A MIDDLEWICH business is celebrating raising £23,000 for charity through a succession of sporty fundraising events this summer. A team of volunteers from Pochins PLC took on the gruelling Anglesey Assault, a two-day climbing, kayaking and cycling
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery by a man with a revolver style gun at a shop in Crewe. At 9.40pm on Tuesday, August 6, a man approached the News Food and Booze store in Laura Street from the alleyway in Claughton
PLANS to demolish and replace one of Kingsley’s oldest and most distinctive buildings have been refused by Cheshire West and Chester Council’s (CWAC) planning committee. A number of objections were received to the proposals to replace Rose Cottage
RESIDENTS opposed to the construction of a number of new homes in Norley say they are ‘chuffed’ to have won the battle, but say the war is not yet over. Plans to build 14 dwellings, including nine affordable homes, on land bounded by Maddocks
A SCI-FI fantasy series created by a local BBC producer is being made into an A-list laden short film shot in Cheshire - featuring stars from The Hobbit and two former Timelords. The Minister of Chance began life as a podcast that grew from a cult
CHESHIRE FA plans to showcase the best bits of the game in the county as part of Sir Bobby Robson National Football Day this Saturday. The governing body will host a festival from its Northwich headquarters at Moss Farm to mark an event celebrating
WINSFORD Cons were handed a bye to the last four after opponents King & Queen, from Warrington, conceded Saturday’s scheduled encounter at Wilmslow RBL. Their reward is to be paired with Budenberg, who sent out Mobberley Victory Hall, in the
RESIDENTS are being warned to stop throwing rubbish onto Gadbrook Road playing fields or face prosecution. Fly tipping has become a continuous problem on the Rudheath playing fields, with parish councillors believing the rubbish has been thrown
IAN Street says his side’s points tally should be bigger after 1874 Northwich drew, for the second time in as many matches, at Irlam on Tuesday night. It means fans of the newly-formed club must wait a little longer to savour a first success in
A COMMEMORATIVE service at Crewe Station today will remember the lives of local men who died after being assaulted during the Great Train Robbery. It is 50 years since Jack Mills of Crewe was clubbed over the head with an axe handle while driving
A SCI-FI fantasy series created by a local BBC producer is being made into an A-list laden short film shot in Cheshire - featuring stars from The Hobbit and two former Timelords. The Minister of Chance began life as a podcast that grew from a cult
POLICE are urging scam victims to speak up in the wake of rumours that a number of ‘distraction thefts’ have occurred in Middlewich town centre recently. There have been no official reports of the incident made to the police but Kerrie Snowdon
