-2 draw was disappointing for Barnton as Town played
