A TOP Cheshire police officer is urging residents to report anti-social behaviour. Ch Supt Tim Jackson spoke out following the Guardian report last week about Christine Summers, 57, from Rudheath, who is plagued by yobs near her home in Parkfield Road
AWARD-WINNING band The Shambolic will be playing in Winsford tomorrow, Thursday, October 15. The 60s-style four-piece won a slot to perform at the Music Live Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham in November after entering Surface Unsigned national music
TRIBUTES have been paid to the former Northwich student ex-husband of TV star, Matt Lucas who killed himself last week. Thirty-two-year-old Kevin McGee was found hanged in his Edinburgh flat on Tuesday, last week after posting a chilling message
AS the colder nights draw in Middlewich homeowners are being reminded to take advantage of Cheshire East Council’s insulation cash-back project. The energy efficiency scheme, ending Sunday, October 18, aids residents and landlords in warming their homes
PLANS for a £9million medical centre in Middlewich hang in the balance. Last Wednesday, bosses at Cheshire East Council deferred the outcome of the proposal to obtain more information and to visit the site. But health bosses have warned that with
WHAT an appalling example of how not to conduct local democracy was shown by the ruling Tory group at the special council meeting called by the Labour group to debate the sale of County Hall. More than 100 members of the public turned up
CREWE postal workers say that morale at the Weston Road sorting office is at rock bottom and that strike action was ‘inevitable’. The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) announced this week that members had voted in favour of a national strike in the
A DEAL worth £1 million to rescue the Lion Salt Works has fallen through over questions about its impact on tourism. The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) rejected Cheshire West and Chester Council’s (CWAC) bid for the money towards
THE Beardsmith family from Nantwich have been crowned the UK's number one family by GMTV viewers. The musical family are now hoping to follow in the footsteps of legendary acts such as the Jackson Five, the Nolan Sisters and the Osmonds.
MORE than a decade’s worth of promises have come to nothing with the revelation that Northwich Vision has ceased to be. Residents and traders have long doubted whether anything will happen to regenerate the town centre, despite assurances from the former
NORTHWICH Vision is no more, the Guardian can reveal. Townsfolk were promised Northwich’s total regeneration, complete with new shops, bars, restaurants, a multiplex cinema, a cultural centre and better transport infrastructure, but these grand
THE Guardian has taken a look back in its archives to track the progress of the much longed-for Northwich Vision. March 1998: Northwich Rotary Club first raised a plan addressing the town’s traffic and transport problems and outlined plans
THE Guardian’s regular surgery will not be held next Wednesday, October 21, as reporter David Morgan will be on holiday. If you have any Middlewich stories, please contact reporter James Wilson on 01606 813620. The fortnightly surgery
THE UK’s premier car racing series will visit Oulton Park next June. This week the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship unveiled its 2010 calendar, with the Little Budworth circuit one of three MotorSport Vision tracks set to host four
CHESHIRE Police are appealing for information following a burglary in Nantwich. On October 7 offenders forced their way into a property in The Beeches, Nantwich, between 1am and 6.30am. The offenders forced their way through a rear door and stole
TRIBUTES have been paid to the Winsford-born ex-husband of TV star Matt Lucas who killed himself last week. Thirty-two-year-old Kevin McGee was found hanged in his Edinburg flat on Tuesday, October 6 after posting a chilling message on Facebook reading
TWO teenagers have pleaded guilty to the parts they played in the hit and run death of a Mid Cheshire College student. Ashley O’Brien was killed as he walked along Road One to his home in Collingtree Avenue, Winsford, after a night out on January
A NORTHWICH man is set to get the town grooving after almost losing his grandson to meningitis. John Valentine, 52, of Davenham, watched helplessly as little Dylan Valentine fought for his life when he contracted the virus aged just nine months old.
