UNISON members working for the NHS in mid-Cheshire will stage two separate periods of industrial action this month. Union leaders have warned that all services will be affected by the action, which has been voted for by members across the north
NANTWICH Town’s assault on the top half of the Evo-Stik Premier Division table took a blow when they were beaten 4-0 at Trafford on Saturday. Boss Danny Johnson was able to recall Scott Lycett, Steve Jones and Adam Pepper to the bench for the Dabbers
MIDDLEWICH Library will be sharing poems in a poetry relay with Sandbach Library to celebrate National Poetry Day. The national day dedicated to poetry is tomorrow, Thursday, October 2, and Middlewich Library is celebrating the day by inviting
THINGS will get worse before they improve for Witton Albion. They did not deserve to lose, though Danny South’s goal for Frickley with a minute left was one worthy of winning most encounters. It condemned the hosts to a fifth successive league
NORTHWICH Rowing Club began the new season in style by taking top honours during Chester’s Long Distance Sculls on Saturday. George Lawton was fastest in a single among a 23-strong under 17s boys’ field, completing a 5km course in 20:11.8.
Manchester 17 Northwich 14 DEFEAT at Manchester on Saturday made it three games without a win for Northwich. Blacks started at an exhilarating pace, taking the initiative during the early exchanges. Strong running from Dorian Simes, Joel
Manchester Medics 11 Winnington Park 14 WINNINGTON Park put in probably their worst performance of the season so far on Saturday, but still emerged as victors. A brace of tries from Fraser Lindsay secured a fourth win of the season, marking
THREE Middlewich women who set up their own business after being made redundant from the Co-operative Travel are now celebrating a successful first year in the town. Andrea Jones, Lynsey Bills and Joanne Lightfoot worked at the Co-operative
ANNIVERSARY celebrations at a toy shop are tinged with sadness for its founders Ian Walton and Steve Egersdorff. Wozu is based at Blakemere Craft Centre in Sandiway, and is 10 years old this month. However this Christmas is set to be the last
NANTWICH Family Films @ 4 was celebrating after receiving a commendation at the National Film Society awards this week in Sheffield. Nantwich Family Films @ 4 was launched in January this year, and has been showing films for families on the third
AN EVENTFUL journey of motoring and calamity raised £600 for a Northwich charity.Kingsmead men Sam Stafford and Ashley Wood attempted the infamous 3,000-mile Ramshackle Rally from Calais to Valencia in aid of The Joshua Tree.The duo, who were given
OAKLANDS medical centre in Middlewich will be holding flu clinics this month for residents to drop-in and get their jab. After their successful flu clinic campaigns in the previous two years, Oaklands are once again offering open clinic sessions
BOSS Steve Davis insists he will not quit Crewe Alexandra despite mounting calls to go. Tuesday night’s 3-0 drubbing at home to Notts County was their eighth defeat in 10 matches – leaving the club well adrift at the foot of League One. After
LOSTOCK Gralam residents are invited to an information day next week as part of a new consultation on gas storage plans. Keuper Gas Storage Limited has launched a statutory consultation on proposals to build and operate an underground gas storage
KINGSMEAD councillors are investigating if the obelisk in the village is an official war memorial. Kingsmead Parish Council now owns the title deeds to the land around the sculpture, on Kingsmead Spine Road. It has contacted the 22nd (Cheshire
RESIDENTS are invited to have their say on the future of the town centre subway. They are being asked what should happen to the subway once new pedestrian crossings are in place. The consultation runs from next Monday, October 6, until November
CHESHIRE Fire and Rescue Service is looking for young people in Crewe and Nantwich to become Fire Cadets. The Service is keen to recruit young people aged 12 to 17 years to take part in the hands-on training scheme. Cadets get to use firefighting
VILLAGERS are gearing up to fight plans for another housing estate in Davenham. Residents of Green Lane and Green Avenue packed into the latest parish council meeting after finding out about a proposal for up to 77 houses behind their homes.
PARISH council chairman Annie Makepeace has issued a plea to Wincham people to come together as one village. Annie’s call came as a resident called for improvements to a playground in Chapel Street similar to those carried out at the Linnards Lane
A NORTHWICH man has been jailed for forging a ‘hotch potch’ court document in an attempt to absolve himself of liability in a legal action. Martin Peak, 54, whose address was given as Lostock Gralam Social Club, has been sentenced to three months
MIDDLEWICH Neighbourhood Plan is set to be drawn up in the next couple of weeks after no objections were made to the proposed Middlewich Town boundaries. The neighbourhood area outlined for Middlewich was submitted on August 11 and is similar
A TROUBLED shopping centre at the heart of Northwich has been taken over by new owners. As the Guardian went to press yesterday, Tuesday, Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWAC) confirmed it has acquired the lease to the deteriorating Weaver Square
POLICE in Winsford have issued further drugs warrants at addresses across town. On the September 19, a drugs warrant was executed at an address in Austin Close. A quantity of Amphetamine and Cannabis was found. A 34-year-old woman was arrested
BRITISH Transport Police officers investigating the theft of a bag from a Crewe-bound train have released two images of a man they want to trace. The bag was stolen on Wednesday, August 13 from the luggage racks of the 12.51pm Edinburgh Waverly
