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  • Pioneers forging the way

    IT took until the penultimate dominoes pair, but Premier Division table-toppers Pioneers A have clinched the Crewe Liberal Club Open League Summer Team Knockout title. The Pi’s came out 8-7 aggregate winners against Westend Band Club C, the only

  • Derry Young and Alan Whittingham clinch Wistaston bowls titles

    WISTASTON Bowling Club enjoyed two exciting fixtures in their competition finals day on Sunday. Derry Young took the Men’s Singles Cup crown as Wilf Chadwick finished runner-up in a match that ended 21-13. In the Green Championship, Alan Whittingham

  • Hop Pole fail to escape the Premier Division drop

    HOP Pole A failed to escape the Crewe Liberal Club Open League Premier Division drop zone as an 8-8 aggregate draw saw them finish three points adrift of opponents Imperial. The only outstanding top-flight game finished with an Imperial win in

  • Davis denies rift with Ellis

    STEVE Davis has denied any rift with centre-half Mark Ellis. The 24-year-old has been left on the bench during Crewe’s indifferent start to the season – prompting some supporters to speculate why. One of the key performers in last season’s

  • Green spaces used as veg patches

    A COMMUNITY group busy turning Winsford’s underused green spaces into communal vegetable patches is open to new members. Incredible Edibles has already begun cultivating a range of healthy food options on little-used common land for the benefit

  • Driver furious over blow-out

    A MOTORIST has hit out at contractors after his car suffered a blown tyre caused by sharp debris in the road at the High Street roadworks site in Winsford. Michael Macy believes the jagged piece of iron found lodged in his wheel was part of the

  • Operation Karate moves to court

    FOURTEEN men are due to appear in court charged with drug offences following a high profile drugs operation in Northwich and Merseyside. The 14 men, who were arrested in May as part of Operation Karate, will appear before Chester Crown Court charged

  • Flowery folk festival will get toes tapping in Little Leigh

    A FLOWERY folk festival aims to take Little Leigh by storm in September. The village will be a hub of music, floral décor, canine capers and heritage during the weekend of September 6 and 7, with the main event on Saturday, September 7. Val

  • Wheels give Amy a sporting chance

    A SPORTY teenager has been granted a new lease of life thanks to the generous people of Middlewich. Amy Hutchinson, from Chadwick Road, suffers from spina bifida and hydrocephalus and last year she launched an appeal for help in buying a specially-adapted

  • Housing staff help raise more than £9,000

    GENEROUS Weaver Vale Housing Trust staff have raised more than £9,000 for the Salvation Army Corps in Northwich and Winsford. Over the past 12 months staff have gathered £9,459 through raffles, a sponsored head shave, cake sales and auctions.

  • Four fire engines called to Cartridge World blaze in Crewe

    AN investigation into a suspected arson attack has been launched after a blaze at a printer ink store in Crewe. Firefighters and police received reports of a fire at Cartridge World, on Nantwich Road, in the early hours of yesterday morning, Wednesday

  • Have a say on planning

    WINSFORD residents have 20 days to voice their views on the emerging Neighbourhood Plan. The Neighbourhood Plan allocates potential sites for the 3,150 new houses Winsford must build under Government targets and residents have until September 16

  • Brain tumour support group stops people feeling alone

    A LEFTWICH couple have already started to make a real difference to people’s lives with their new group. Steve and Eileen Sharman, of Kingsley Drive, held the first meeting of their new brain tumour support group in August and have a second one