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  • Why a dad and his lad were stars for Middlewich last weekend

    CRAIG Johnson has always encouraged promising junior batsmen at Middlewich to make it hard for bowlers to get them out. His youngest son, Regan, followed that advice to the letter while opening for the second team last weekend to make a 10-wicket

  • Why a dad and his lad were stars for Middlewich last weekend

    CRAIG Johnson has always encouraged promising junior batsmen at Middlewich to make it hard for bowlers to get them out. His youngest son, Regan, followed that advice to the letter while opening for the second team last weekend to make a 10-wicket

  • LETTERS: Thanks for responses

    THANK you for the responses to my query about the black and white signs. I am most grateful and hope other readers will now look out for these signs which I now find all over. Caroline Morgan Lower Withington

  • LETTER: OAPs are struggling

     LET us hope that any new council that may be formed will understand how old age pensioners are struggling when any pension rise is immediately taken back by large increases in council tax. D Bennett Cheshire

  • LETTERS: Interesting times ahead

     WELL the earthquake prophesied by Nigel Farage has well and truly shaken up the political landscape in the UK. It is, of course, the issue of Brexit that has brought this about, but a shake-up to the two party system in this country has been long

  • LETTERS: We need your help

     ACROSS Cheshire there are amazing people who are helping to transform young lives by taking action with The Children’s Society. This Volunteers Week (June 1-7) we would like to thank each and every one of them. Right now there are 4,477 children

  • LETTER: Our own cash was used

     STUART Anderson’s letter (Guardian, May 23) bemoans the likely loss, after Brexit, of funding for many local projects which are supported by the EU. Does he realise that it is not EU funds which support them, but our own money? A small portion

  • LETTER: Wasting a generation

     AFTER 40 years of neglect the housing stock is full. It has been for almost all of these years. This means, young people can aspire to own their own homes, or even to rent their own home, but for many this will never be possible. Where do

  • LETTER: We disagree with our MP

    WE’RE writing as a group of local residents to write in opposition to our local MP Esther McVey’s call to scrap the foreign aid target. Ms McVey has set out a vision for the future of Great Britain, which includes dramatically cut spending on overseas

  • LETTER: Money down the drain

    HS2 is getting almost wall-to-wall criticism, and there is very little stomach for it amongst the general public. Many MPs are now looking to scrap it, including the MP for Tatton Esther McVey. This is an example of the last time this sort

  • CINEMA LISTINGS: What's on at Northwich Odeon

    2D Aladdin (PG) 2h07m Fri                          12:15 14:00 17:00 20:00 Sat               11:15 12:15 15:00 20:15 Sun              11:15 12:15 14:00 15:00 17:00                    20:00 Mon                       12:15 14:00*        

  • Why Mark Wakefield feels optimistic before racing on Sunday

    MARK Wakefield is optimistic his car will perform better when he races again this weekend after replacing an underperforming turbo. The Northwich driver has been frustrated by a lack of power from the engine in his VW Golf during the first two

  • Our guide to this weekend's cricket matches

    Match of the Day Barnton v Cheadle Hulme Cheshire League Division One In-form Barnton had won five of their previous six matches in all competitions before taking a tumble at Stockport Trinity last weekend. Cory Devanny (45) doubled his

  • Our guide to this weekend's cricket matches

    Match of the Day Barnton v Cheadle Hulme Cheshire League Division One In-form Barnton had won five of their previous six matches in all competitions before taking a tumble at Stockport Trinity last weekend. Cory Devanny (45) doubled