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Stories for 24 October 2001

Crewe Alex

UNBEATEN RUN ENDS WITH MISFORTUNE

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Crewe Features

Boost for park's profile

WELL over 100 youngsters and adults attended the series of events held in and around Valley Park in Crewe. more...

Crewe News

WORKERS CLAIM JOB CUTS WERE A 'WITCH HUNT'

A JOB cull at a Crewe engineering works has been dubbed 'a witch hunt' by angry workers. more...

Gateway to success

HISTORIC gates from the former ERF factory site in Sandbach have been saved. more...

Tenants urged to have their say

COUNCIL tenants are being urged to find out more about the proposals to transfer their homes into the control of an independent housing trust. more...

Funding boost will provide drug advice drop-in centre

A DROP-IN centre is to be set up in Crewe to help give easier access to drugs advice and support. more...

Feedback session hailed a success

AROUND 35 people attended a feedback session about the new board system on Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council. more...

Residents could face 7.5 per cent council tax rise

COUNCILLORS have decided to try and maintain the current level of services through next year's Council Tax rates for the borough. more...

Band concert

ARRANGEMENTS are being made for a concert by the Stoke City Brass Band in Sandbach. more...

TV viewing for free

DID you know that all people aged 75 and over are entitled to a free TV licence? more...

Housing approved

PLANS to build a small residential development at the rear of Alton Street have been given the green light. more...

Church is fighting poverty

CREWE'S West Street Baptist Church has been fighting poverty and famine in Eastern Europe. more...

'Grave concern' over health services

CHESHIRE County Council has voiced its 'grave concern' over Government plans for the re-organisation of the country's health authorities. more...

Fund-raising tops £1m

OVERWHELMING support for Imperial Cancer Research has seen over £1million raised in their Northern Region during the past year. more...

SHOWING DADS ARE IMPORTANT

A CAMPAIGN is being launched in Crewe to emphasise the important role daddies have to play in family life. more...

Junior sports competition

PRIMARY schools in the borough are being invited to enter this year's Sports Hall Athletics Competition. more...

BONFIRE FUN

RESIDENTS in the borough will be wrapping up warm next week as the fun of Bonfire Night arrives. more...

Report reveals room for improvement

MANAGEMENT at Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust has difficulty addressing problem areas and anticipating things that might go wrong. more...

Crewe Sport

CREWE CRASH OUT TO HIGH-FLIERS

A SECOND-half collapse saw Crewe FC crash 5-0 at high-flying Knutsford, last Saturday. more...

Crewe Whatson

Roll up for stand-up

THERE is side splitting stand-up on offer at South Cheshire College this Saturday night, October 27. more...

BOYCE IS BACK

MAX Boyce makes a welcome return to the Lyceum Theatre, Crewe, on Saturday, November 10 as part of an autumn tour. more...

Nantwich News

THE WAY FORWARD

COUNCIL tenants are being urged to find out more about the proposals to transfer their homes into the control of an independent housing trust. more...

Building their ideal homes

FORGET Carol Vorderman! Pupils at Weaver Primary School know how to make better homes! more...

Youth centre bid to stop vandalism

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Charles pays an artistic visit to town

A PROFESSIONAL artist will be passing on his expertise at a forthcoming event in Bridgemere. more...

An evening with green guru David Bellamy

ENVIRONMENTAL guru David Bellamy is in the borough, next week. more...

Police name man found dead in canal

POLICE have named the man who was found dead in the Shropshire Union Canal at Hurleston, outside Nantwich. more...

What a performance at Brine Leas

WHAT a drama at Brine Leas High School last Friday! more...

Nantwich Sport

Scarlett takes Town into Vase second round

A DOUBLE from striker John Scarlett sent Nantwich Town into the second round of the FA Vase, last Saturday. more...

Northwich Features

A walk on the darker side of Vale Royal...

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Wartime choir disbanded when peace broke out

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Northwich Letters

People who don't care are winning

MY name is Christine and I am a family-based carer for Cheshire County Council. more...

Let's hope bodybags are not Afghanistan's legacy

IN THE wake of the tragedy on September 11, it seems that anthrax has been spread deliberately in America, perhaps by one deranged person or by terrorists. more...

Northwich News

Ain't no mountain high enough for intrepid firefighters

St LUKE'S Hospice was given a boost this week thanks to the fund-raising efforts of a group of Winsford firefighters. more...

Anti-social issues debated on Kilroy

THE problem of anti-social behaviour in Middlewich is to be highlighted in a forthcoming television programme on BBC One. more...

MEAN THIEVES STEAL TRAGIC FAMILY'S CAR

A DOWNS Syndrome man is facing more heartache following news that his beloved car has been stolen - just three months after his brother was killed in a horrific road accident. more...

Cracknell produces waves of film

WORLD champion oarsman James Cracknell has become the second Olympic gold medallist to visit Northwich this year. more...

NORTHWICH town centre is set to lose one of its few remaining non-restricted car parks.

In a move which is sure to cause problems for workers and all-day shoppers in the build up to Christmas, development company Nineacres has given Vale Royal Borough Council notice to vacate the land at Castle Street - one of the town's busiest car parks. more...

A HARTFORD man has been put behind bars for 18 months after exposing himself to children and perform

Paul Andrew Roughsedge, 42, of Warren Lane, appeared at Chester Crown Court last Friday for sentencing. He had earlier pleaded guilty to gross indecency with a child. more...

CAT team targets anti-social behaviour

NORTHWICH Police CAT team has completed a successful operation in the battle against problems with underage drinking and anti social behaviour in Hartford. more...

Go to school and have rubbish lessons

PUPILS at Hartford High School are taking part in an ongoing project to measure levels of waste produced at the school. more...

Youngsters open the box for the needy...

PUPILS at The Russett School Weaverham have been 'boxing' clever for an international appeal. more...

Protest targets petrol stations

ANIMAL rights protestors descended on Mid Cheshire last Saturday with the aim of stopping trade at a number of petrol stations throughout the area. more...

Thief attacks woman

A HARTFORD woman was left shaken after a thief pushed her to the ground before taking her handbag last Thursday, October 18. more...

VICTIMS of all types of abuse in Northwich, Winsford and Middlewich, are being offered a lifeline wi

Those vulnerable to abuse could be suffering from physical, sexual, psychological or financial trauma or neglect and the county council believes these vulnerable people need advice from community care services. more...

Leftwich top of the class

THE headmaster of the County High School in Leftwich said the year just ended had been among the most successful the school had ever had. more...

Pupils make the grade at prize evenings

PARENTS, staff and governors have been told that ambitious development plans mean Rudheath High School is in a position to provide an education worthy of the 21st Century. more...

Abe climbs a hill at 80 years of age

ABE Hill is not your typical pensioner - as he proved when he celebrated his 80th birthday by conquering Snowdon for charity. more...

Concerns over health shake-up

NORTHWICH, Winsford and Middlewich could suffer if proposals to drastically alter the area's health authority are approved. more...

Northwich Sport

Five star Blues!

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A Beck of a good run by Ellis

BECKY Ellis produced the run of her life to finish five seconds behind a national champion on Saturday. more...

Lisa laps it up

NORTHWICH really made a splash at the Geoff Drew Memorial Meet on Saturday, winning top team and, in Lisa Atkinson, boasting the best girl performer. more...

Rowers ready for Dee day after good show on Runcorn river

NORTHWICH Rowing Club sent a full complement of crews to compete in the Runcorn October Head of the River Race on Saturday. more...

Park pay the penalty

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Northwich break through the old guard

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Rick is king of the hill

WEAVER Valley Cycling Club staged their hill climb on Sunday morning, using the famous Cat & Fiddle on the Buxton road out of Macclesfield. more...

Northwich Vics

VICS CATCH CUP FEVER

BUOYANT boss Jimmy Quinn has welcomed his team's return to winning ways just in time for the start of their assault on the FA Cup. more...

Smiths have the hits

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Northwich Whatson

Popular operatic recital returns to Middlewich

ONE of Middlewich's most popular musical exports is returning to the town for an evening of spectacular operatic recitals. more...

Mid Cheshire's dance their way to Broadway

THE magical sounds of Broadway reverberated around a packed Northwich Memorial Hall when MCAOS danced their way to 42nd Street last week. more...

Moulton ready to prove that comedy is just child's play

MOULTON Drama Group is preparing to please audiences next week with its latest production, Albert Make Us Laugh, by popular playwright Jimmie Chinn. more...

Northwich Witton

Oh, what a Knight

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Mike continues to take direct route

WITTON Albion's board can at last concentrate on appointing a new manager. more...

Moor despair on the

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Winsford Features

Memories of a much better age

WHEN writing history beyond living memory you have to hope the book you got your information from is correct, otherwise history can be rewritten. more...

Winsford Sport

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