MIDDLEWICH Town manager Terry Murphy is delighted with his team's latest performances. The Witches are riding high at the top of the table at the moment after four wins out of five in the league, the latest two being 2-0 at Crosfields last Tuesday and
Middlewich 122 all out Congleton 123-5 MIDDLEWICH continued to undo their earlier season's hard work by falling to relegation contenders Congleton, which now pulls Middlewich to within six points of the drop zone. Having lost the toss yet again, Middlewich
WINSFORD Utd manager Chris Willcock is to take action to strengthen his forward line after the theme of missed chances up front continued on Saturday. Tomorrow, Thursday, he is hoping to have the signature of a prolific goal scorer who has UniBond League
THERE were celebrations long into the night as Wharton Cons won the prestigious De Knoop cup final at Mobberley for the second time in five years. The team beat Houldsworth WMC by 194 to 157 to lift the 95-year-old trophy. The competition, first run
VICS manager Steve Burr is looking to bring in a new player before Thursday's transfer deadline. Burr and his assistant Dave Moss had a meeting with chairman Mike Connett on Tuesday and have a specific player in mind although they are not prepared to
WITTON Albion manager Jim Vince is delighted with the way his team has started the season. But he expressed disappointment with Mike Moseley, who was sent off for an off the ball incident involving Telford United's Dean Craven on Monday. Vince said:
THE Blues could easily have been 6-0 in front after the first 30 minutes of this match, but they just had Rob Hopley's 10th minute strike to show for their efforts. And they were made to pay the price for their misses when a bad slip by Craig Robinson
LOSTOCK'S recent good run came to an end on Saturday following a poor display at the Park Stadium where they lost after leading 2-0. The Grey Lambs were a goal up inside five minutes when Fullwood showed great strength and skill to hold off his man in
VICS' first visit to the impressive Kassam Stadium can have left few people with little doubt that standards being set in the Nationwide Conference are very different from those in the Conference North. In front of a crowd in excess of 5,000, Northwich
VICS started the brighter of the two sides and should have been in front in the sixth minute, Griffiths meeting Brown's corner with a strong header, which just went wide. As Northwich continued to press forward in the 17th minute Paul Brayson curled
DANNY Leech is one of Cheshire's most gifted young batsmen. The left-hander has risen phoenix-like through the junior ranks, culminating in his senior debut in 2002. And fittingly, having spent four successful seasons with the county, earlier this month
CHESHIRE closed their Minor Counties campaign with a defeat to Shropshire. The defending champions went down by 210 runs at Whitchurch in a rain-affected clash but, having won their past two matches, the manner of the defeat was hard to take for captain
HARTFORD pulled off an amazing win at league leaders Wistaston in the Cheshire Building Society Cricket Alliance, taking 25 points and helping to further cement their position in the league. Hartford, who were missing key players, batted first and Martin
ON Saturday Park travelled to Sale and on winning the toss decided to bat first. With some good bowling and a slow uneven wicket, Park only made 137 from their 50 overs with the loss of nine wickets. Only Johnny Wales and Phil Amatiello made any
SCORING their 11th successive victory with three games remaining, Oulton Park extended their lead at the top of the premiership to 12 points over a struggling Neston team. Visiting batsman Chris Hackett made (71) including five sixes as Stuart Eaton
WINSFORD visited bottom of the table Cheadle Hulme Ladybridge for what on paper looked an easy game. Skipper Crellin took the new ball alongside Mike Clarke and in the second over Crellin took a stunning catch in the slip cordon off Clarke's bowling,
WEAVERHAM'S winnning draw at Oakmere on Saturday seemed a positive result. But third bottom Prestbury's win at Stockport Georgians means the Wallerscote Road side are still 21 points from safety with three games to go. Weaverham play fellow strugglers
NORTHWICH won a tense low-scoring game in spectacular style to maintain their push for promotion. Matt Lightburn, on his return to first team action after eight weeks away, ripped out the off stump of Castrol's last batsman with seven runs to spare.
BARNTON continued their run of good form, overcoming Mere by eight runs at Barnton. The home side batted first and scored steadily to build a platform, with 24 from Ben Wingfield, 32 from Paul Coot and 30 from Phil Wingfield, making his first appearance
DELAMERE bowler Gerald Merry was due to star for England on Sunday. They hosted Wales in the BCGBA International Championship at Alexandra Park, Stockport, with the Isle of Man taking on the Rest of the World in the other tie. l IT'S been a busy time
A TALE as old as time bursting with theatrical magic unfolds at the Palace Theatre in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Set in a quiet little French village where every day is like the one before, this enchanting tale story follows Belle - a beautiful and
FANS of pop band Guillemots are being promised a treat in the north west this October. The quartet will be stopping off in Manchester and Liverpool as part of their two-month tour of the UK. With a Mercury Music Prize nomination under their belt they
HE'S been through the mill this year but with a new album pending and UK tour ahead Steven Brookstein has come up smelling of roses - and talking of cheese! Of all the subjects I thought I might find myself talking about to the man who won the first
HUMDRUM days at a Hartford college helped stand up comedian Jim Tavar take the first steps to his current success. His time at the former Northwich College Of Arts when he was 18 gave him a taste of the world of television and put him on the road to
GEORDIE comedian Ross Noble returns from a highly successful tour Down Under to play a week of stand up shows in Manchester. He spent five months of this year playing 75 shows to 150,000 fans in Australia and New Zealand, including the odd night in towns
A RISING music sensation will be performing live at Manchester Academy this November. Having already sold out his September and October UK dates, Scottish-born Italian Paolo Nutini is back with his acoustic sounds sooner than you think. Paolo has been
FRANK Fallows feels he's been conned (Points of View, August 23). He wrote to say his cup runneth over because he is not a racist if he makes adverse comments on immigration. He then went on to muddle up asylum seekers with migrant workers and immigrant
I'D like to thank Frank Fallows for his letter in last week's Guardian, not because I agree with him but because his muddled thinking and spurious arguments highlighted perfectly the mess we are in over immigration, migrant workers, economic refugees,
A SHORT while ago the Guardian kindly printed a letter from me about the reforming of the Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of its formation on January 1, 1946. It just goes to show how popular your Points
NOW that Firdale Medical Centre is finished, dog walkers are able to reclaim the area behind the building to exercise their pets. However, it is not quite as simple as that. Mountains of earth, rubble and sand have been emptied on the area. Instead
AS a pensioner, who has also had a stroke, I would like to express many thanks to the people who gave donations to the Northwich Stroke Club on Saturday August 19, outside Tesco's store. As I was one of the helpers, I would like to say also how very
I AM writing with regard to an incident that happened in Tesco car park. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the person - or lowlife - who on Thursday, August 17, between 3am and 11am while parking their car at Tesco, seriously damaged mine
I DON'T often come into Northwich town centre at weekends but I did last Saturday and what a mess. I am not planning to come back in a hurry. I managed to park on Baron's Quay which was fine but after doing my shopping, was then faced with nightmarish
POLICE are encouraging companies in mid Cheshire to work together to beat criminals and protect their business. Police have issued a warning to all businesses in the area following a ram raid at a company on Brooks Lane Industrial Estate, in Middlewich
SMALL businesses in mid Cheshire have welcomed proposals put forward by Tatton MP George Osborne to cut red tape. The Shadow Chancellor is set to ask the tax reform commission to consider aligning the period of charge for the national insurance and income
FAITH has always paid a large part in her life but Hartford woman Liz Woode truly believed she had missed the boat when it came to being ordained. But to her surprise and delight the 59-year-old will be taking on a priestly role at St Michael and All
BREATHING is something most of us take for granted but residents in Weaverham will soon learn there is an art to this ability. A local branch of registered charity Samatha Trust will launch an exploration into the ancient Buddhist meditation practice
A WOMAN from Leftwich will depart from British shores next month to share her teaching expertise with the people of Rwanda. Former Sir John Deane's College student Susannah Crook will leave her Bollington Avenue home on September 7 to take up the Voluntary
A RESIDENT of Davenham said a village tree which was cut down following safety fears posed a danger to properties and people. Raymond Coles, of Church Street, contacted the Guardian after reading comments from Clr Dave Ravenscroft about the felling of
A PENSIONER is trying to raise £7,000 to buy medical equipment to help the vulnerable people in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. When John Corlett first visited the country some seven years ago, he was so shocked by conditions he found, he set
A NEW bridge has been installed at the heart of Northwich Community Woodlands in Marbury. Butterfinch Bridge's decorative panels feature scenes inspired by the surrounding reed beds and feature 3D models of local wildlife. The bridge, designed by artist
A PICKMERE dairy farmer's dreams of following in his father's footsteps could turn sour due to rising costs and poor milk prices. Andrew Ollier, of Frog Lane Farm, is a member of the only remaining family milking cows in the village where dairy herds
MORE concerns have been raised over policy changes at Northwich tip after a mound of waste was dumped in Great Budworth. Alan Kinsey, who owns and leases farmland in the village, has expressed his disgust with the individuals who dumped garden waste
A POLICE investigation is under way after an Indian takeaway was forced to close following a suspected arson attack. The Balti Chef, in Wheelock Street, has been shut since last Wednesday after a fire broke out in the storage building containing refuse
MIDDLEWICH Citizen's Advice Bureau could close by the end of next month if funding is not sourced to keep it afloat. Middlewich town councillor Peter Hirst said the CAB, based at the Microchips Centre, is under threat and that every effort must be made
POLICE and fire chiefs have condemned a group of youths who carried out an attack on Middlewich firefighters as they drove through the town. The incident happened at 10.15pm on Thursday as the crew returned to the station in Civic Way after attending
MIDDLEWICH High School is about to enter an exciting new phase of its specialist school status. The school, in King Edward Street, has been in discussion with South Cheshire College about developing a franchise of community education courses which were
A POST office in Winsford was targeted by criminals who stole a cash machine safe during an audacious ram raid in the early hours of Friday. The incident took place at the Swanlow Lane Post Office at 12.30am when a gang of hooded men smashed their way
A WOMAN was attacked and robbed as she walked through an underpass in Winsford last Wednesday morning. The 24-year-old was approached from behind and then punched and kicked to the ground of the walkway beneath the A54, leading from Oakhouse Lane, at
POLICE are investigating an arson attack at a Winsford takeaway after lighter fluid was poured through the letterbox. The incident took place at Lucky House, in Cheviot Square, at 3.45pm on Saturday when the lighter fluid was dropped into the takeaway
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 19-year-old Winsford girl was attacked while she was sitting in a parked car with her younger sister. The incident took place in the McDonald's car park in Nat Lane at 8.30pm last Wednesday. A silver Ford Fiesta
RESIDENTS who successfully fought off proposals to build a shopping complex in Delamere Street are preparing for battle again a year later. A planning application has been submitted for a Spar store and petrol station on the site of the Dickinson car
A FAMILY feared they would die as forest fires raged on their Greek holiday. Each time Nick, Nicola and Emily Hearnshaw, from Anderton, ran away from the flames raging behind them the wind changed, igniting fires in front of them. As the family sought
A WINNINGTON solider executed for cowardice during the First World War is set to receive a posthumous pardon. Defence Secretary Des Browne will be seeking a group pardon for hundreds of former servicemen including Lance Cpl James Holland, who lived in
POLICE have renewed their appeal for witnesses following an armed robbery in Weaverham. As reported in the Guardian last week, a member of Securitas staff was held at gunpoint as he arrived at Tesco Express, in Northwich Road, to deliver cash to a bank
MARKET Place readers may be able to answer a call for help from a Cumbrian woman. Ann Jeffs, of Moss Lane, Holme, is having some trouble tracing family members she believes have links with Northwich. She said: "I would like to contact the descendants
GIRL guiding has long since been established in Northwich and one man has the photograph to prove it. David Thompson, of School Lane, Hartford, stumbled upon this black and white snapshot while clearing some family items and the 53-year-old believes
A NORTHWICH man will face Crown Court trial after denying a string of sexual charges including one assault dating back more than 30 years. Kenneth Ronald Moss, of Chester Road, appeared at Northwich Magistrates Court on Thursday afternoon to face the
PEOPLE in mid Cheshire are being told to ensure they understand changes to the law on the use of child restraints in cars and goods vehicles. The changes, from September 18, could help prevent up to 2,000 child casualties per year. Justine Hart, Cheshire
PEOPLE in mid Cheshire are being told to ensure they understand changes to the law on the use of child restraints in cars and goods vehicles. The changes, from September 18, could help prevent up to 2,000 child casualties per year. Justine Hart, Cheshire
PEOPLE in mid Cheshire are being told to ensure they understand changes to the law on the use of child restraints in cars and goods vehicles. The changes, from September 18, could help prevent up to 2,000 child casualties per year. Justine Hart, Cheshire
CROWDS of people enjoyed a feast of entertainment at the Northwich Festival, which took place over the Bank Holiday weekend. Organisers have hailed it as the best event yet and are hoping next year's will be even better. The festival began on Friday
A MAN who is fighting to force a health authority to pay for his sick brother's care is to have the case reviewed by an independent panel. Stephen Johnson, of Strawberry Lane, Acton Bridge, says Central Cheshire Primary Care Trust is acting unlawfully
DONATIONS will be urgently sought next month as the National Blood Service prepares for a drop in its stocks. The extra day's rest is enjoyed by many during the Bank Holiday weekend but National Blood Service spokeswoman Rachel Roberts believes this
