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  • Phone box could become home to life-saving equipment

    WINCHAM Parish Council is considering the possibility of installing life-saving equipment in a redundant phone box in the village. The council was given a defibrillator by Cheshire West and Chester Council under the council’s member budgets scheme

  • ROWING: Crews capture medals at national event

    ROWERS from Northwich have matched their rivals on the national stage in the past week. Two crews representing Northwich Rowing Club returned from the Junior Sculling Head with medals, including silver for an under 17s boys’ quad of Greg Murphy

  • Business breakfasts to continue despite poor support

    BUSINESS breakfasts are to continue in Wincham despite a disappointing turnout for the first event. Only four businesses attended the networking event at Witton Albion Football Club which was organised by Wincham Parish Council. The breakfast

  • Opening times cut at Town Council offices

    MIDDLEWICH Town Council has cut its public opening times at the Victoria Building council offices. The offices opening hours, which were previously 9am to 5pm, will be reduced from Wednesday, April 1, to 10am to 3pm. Middlewich Town Council

  • Cheshire Fire issue warning after spate of grass fires

    CHESHIRE Fire and Rescue have issued a warning concerning grass fires following a number of incidents across the county. Crews were called to nine grass fires across the county over the weekend of March 21-22. As we head into spring and the

  • Perfect records in darts league

    TWELVE darts teams still boast unblemished records in the Crewe Oddies Club Open League. The Premier Division has familiar faces at the helm with Pioneers A setting the pace, a 5-3 defeat of Vine A putting them a point ahead of last season’s runners-up

  • 1874 3-0 Runcorn

    MIKE Brandon’s last-minute wonder goal was a highlight as 1874 Northwich returned to third place in the table on Tuesday. The in-form front man increased his tally to 19 for the season – 10 of those arriving since February 1 – with a stunning strike

  • Hairdresser showered with gifts for her 25th anniversary

    HAIRDRESSER Janet Roberts was showered with presents from clients to mark her 25th anniversary celebrations. Janet, from Hartford, opened The Hair Company in Fir Lane, Sandiway, in March 1990. “We marked the anniversary by serving sparkling

  • Mums invited to join Donna on her charity buggy push

    MUMS are being invited to join Donna Burston and her son in a buggy push for a charity close to her heart. Donna’s son Thomas, who will be two this month, spent 10 weeks in intensive care at Leighton Hospital after being born 12 weeks early.

  • Parents and carers warned to beware of 'stranger danger'

    CHESHIRE police have urged parents and carers to reinforce ‘stranger danger’ messages to their children after a toddler became separated from her mum and later found with an unknown woman. The incident happened at Monks Copenhall Primary School

  • Young school gardeners sought for Big Dig contest

    BUDDING young Northwich gardeners are being invited to produce flowers and vegetables in their school grounds for an annual competition. All schools, including pre-schools, across West Cheshire can enter the 2015 Schools in Bloom competition run

  • Community spirit lauded after horror crash

    THE Middlewich community has been lauded for its efforts in coming to the aid of the pensioner who was trapped under a car on Wheelock Street. Patricia Lewis, 72, is being treated at Wythenshawe Hospital for multiple injuries including a broken