A GLOBAL business which employs 250 people in Winnington will donate £125,000 to support voluntary groups in Cheshire West over the next five years. Ecolab, which makes hand sanitiser for the NHS at its Weavergate plant, has teamed up with the Cheshire
A FESTIVE fundraiser with a difference has been launched - with just over 100 days to Christmas. The Great Hospice Pudding Day is a special run, walk or toddle on Sunday, December 13 in aid of St Luke's Hospice. Geraldine Vaughan, from St Luke's
A FESTIVE fundraiser with a difference has been launched - with just over 100 days to Christmas. The Great Hospice Pudding Day is a special run, walk or toddle on Sunday, December 13 in aid of St Luke's Hospice. Geraldine Vaughan, from St Luke's
A YOUNG artist has proved she’s no lightweight when it comes to talent. Jade Oakes, of Swanlow Lane in Winsford, has painted an impressive large-scale mural for the newly revamped New Era Boxing Club in Northwich. The work features boxing
MIDDLEWICH’S Victoria Hall is set for a revamp, with the aim of making the venue the hub of the town. Town councillors have approved a series of measures which it’s hoped will make the hall more attractive to businesses. They include new fire-resistant
A YOUNG Winsford artist has proved she’s no lightweight when it comes to talent. Jade Oakes, of Swanlow Lane, has painted an impressive large-scale mural for the newly revamped New Era Boxing Club in Northwich. The work features boxing champions
NORTHWICH Victoria exited the FA Cup in heartbreaking circumstances yesterday. After equalising late in the day against Charnock Richard at Wincham Park to make the score 2-2 after 90 minutes, Steve Wilkes’ side were on the wrong end of a 5-4 penalty
AT the start of the First World War, the first country to use a full-scale deployment of poison gas was Germany in 1915 during the first battle of Ypres, although the French had earlier used experimental but weaker tear gas. Gas was a terrible
Car parking update I’ve been working with the council to find a solution to long-stay car parking in Winsford Town Centre following the closure of the Dene Drive car park by the landowner. I understand how important long-stay car parking is
Prolonged use of face masks has caused some people’s pouts to be very dry and dehydrated. A small price to pay for protecting each other in these times, but there are some ways to minimise the discomfort. Having worked myself for many hours in
A WINSFORD road is set to be closed for nine weeks from Monday, September 14. The B5074 Chester Lane will be closed in both directions between the A54 Salterswall Roundabout and the junction of Whitegate Road and Chester Road. It will be closed
A MAJOR route into Northwich is set to be closed for two nights this week. The A533 Kingsmead will be closed in both directions between the London Road traffic lights and the Kingsmead crossroads from 7pm to 6am on Monday and Tuesday night.
A NORTHWICH nurse is to virtually row every mile of the River Dee as a way of showing his appreciation to the ICU staff he helped during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Alex Wilson, 38, who ordinarily works as a theatre nurse at the Countess
A GIANT sunflower grown on a Winsford allotment has broken all records. At an incredible 15ft 1in tall, Sylvia and Michael Sant’s sunflower is more than three-feet taller than the previous giant grown on the site. “We hoped we’d get a decent
EFFORTS to curb the amount of drivers parking on pavements in Cheshire East should be increased, according to one councillor. CEC cycling and walking champion Cllr Suzie Akers Smith has told the LDRS that the council is ‘committed to banning pavement
