A SOFT play centre proposed for Barons Quay could welcome up to 90,000 visitors a year, plans suggest. Cheshire West and Chester Council has put in for a change of use at a pair of units between H&M and Wildwood, to be used for soft play with
WINNINGTON Park have an opportunity to avenge a defeat in last season’s Cheshire RFU Bowl final when they meet the same opponents in the next edition. Matt Farr’s men were paired with Crewe & Nantwich, their conquerors in the sunshine at New Brighton
A FUN day is being held for young footballers in Winsford. The free football event is being held at Knights Grange on Saturday, June 22 from 11am to 6pm. Winsford Over3 Junior Football Club and Winsford Disabled Football Group are hosting the
THE Blue Cap Ale Festival is returning to Sandiway next month and there promises to be something for everyone there. The festival takes place from Thursday, July 25 to Sunday, July 28. Ken Bebb, organiser said: “It should be a good weekend. We
An airport worker from Weaverham has been jailed for 18 months after admitting having sexual activity with a child and possessing thousands of indecent images. Christopher Ashbrook, of Wallerscote Road, Weaverham, pleaded guilty at Chester Crown
KINGSLEY will have home advantage when the Cheshire League’s T20 resumes next week. The Crofters, who progressed from their group with an unblemished record after winning all three matches, will host lower-ranked Wirral on Thursday. Their visitors
DANNY Leech will make his first appearance of the campaign for Cheshire when they start another campaign in the Unicorns Championship against Wiltshire on Sunday. He is joined in the side by Oulton Park teammate Ben Gibbon, a left-arm pace-man set
JOSH Wardle, a player Carl Macauley believes performed better than any other in his team last season, has agreed to stay at Witton Albion. The defender, picked by the manager has his player of the campaign, received an offer from at least one rival
OAKMERE’S batsmen made the most of a job well done by their bowlers when they recorded only a second top-flight win of the campaign. A decision to field after winning the toss by skipper Daniel Faulkner proved to be the right one after hosts Port
GYMNASTS have been rewarded for their dedication to training by claiming their first national titles. Alisha Evanson and Emily Ebbage, both of them members of Cheshire Gymnastics at Moss Farm, were crowned as champions in their respective categories
MARK Wakefield admits he is ahead of where he expected to be at this stage of the season but warned he won't be easing up. The Northwich driver celebrated a first victory of the campaign in the Volkswagen Racing Cup at Silverstone last time out
WOMEN at Hartford Tennis Club have used success on court last summer as a spur to improve this time around. Kathryn Barnett rated the 2018 campaign in the South and Mid Cheshire League as a high point, an assessment she may have to revise if teams
RESIDENTS were left terrified after burglars smashed into their Winsford homes in the early hours of the morning, stole cars and sped off. One intruder hurled a rock through a patio door and drove off in a BMW - another burglar climbed in through
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KINGSLEY St John's CE Primary School is closed today following a break-in. Burglars forced their way into the school on Hollow Lane through the front door. Teachers and staff are clearing up the damage and have been inundated with offers of
A GROUP of travellers will be evicted from a car park in Winsford after the council successfully sought a court order. Magistrates in Chester heard yesterday that one caravan and two vehicles had illegally occupied the public car park on Church
These were the stories making the headlines in the Guardian 25, 50 and 100 years ago this week... 100 years ago A 13-COACH train derailed at Acton Bridge, with only the ‘presence and mind and promptitude of action’ preventing a loss of life
A MIDDLEWICH barber has moved his shop to the building where he worked as an apprentice in the 1980s. Razor Sharp opened in 10A Wheelock Street in 2009 but on Saturday, June 1, the shop moved to 23 Wheelock Street, where the owners career started
THE idea of a mayoral blog came from the idea of trying to give residents an insight into the reality of life as the mayor and some of what it involves. For those who don't know me, I have been a Winsford Town councillor since 2011 and have been
