A PORTRAYAL of life during the First World War is coming to Byley just weeks after Middlewich’s successful Wartime Weekend. Byley Players will be presenting ‘The Accrington Pals’ by Peter Whelan between October 10 and 13 at Byley Village Hall in
THE campaign to re-open the Sandbach to Northwich railway line has received a boost after the petition was officially handed to MP Fiona Bruce. The Middlewich Rail Link group, which was set up 20 years ago, launched the petition in April in an
A CHILLY autumn morning greeted the hundreds of women who gathered for a bike ride with a difference on Sunday. About 800 women took part in Cycletta Cheshire and for many of them it was the first time they had taken part in a cycling event.
A WINSFORD man has been banned from owning a dog for five years after two children were repeatedly bitten by a pit bull type dog on Grange Park. The 17-year-old appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on Thursday, October 4, after his dog attacked
THE Laurels, in Winsford, was decked in balloons, banners and bunting on Saturday for the eagerly awaited 100th birthday of fun-loving resident, Annie Holland. Originally from Winnington, Northwich, Annie, or Nan Holland as she is affectionately
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after three women were touched inappropriately on three separate occasions in Crewe. The latest incident took place on October 5 when a 37-year-old woman was walking in Valley Road. It follows a 42-year-old
A HUGE fundraising drive has been launched by the Canal and River Trust to mend the breach in the Trent and Mersey Canal. It has already raised more than £10,500, with donations even coming in from voluntary societies and fellow charities, but
A UNIQUE training programme aimed at helping young homeless women in Cheshire has been shortlisted for a prestigious housing award. The WOTEVA programme, part of Weaver Vale Housing Trust’s Cotswold House project, has been nominated for the Housing
FISH are being rescued in their tens of thousands after September storms caused an dramatic breach of a Northwich canal. A mission of mercy has been staged by the Canal and River Trust to rescue the fish stranded on either side of the collapse
LABOUR has criticised Cheshire East Council’s plans to withdraw funding from school bus routes across the borough. If given the go ahead, 19 school bus services across Cheshire East will see their subsidies withdrawn, something that Labour says
