Why should I watch..? To see if Northwich Victoria can grant manager Steve Wilkes his wish of heading to Histon for an FA Vase encounter next weekend on the back of three successive wins. The signs are encouraging after Vics put behind them
CHILDREN in poverty-stricken African villages can now see properly, thanks to the generosity of Winsford residents. Specsavers opticians has thanked people in the town for donating more than 5,000 of their old, unused glasses last year as part
A SENIOR councillor has moved to reassure Cheshire East Council’s opposition leader that a costly workplace culture scheme is tackling bullying at the local authority. Cheshire East Council paid consultancy firm Sticky Change £152,460 to help it
BLAKEMERE Shopping Village made its way onto the small screen this week, with the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip team coming to peruse the items available on site. The show features celebrities – along with antiques experts – going head-to-head in
Why should I watch..? To see if 1874 Northwich can halt what is their worst sequence of results to date this season after four successive defeats in all competitions. A resurgent West Didsbury & Chorlton are unlikely to be a soft touch
Pick of the bunch 1874 Northwich v West Didsbury & Chorlton North West Counties League Premier Division 1874 have found West to be one of their most accommodating opponents, recording 10 wins from 12 previous meetings. A 2-1 victory
Pick of the bunch 1874 Northwich v West Didsbury & Chorlton North West Counties League Premier Division 1874 have found West to be one of their most accommodating opponents, recording 10 wins from 12 previous meetings. A 2-1 victory
MIDDLEWICH Town’s wait to celebrate another victory in the top-flight continues after they were held by lowly Malpas last weekend. Skipper Jamie Petrie put the Witches in front with a header on 11 minutes before Geoff Basford diverted a cross into
NORTHWICH and Winnington Park both play home games on Saturday. Blacks will be motivated to avenge a defeat against Stockport in the return game earlier this season when former Sale Sharks favourite Dean Schofield brings his men to Moss Farm.
MARTIN Poste has urged his players to show their true selves when they take fellow promotion-hopefuls Stockport on Saturday. Both teams have lost three of their past four matches in North One West while the hosts at Moss Farm will be motivated
PLANS to demolish the former Winsford Liberal Club and build new apartments have been approved. The two storey building on Siddorn Street is to be replaced by residential accommodation. Twelve flats are to be built instead of 16 which were
BOSTOCK Road in Bostock was closed this afternoon while emergency services dealt with the second crash in three days at the spot. The crash, which happened at around 1.30pm, involved one vehicle, which firefighters found on its roof in a hedge
A WINSFORD man has been jailed for four years after admitting having sex with a child and making indecent images of children. Liam Martin, 25, of Kingsway, Winsford, pleaded guilty at Chester Crown Court to five counts of engaging in sexual activity
CARL Macauley has confirmed his faith in Billy Smart and believes the midfielder will play an integral part in the remainder of Witton Albion’s season. The 23-year-old returns after a ban, his third of the campaign, for tomorrow afternoon’s encounter
Why should I watch..? To see if Witton can recover from defeat at Hyde last weekend and put distance between themselves and the Northern Premier League top-flight’s relegation zone. Albion start Saturday’s game with a four-point lead over Lancaster
THE sudden closure of Morningside Rest Home in Winsford has angered the town's MP. The care home which has failed numerous inspections is to shut on Tuesday, January 29. Shocked relatives were given just 10 days to find alternative accommodation
WEAVER Vale's MP has backed a drive to encourage more women to have potentially lifesaving smear tests during cervical cancer prevention week. The number of women taking the tests is at a 21-year low, despite more than 3,200 diagnoses being recorded
WE are delighted that Cheshire’s Police and Crime commissioner David Keane says his probe into the killing of a fox at the hunt at Huxley on January 5 will be robust and thorough. However in his own review of hunting recently published he seemed
I HAVE been a keen observer of the Brexit shenanigans over recent weeks and months and have been prepared to cut some slack to those who want to leave the EU. I was prepared to admit that Leavers had many different reasons for leaving. And
THIS January, at more than 11,000 events across the country, hundreds of thousands of people will gather to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27). Holocaust Memorial Day is a time to remember all those affected by the Holocaust and Nazi
IT is often presumed that regulations emanating from the EU not only undermine sovereignty but effectively stifle enterprise. No doubt there may be some truth in particular instances but paradoxically the reverse can be the case. An example is
I have shopped at Marks and Spencer for 50 years and will be sad to see it go. It needed a bigger food area, a nice cafe and a greater variety of food. The staff at the store are very helpful and I am sorry they are going to find themselves
AS one of Pete Swallow’s (M&S Head of Region) loyal customers can I point out that the food halls of the M&S’s at Stockton Heath, Hale, Altrincham and the bigger stores at Chester and Cheshire Oaks are about as much good to me in purchasing
YOUR readers should not be surprised that bovine TB has increased. Conservative ministers have repeatedly spun the case for a cull of badgers, against the evidence of experts. Where is George Eustace’s withdrawal of his claim in September that
BYLEY resident Anna Kingsley has showcased exceptional musical talent to family and friends, during Beech Hall School’s annual Musical Soirée. The talented 14-year-old vocalist,delighted the audience with her recital of ‘Think of Me’, during the
TWO railway organisations are calling on Network Rail to get a famous piece of Northwich's history ticking again. It is now more than three years since the J.B. Joyce clock on the Northwich station platform told passengers the correct time more
