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  • LETTER: Steps for a kinder society

     ANTI-BULLYING Week is on until November 15, with the theme ‘Change Starts With Us’. We all have a role to play in creating a world where bullying is no longer tolerated, and where children feel safe, happy and supported. With at least one child

  • LETTER: Disdain toward climate issue

     TWO reports this week have shown us all with what disdain the Conservative Government is treating the climate emergency. At the very time when we need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, Esther McVey’s Government gives the go-ahead to starting

  • LETTER: Not terrorist sympathisers

    AS a member of the Labour Party I was out campaigning for the forthcoming General Election on Saturday. I was surprised by the number of members of public, whose conviction I cannot doubt, who told me the leader of my party was a terrorist sympathiser

  • LETTER: Reality and disillusion

     I don’t belong to any political party but have been a fascinated observer of the developing political situation. The Brexit 50 pence coin meltdown is symbolic of the gradual Brexit meltdown itself as reality and disillusion hit home. Leading

  • LETTER: Concerns on new houses

    I keep reading about the housing being build in Winsford, in particular the ‘310’ houses on Verdin field. I live right by Verdin field and myself and fellow residents cannot find the actual plans anywhere. We are horrified at the prospect due to

  • LETTER: Hard to keep up with MP

     I’M a bit perplexed – my MP, Antoinette Sandbach has voted for the Brexit withdrawal deals from both Theresa May and Boris Johnson. In September she released a statement saying she had now been persuaded to support a second referendum. Despite

  • LETTER: Repulsion of new Tories

     A year ago I was having a coffee with my old adversary, the Chester Labour MP. He told me, as a lifelong Conservative, not to leave my party and to fight for its soul from within. I told him I couldn’t. The party was now in the grip of an ideological

  • Is this a first?

    WHARTON Cons crown green bowls star Tom Vickers may have achieved a first. His efforts in this year's Norley and District League accumulated to him winning a number of awards. He came top in the first division individual league averages, the

  • 1874 shirt hangs proud in National Football Museum exhibition

    THE much talked about 1874 Northwich away shirt will be handed its ultimate showcase from next week. Blue, with a tip of the hat to the town's heritage, this season's travelling top is to feature in one of the UK’s largest ever curated exhibitions

  • From Poldark to battling Martians for Eleanor Tomlinson

    WHEN Eleanor Tomlinson signed up to star in a brooding drama set in 18th-century Cornwall, she had no idea the impact it would have on her life. Rewind to 2015 and the then-21-year-old unknown would play heroine Demelza in the TV adaptation of

  • Turner turns on the style for Wreckers

    THINGS are very tight at the bottom of Division One after week 10 of the Mid-Cheshire Table Tennis League. Only eight points separate bottom side Bears and seventh-place Winsford after the latest round of fixtures, in which 7-3 was clearly a popular

  • Firefighters called out to tackle sofa fire

    FIREFIGHTERS were called out to tackle a sofa fire yesterday evening, Wednesday. One fire engine from Winsford Fire Station was dispatched to Basford Way at approximately 5.50pm. On arrival, the crew found the large sofa to be well alight in

  • Astute great grandmother celebrates 106th birthday

    ASTUTE Phyllis Sharp still loves to hear what's going on in the world as she celebrates her 106th birthday. The great grandmother was thrilled to speak to her grandson Robert, 51, who lives in America on a live video link as she became one of the