HEALTH chiefs are rallying behind calls for minimum pricing on alcohol after research suggested it would save lives and reduce crime in Cheshire West. A minimum price of 50p per unit was introduced in Scotland in May 2018 and the same policy will
HEALTH chiefs are rallying behind calls for minimum pricing on alcohol after research suggested it would save lives and reduce crime in Cheshire West. A minimum price of 50p per unit was introduced in Scotland in May 2018 and the same policy will
PLANS to increase the capacity of a dog kennels near Wettenhall have been given the green light. Planning chiefs from Cheshire West and Chester Council approved proposals submitted by Ash House Boarding Kennels to extend the current kennel building
CHILDREN are on a mission to learn the ways of the military at Oak View Academy. Year 3 pupils are happily soldiering through a special course designed to promote respect, confidence, discipline, achievement and teamwork. It is being delivered
A BARN in Lach Dennis has been converted into a modern-style home and put on the market for more than £1 million. The barn in Holmes Chapel Road has been transformed into a high specification four-bedroom house, on 4,500sq ft of land, and is now
A TOWN centre opticians is to close its doors for nine days in order to carry out store repairs. Vision Express on High Street was one of a number of businesses to be hit by rising flood waters which struck the town in late October. Damage
MOTORCYCLISTS have pledged to honour a Winsford biker on his final ride out. The funeral of John Edwards, 54, is being held on Saturday, January 25 at Vale Royal Crematorium in Northwich. His son Josh, 28, said: "My dad always had a motorbike
The Northwich RUFC Column by John Blower HAVE you ever watched a live rugby match? Why not give it a try at Northwich Rugby Club this weekend. Local amateur and semi-professional football costs between £5 and £12 for admission, whereas
WEAVER Valley Cycling Club’s volunteers staged the ninth round of the North West Cyclo Cross League at the Cheshire Show Ground at Tabley. The course included several loops of the ground, and the going was heavy and in some places very muddy.
A GROUND-BREAKING decision by Middlewich Town Council to appoint a community mayor has been ruled as invalid. An independent audit of the council’s working practices in late 2019 highlighted a number of financial irregularities and raised concerns
WINSFORD United head to Avro on Saturday on the back of exiting the Cheshire Senior Cup. Blues bowed out 4-2 in the second round at the hands of higher-league Hyde United on Monday. Nathan Cotterell (28) responded to strikes by Jordan Fagbola
I would be grateful if you could make it clear to your readers that I am not the author of the letter headed ‘Time to fix all those potholes’ on page 19 of last week’s Guardian. Thank you. David Roberts Middlewich Community Mayor
REGULAR readers to the ‘Letters to the Editor’ columns of this newspaper will recall the insertion of a letter of mine, explaining the camaraderie of those who had served in the Royal Navy. I explained that this could be relived at the various reunions
FOLLOWING your publication of my letter in October in which I advised your readership that the new intake of Labour Councillors on Winsford Town Council had refused to award the £2,000 provided annually by the Council Grants committee to the ‘Churches
I was totally astounded when I read Mr Corcoran’s letter stating that ‘it was not too bleak for Labour!’ You have to have the thickest rosecoloured glasses not to recognise that the result was not only bleak for Labour but a total disaster. They
HOORAY! I for one will be jumping for joy when we finally get rid of the oppressive regime that is the EU on January 31. No more Brussels telling us what to do, Boris and his team can tell them to go take a hike. At last, no more ridiculous
THIS week MPs have voted against both protecting the rights of unaccompanied child refugees to be reunited with their families in the UK and also continuing full membership of the Erasmus+ education and youth programme. What sort of message
I see this week’s climate alarmist, Liam Byrne, likes to use that well worn phrase ‘Climate emergency’ accompanied by a view that it’s ‘happening now’. Well there is no ‘climate emergency’ and never has been. What we have had is orchestrated
I despair for the future of our precious health service when I read comments from Mr Dennis Dunn, the Chairman of Mid Cheshire Trust. I am a retired registered nurse. I spent many years in management and used to come across people in high management
A MAN who couldn't afford to heat his flat has praised the local Heating Bank for keeping him warm. Simon Brooks, from Northwich, posted on social media that he had to turn his heating off and couldn’t afford to put it on again until a benefits
A MAN who couldn't afford to heat his flat has praised the local Heating Bank for keeping him warm. Simon Brooks, from Northwich, posted on social media that he had to turn his heating off and couldn’t afford to put it on again until a benefits
GIFTED Winsford musician Sam Lyon has released a powerful new song calling for urgent action on climate change. Dangerously Changing warns of 'the gravest threat the world's ever known' as icecaps and glaciers are melting. The song blasts world
MARBURY Park is to host a charity walk later this month in support of the Australian bush fire appeal. Participants will be able to make donations during the walk which will go towards helping the people and animals affected by the blaze. Fires
A LONG-RUNNING bid to convert a former pub into housing has taken another turn, with a fresh application submitted to the council. The Maypole Inn, which closed in 2018, was refused planning permission for conversion into three home by Cheshire
