CROWDS went insania when a pop and reality TV heartthrob appeared in Northwich to film a new TV commercial. Peter Andre, who has been announced as the new face of supermarket chain Iceland, was surrounded by mysterious girls all hoping to catch
NORTHWICH inflicted further woe on Warrington, who have lost two of their first three matches. The hosts scored a goal in each half to extend their own unbeaten start in Division One North, with Godwin Abadaki and Michael Clarke on target for Jim
THE other day, my mother-in-law gave me a book entitled Don’ts for Wives. Originally printed in 1913, the book was republished in 2007. I think the jury’s still out on whether the sentiments are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago.
CREWE-born swimmer Luke Greenbank claimed two medals at the Youth Olympic Games. The 17-year-old helped Great Britain claim men’s 4x100m freestyle relay gold last Tuesday, returning to the pool three days later to pick up 200m backstroke bronze
THE final league match of the Crewe Liberal Club Open League season saw Rileys Club A, already confirmed as Division Three darts champions, gain the four points they required for promotion to Division 2. However, they had to pull out all the stops
I’M no Shakespeare scholar but I found a quote from Romeo and Juliet quite apposite this week. In Act Two, Juliet tries to tell Romeo that it doesn’t matter what his name is and she would love him anyway. The famous (often misquoted) line is “What
I WAS interested, but not surprised by the article in last week's Guardian regarding the construction site on Tewkesbury Drive. I too have contacted the planning department about the lack of warning signs on the A530 Nantwich Road clearly showing
NEW and current members alike are invited to join the anniversary meetings of Crewe’s Queens Park Ants tidy team. The Ants have helped clean up for the past year and will celebrate their first anniversary this weekend. Ants meet the last weekend
I THINK it is an appalling example to his constituency when an MP thinks he can park in a disabled bay when he is not a badge holder, even if it is his place of work. I wish, as a blue badge holder, I could have a disabled bay so I could access
JUST who does the Tory MP for Weaver Vale think he is and, more importantly, who does he think he’s there to serve? Certainly not the people of Northwich who are apparently united in their outrage, regardless of how they voted in the General Election
I THINK that the council has no right to spend £3,000 of Winsford residents' hard-earned money. The football club concerned may bear the name of 'Winsford', but it is not a public company. It is a private company, which having received this
ALTHOUGH unemployment figures have fallen, which is good news, pay is at its lowest growth rate since 2001 according to official figures from the independent office of national statistics. What this means for ordinary people is that as the price
THREE cheers for correspondents, Clr Paul Dolan and John Oliver for expressing their concern about the increasing traffic congestion in Northwich, Guardian, August 6. It is of course most noticeable around the end of the massive Lifestyle Centre
THERE is constant traffic carnage as the one way system in Northwich is reduced to one lane. Like most people entering Northwich via the Winnington or Castle areas, it is beyond belief that the road has been reduced to one lane where the traffic
A DENTAL surgery in Kingsmead will be carrying out free mouth cancer checks on an awareness day in September.Residents are invited to visit Abbey Dental Practice, in Kingsmead Square, between 1pm and 2pm on September 17, which is Mouth Cancer Awareness
IT was messy, but this is 1874 Northwich’s most eye-catching result since they were promoted. Ian Street’s men ended the contest with nine players following the dismissals in stoppage time of Ryan Mitchell and Paul Connor, but more memorable was
OAKMERE lost narrowly, by 10 runs, at Runcorn to leave them rooted to the bottom of the Division One table. In a contest reduced by rain to 41 overs per innings, the home team recovered from 30-5 to 120 all out with James Wells (47) and David McNamara
OULTON Park openers Rick Moore and Danny Leech put on a season-best partnership, but it was not enough to beat back-markers Brooklands in Division One. Moore, who has scored four centuries for Cheshire this season, was unbeaten on 165 – the highest
A MAN from Middlewich has overcome a one-in-a-million rare form of cancer for the third time and claims his passion for running is one of the reasons he is still alive. Dad-of-three Steve Treweeks, 48, from Middlewich, suffered from a rare form
A CAKE shop was evacuated and firefighters called in after a gas canister went out of control in Davenham.Mother and daughter team Fiona and Sara Goulden were preparing a cake and balloons for a wedding when the helium gas canister they were using at
I READ with no small amount of amazement the letter from Anne Osborne, Guardian, August 20 concerning cyclists on the pavement. In it, she offered a potential solution in the form of Netherlands-style tyre shootings by armed police. Not only
A LOCAL recruitment company has renewed its deal to sponsor one of the stands at Crewe Alexandra’s football stadium. The Gresty Road Stand of Crewe Alexandra’s stadium will remain the Absolute Recruitment Stand again for 2014/15. “Absolute
STEVE Davis believes Crewe Alexandra will come good after Tuesday night’s heartbreak against Championship outfit Bolton Wanderers. Jermaine Beckford broke Alex hearts with an extra-time winner to prevent any Capital One Cup upset at Gresty Road
MIDDLEWICH Clean Team has stated that their members are now giving up on trying to keep the town’s parks and play areas tidy after constant vandalism. The Clean Team, which has been running in the town since 2003, works voluntarily to keep Middlewich
A TRADER says he has been forced to close his Northwich shop after just nine months because of the state of the town centre. Dave Hodkinson said he was losing thousands of pounds a month keeping The Kitchen Garden open in Weaver Square Shopping
LABOUR’S prospective parliamentary candidate for Crewe and Nantwich has blasted above-inflation rail fair price hikes that he believes are ‘ripping off’ local commuters. Rail passengers have learned their fares will rise by up to 5.5 per cent in
CHESHIRE Fire and Rescue Service is giving older people the opportunity to see behind the scenes at the Service headquarters in Winsford as part of Ageing Safely Week. The main event will be Older People’s Day on Wednesday, October 1, where people
