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  • Northwich Victoria 2-0 Radcliffe Borough

    NORTHWICH boss Jim Gannon is confident his side are benefitting from a link with Flixton Villa after they beat Radcliffe on Saturday. Goals for Richie Bennett and Joshua Amis sealed the points for the Manchester-based hosts, who now sit third in

  • HS2 petition is presented to council to trigger full debate

    HS2 campaigners are due to have the proposed high speed rail link debated by Cheshire West and Cheshire Council after presenting a petition containing almost 1,700 signatures to the authority. The number exceeded the 1,500 needed to trigger a debate

  • Middlewich girl shows true beauty is in helping others

    AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl from Middlewich who suffers from autism and has an ‘obsession with helping others,’ has been selected to compete for a place in an international beauty pageant at Disney Land Paris. Tyla Moore, who also has ADHD, has been

  • Pupils saddle up to learn cycle skills

    THE Grange Junior School has been chosen as one of a number of schools in Cheshire West and Chester to receive Bikeability cycle training. The training is designed to give children the skills and experience to cycle safely and confidently, and

  • Road reopened after lorry gets wedged under railway bridge

    A ROAD in Crewe was closed after a lorry got wedged under a railway bridge. Emergency services were called at 12.23 on Wednesday, March 3 after reports a truck had become stuck under a railway bridge on Gresty Road in Crewe near Mornflake Oats.

  • Winsford MP to hold surgery for constituents

    WINSFORD’S MP Stephen O’Brien will hold a surgery for constituents Friday, March 6. The surgery will be held at at Cuddington and Sandiway Village Hall, Norley Road, Cuddington, CW8 2LB. Mr O’Brien will be available between 4.30pm and 6.00pm

  • Tributes paid to former mayor Bob Robinson

    TRIBUTES have been paid to last year's mayor of Northwich who died on Saturday, aged 79.Leftwich man Bob Robinson joined Northwich Town Council in 2004 and served as mayor twice, in 2008 and 2013.The council held a minute's silence in his memory and in

  • Anderton firm celebrates new shop opening

    STAFF at an Anderton-based business are celebrating opening a brand new shop just three and a half years after the demise of their former employer.Roger Firth, Nichola Floyd, Gary Stevenson and Andy Roberts opened up A&E Leisure after their former employer

  • Traffic refused to let air ambulance land in Middlewich

    TRAFFIC refused to stop for an air ambulance when it tried to land in Middlewich.   The air ambulance was sent to attend to a man in his 40’s whose injuries are unknown, on Webbs Lane Thursday, February 26.   The helicopter attempted

  • POOL: High hopes for Webber

    ERIC Webber came within a frame of earning a place in England’s under 23s team. The teenager, who plays for Gladstone in the Northwich and District League, lost a play-off decider against Jack Bennett, from Kent, in a trial at Great Yarmouth.

  • Labour's pink bus comes to Castle

    A LEADING politician appealed to men and women alike to value their vote as she brought a controversial pink battle bus to Castle. Harriet Harman MP, deputy leader of the Labour Party, endorsed the Guardian's campaign when she visited the area on the

  • Children invited to attend selection for village fete retinue

    CHILDREN are being invited to attend the choosing this Sunday of the retinue for this summer’s Lostock Gralam Funday Fete. The fete is being held at Lostock Gralam Community Centre on Sunday, July 19, and the annual retinue selection takes place

  • Work starts on flood scheme

    A YEAR of construction has started on Northwich town centre's flood defences. The Environment Agency has completed two weeks of preparation work, including tree felling and building a headquarters, and has now begun work on the defences themselves at

  • New fair celebrates Cheshire

    A NEW event is set to showcase the best that Cheshire has to offer this spring. Simply Cheshire will feature handpicked independent designers, producers, artists and entrepreneurs based in Cheshire or originally from the county. The fair, which

  • Spurned ex-girlfriend sentenced

    A SPURNED ex-girlfriend who trashed her on-off lover’s house in a jealous rage after finding a five-year anniversary card from another partner has been sentenced. Sandra Cleary, 45, from Winsford, was given a 12 month conditional discharge at a

  • Former cafe opens as bedsit for vulnerable people

    THE former Wheelock Street café Mococo has now been officially opened as accommodation for young and vulnerable people. The building, which is now called Mococo House, has been transformed into nine fully furnished flats by Middlewich Community

  • Nantwich dance group donate £1000 to St Luke's Hospice

    A NANTWICH dance group have donated £1,000 St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice. Saturday Night Sequence Dancers, based in Nantwich, raised the money after hosting their biannual ‘Charity Dance’ at Malbank School. Twice a year they hold a ‘Charity Dance

  • Finals are up next

    WINSFORD Academy hosted Vale Royal School Sport Partnership’s Sportshall Athletics competition for secondary school students. Teams from St Nicholas RC High School were the star turns, winning in the Year 7 boys and Year 8 boys and girls categories