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Dave lets the music play on
CLASSICAL music delighted shoppers in Northwich when a professional busker spent his last Tuesday in the town centre before setting off for Europe. Dave King leaves for Spain next week and will play in France, Austria and Germany before coming back to
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Paranoid man imprisoned woman in home
A FEARNHEAD man will carry out 120 hours of community punishment after imprisoning a woman in her own home, while high on amphetamines, in July 2001. Twenty-year-old Nicholas Bond, of Barnes Avenue, admitted false imprisonment and assault in February
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Outrage over giant power cable plans
POWER bosses have been told to think again about installing 13-metre high posts through one of the most picturesque corners of Lymm. Villagers were outraged at Manweb's latest attempts to meet electricity demand in mid and south Cheshire - which would
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Vandals cause mayhem in village
VILLAGERS in Culcheth have been left counting the cost after rampaging youths wreaked havoc during a three-night wrecking spree. Culcheth Provisions Store and an under-construction betting shop were among the targets. Vandals also left an industrial bin
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Boy hurt in road collision
A BOY was taken to hospital after his scooter collided with a car on a zebra crossing at Enfield Park Road, Cinnamon Brow, at 10.50am on Thursday. The Skoda Octavia car was driven by a 42-year-old Locking Stumps man. The boy, aged nine, from Cinnamon
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Man's body identified
POLICE have identified a body found in a field at Preston Brook as John Consterdine, aged 31, of Runcorn. Police say Mr Consterdine was last seen on June 4. The body was found at farm land, just off the M56, on August 7. Dental records were used to identify
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Pingot's facelift
A CONSERVATORY style has been given to a newly refurbished complex needs room at Pingot Day Services. Council leader, Cllr Tony McDermott opened the new facility in Dundalk Road last week. A non-slip vinyl floor, wicker chairs, French windows and vanity
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Hospice calls the tune
CHOOSE your favourite hymn and join a Mexican wave of voices with singers all over the world! That's the message from Halton Haven Hospice as World readers are invited to take part in a unique concert. For the first time ever, you can join the world's
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Plans in the pipeline
THE following applications are among those received by the borough's planning department. For further information on any application ring Vale Royal Borough Council on 01606 862862. acton bridge l Resubmission for replacement dwelling at Wall Hill Cottage
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Gardener Frank wins ...a prize for cookery
A GARDENER has won a cookery competition after finding a cake recipe and note from his deceased wife on the back of a Wincham, Pickmere and Marston's horticultural society show programme. Frank Smith, aged 74, of Church Street, Wincham, has won cups for
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The car's the star in Peter Sellers movie
PETER Sellers fanatic Gregg Cawley was thrilled when producers asked him to lend them his Aston Martin 1961 car for a film about the legend. The Monarch airline pilot, of Agecroft Road, has owned the car for many years. During the 1960s Peter Sellers
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What a blooming good challenge
SUNFLOWERS are the world's tallest single stem flowers and this year the Guardian, in conjunction with Weaver Vale Garden Centre, is offering a prize to the person who grows the tallest one. Capable of reaching a staggering three metres in height and
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Your next step after GCSE
GCSE students across Vale Royal have been urged to stay in education or training schemes regardless of their exam performance. Julie Dowd, executive director of the Cheshire and Warrington Learning and Skills Council, said every year 3,000 teenagers '
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It's all systems go for Northwich Festival
THE final preparations are well under way for the Northwich Festival a massive four-day extravaganza of entertainment which takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The festival, held at Moss Farm, is being organised by Northwich Rugby Club,
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Hospital 'excellent' say most patients
MOST patients rate care at the town's hospital as excellent or very good. They gave their views about hospital and primary care trust services as part of a nationwide survey. More than 800 former patients of Warrington Hospital completed the Commission
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Banned driver put on curfew
MAGISTRATES have imposed a curfew on a Warrington teenager after he got behind the wheel of a car while banned from driving for 12 months. Anthony Bevan, aged 19, of Vulcan Close, Padgate, was sentenced at Rochdale Magistrates' Court after admitting driving
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Wheelie chewed up about it!
RESIDENTS in Grappenhall have been left wheelie angry after a council lorry chewed up their bins. And as the council had no spares immediately at hand Warrington Borough Council took days to supply new bins. Clr Ted Lafferty said residents of Glebe Avenue
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Words split town in two
ALMOST a quarter of adults in Warrington have below average reading and writing skills and people in the town's poorest areas are the lowest performers, according to new statistics. The new figures show that parts of the town - Orford, Bewsey, Great Sankey
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EYES DOWN - LOOK AWAY!
I HOPE Paul O'Grady hasn't donated his Lily Savage wardrobe to the local drama group - I think he's going to need it again. His new comedy series Eyes Down (BBC1, Friday) is not so much 'top of the shop' as 'two little ducks', in cricket parlance that