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  • 70 holiday lodges approved for Delamere forest

    CONTROVERSIAL plans to construct a series of log cabins in Delamere Forest have been given the go ahead, subject to the approval of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Plans to reorganise the forest’s existing visitor hub facility to provide

  • Rare 'tilt' for Crewe APT at Heritage Centre

    THE Advanced Passenger Train (APT) will be tilted for the first time since the 1990s during a special event at the Crewe Heritage Centre this month. One of the two extant APT units has stood in sidings at the locomotive museum after being withdraw

  • Town council 'dismayed' at refuge decision

    CLOSING refuges is false economy and does not make sense, according to concerned councillors. Northwich Town Council has expressed its dismay that three domestic abuse refuges in west Cheshire will be reduced to one hub. The decision was made

  • Free life lessons from Winsford housing initiative

    FREE sessions to help Winsford residents lead independent lives are being offered by Cotswold House. The Weaver Vale Housing Trust facility is rolling out the project to the wider community, after it proved successful helping homeless women find

  • HOCKEY: Winnington keep unbeaten record

    A THIRD successive draw for Winnington Park maintained their unbeaten start to the season in North League Division Two West after they shared the points with Liverpool Sefton on Saturday. Oli Wilkes and Paul Stackhouse gave Park a two-goal interval

  • Storyteller comes to town

    A DRAGON who hates poetry, a gruesome monster living in an old maths book and the smelliest cat in the whole wide world will be revealed in Northwich this month. Harlequin Theatre, in Queen Street, will host storyteller Dommy B and The Dragon Who

  • KARTING: Hanley set to be best Bambino

    ROSS Hanley could be crowned as a champion for the first time when the Bambino Kart Club campaign reaches a conclusion in Cumbria this Saturday. The six-year-old, a pupil at Kingsmead Primary School, has a healthy lead at the standings’ summit

  • £25,000 revamp for council office

    A COMPLETE £25,000 overhaul is being planned for Northwich's outdated council offices. Northwich Town Council's gothic-style headquarters, in Church Road, has damp, dry rot and a leaky roof. At their latest meeting councillors agreed to refurbish