WHAT has happened to the Bull Ring in Northwich? Where there was once a pleasant area to sit and watch the world go by, with shade provided by a splendid Silver Birch tree, we now have an ugly, barren area to contemplate while seated on hideous
WINSFORD Town Council recently decided to fund the operation of the Winsford to Liverpool bus service for the next six months. On behalf of the users of the number X22 bus, I’d like to thank them. Everyone who uses the bus is very grateful.
WITH just over six months to go, it appears the narcissistic politicians have slipped back into their familiar sycophantic ways. Both UKIP and the Scotland results sent shockwaves through the Westminster establishment. The party conferences
WE are writing in order to raise our objections to some Halloween items being sold in shops across our region. While we do not agree with Halloween, we do acknowledge that they sell well and children do enjoy dressing up. It is neither our desire
I AGREE with the writer of The Fly whole heartedly in last week's edition. Two weeks ago I was in a garden centre not a hundred miles from Northwich, I had just come from my church where we had been celebrating harvest festival. In the garden centre
I AM writing to agree and disagree with some of the comments in Guardian letters recently about the Winsford Neighbourhood Plan. Mr Roland is correct to say it is not the Winsford Neighbourhood Plan that is bringing 3,500 homes to Winsford.
MID Cheshire College and the board of directors at Chester FC have agreed to form a ‘scholars academy partnership’. The partnership will allow Chester FC to continue to foster players aged 16 to 20 as they enrol on a two-year course with Mid Cheshire
I READ with interest the article “Ban the Plan”, Guardian, October 1, and also the number of letters suggesting a “No” vote will solve the issue of developers building on Greenfield sites. I would like to present some facts. Neighbourhood plan
A PERSONAL trainer from Winsford will spend six hours in the saddle during a gruelling spinathon in memory of her late mother. Carol Roberts will be joined by her two sons and fellow spinners during the fundraiser on Sunday, October 26. The
HIGH school pupils have played a major role in designing new shirts being donated to their schools by the official kit supplier to the England rugby team. The shirts are to be created for rugby teams at Hartford High School and the University of
THIS month’s Middlewich Makers Market will be joining forces with the Floating Market. The Makers Market, which takes place on Saturday, October 25, will take on a Halloween theme and will also be accompanied by nine boats positioned below Town
FOUR members of Hartford Golf Club went to extraordinary lengths to raise money for Northwich charity tiny Steps by trekking across the Alps. Golfers Ant Green, Steve Nicholson, Martin Major and Gareth Eaton, trained and planned the expedition
MID Cheshire College has welcomed almost 30 delegates from VUC Storstrøm in Denmark as part of a conference organised to discuss the challenges and solutions for the education system in the region. VUC Storstrøm is an independent education centre
THE shortlist for the 10th Marketing Cheshire Annual Awards has been announced, with businesses in mid Cheshire in the running for the top gongs. More than 50 individuals, initiatives and businesses across 14 categories will compete for top honours
THE Cantoris chamber choir return to Winsford for a special performance conducted by Ken Fayle next month. The Frodsham based group will perform a collection of songs during a concert entitled ‘Simple Gifts’ at St Chad’s Church, Winsford on Saturday
RETAILER B&M has created up to 60 jobs in Crewe after securing new shop premises at the former JJB shop unit in the town. The finishing touches are currently being made to the B&M Bargains store which will open on Wednesday, November 5
A GROUP of creative people in Middlewich have joined forces and will display their work at the Makers Market on Saturday. The Middlewich Creative group formed in August when several painters, photographers and craft-makers met on Facebook and decided
MARATHON man Mark Sykes has raised hundreds of pounds for a life-saving initiative launched by mother of three Ruth Helm. Mark is a teacher at Wincham Community Primary School, which is supporting a fund created by Ruth after her daughter Leilah
A DOG was shot and killed by armed police in Crewe after it attacked another two dogs. Two loose dogs, believed to be of Shar Pei breed, set upon a boxer and a spaniel which were being walked by a man and a woman on Golden Hill, Weston in Crewe
A LEFTWICH crack house has been shut down as part of the police’s continued clamp-down on town-wide drug-dealing. Officers boarded up 15 Redesmere Close after securing a ‘crack house closure’ from Warrington Magistrates Court on Thursday October
NANTWICH-based fine art and antiques auctioneers Peter Wilson will sell a masterpiece of Chinese porcelain that is expected to fetch up to £200,000. From a local home, the fine and large Doucai “Lotus and Bats” vase dating from the Qianlong period
WINNINGTON hair salon Hair-port is inviting people to support its Pink Friday fundraiser. Salon owner Kylie Mylan and her team are staging the event in aid of Breast Cancer Care UK tomorrow, Friday, October 24, from 9am to 6pm. Pink cupcakes
TOWN centre rehearsal space and community instrument loans were music to the ears of Winsford residents last weekend. Bandedge Resurrected were at their base in the former Connexions unit in the Winsford Cross Shopping Centre on Saturday singing
CHURCH Minshull Aqueduct Marina has raised more than a thousand pounds to help transform the lives of deaf people across the UK. £1,643 was generated for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, via raffles, quizzes and events including a dog show at the
