MIDDLEWICH Library is encouraging children to get creative for this year’s World Book Day. Children aged 14 or under are being urged to write or draw an exciting review or interpretation of their favourite book, author, character or scene.
*NOW OPEN TO UNDER 18s* BUDDING musicians have the chance to feature alongside famous names at the Nantwich Jazz festival thanks to a Guardian competition. Artists are invited to submit demo tapes of their work, with the winner getting
SHOPPERS can do more to keep the town centre tidy and help enhance Northwich’s image, according to one disgruntled resident. Debbie Trickett spotted this litter gathering next to the Barnardo’s shop near Matalan and Sainsbury’s on Saturday.
THE former deputy mayor of Winsford has appeared in court charged with defrauding the town’s current mayor, Clr Mike Kennedy. Paul Jones, formerly of Esk Road, Wharton, appeared at Chester Magistrates Court this morning, Wednesday, March 5.
Butters John Bee Estate Agents is to hold a series of first-time buyer fairs at selected branches throughout its network this Saturday, March 8. The fairs will enable first-time buyers to speak with professionals within the industry who will answer
Lymm Ladies 6 Winnington Park Ladies 3 WINNINGTON Park’s run of victories ended at promotion hopefuls Lymm, but the leaders were made to work for their win. The Northwich side rallied after conceding twice during the early exchanges, recovering
CHESHIRE, helped by bowlers from Northwich and Middlewich, have reached the English Short Mat Bowling Association’s Inter County Championships final for the ninth successive year. They have won on the past seven occasions. Hampshire, runners-up
WINSFORD continued their promising start to the South and Mid Cheshire League’s spring season with a win at Wistaston B. Chris Mayoh, Mark Abbiss, Bill Lawrie and Steve Harris played in a 5-3 success in Division Three, propelling their team to
ROWERS from clubs in Northwich are in line to represent the region after setting the fastest times during a trial. Northwich Rowing Club crews were in fine form, recording four victories on a stretch of the River Weaver in Runcorn. They hope
RUDHEATH remain on course to win a Northwich and District League and cup double after reaching the Team Knockout final. They ended the run of Division Three promotion hopefuls Chapels, which had included four victories. The Weaverham outfit
WINSFORD Swim Team members were among the first to win medals at an inaugural gala. Alisha Hawkins, the highest ranked entrant in her age class for the 200m freestyle, recorded a personal best time when claiming victory at the Derventio eXcel Open
POCKETS C closed the gap at the Mid Cheshire League’s Premier Division summit after pacesetters Owley Wood A suffered a second successive defeat this week. The Weaverham outfit succumbed to champions Middlewich Legion D, leaving their closest rivals
Northwich 32 Winnington Park 10 NORTHWICH protected a perfect start to the calendar year when recording an eighth successive victory, completing a season double over neighbours Winnington Park on Saturday. The home side settled the outcome
WINSFORD Flash Sailing Club’s members celebrated success on the water at their annual prize night. Paul Lennie and Pam Gott were crowned the latest Champion of Champions, the most prestigious award, on an evening when promising talent was also
CHESHIRE East Council's local plan has been lauded by the government in a letter sent by the secretary of state. Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has written a personal letter to the leader of Cheshire East
GUEST speaker Robert MacGregor gave a talk on the magic of toys. Robert entertained the group with a variety of magic tricks as he talked of his journey through childhood toys and games and how his interest in magic tricks had been nurtured.
MEMBERS had enjoyed a trip to Chester with coffee and a guided tour round WI House. After shopping time, the Hotter Shoe shop closed and held an open evening for members. Eight Hotter Shoe staff were there including two designers who demonstrated
THE Northwich branch meets twice monthly at The Oaklands Hotel, Gorstage. The club supports a number of charities. A donation of £500 was recently given to Soroptimist International in Masaka, Uganda to match their funding, for the purchase of
THE team for the county quiz was announced and an account of the visit to see the Centenary baton at Appleton Village Hall was given. Other group news was shared and a keen interest in the proposed visit to Buckingham Palace was shown. One
COUGHS, colds and other winter-related nuisances kept many members away from February’s social morning. Forthcoming events include a music hall evening and a trip to Robinsons Brewery. A plea was issued on behalf of the gardening and allotment
SALT and Subsidence in Northwich and Marston was the topic by Colin Edmondson. Colin explained the relationship between the natural brine streams near the surface and the rock salt beds below. Pumping the brine allowed fresh water to percolate
THE theme was The Weather and Use of Voice. Owen Wallwork was first with It’s Stopped Raining. Eddie Fuller complemented him on good clear powerful voice with a good story line. Doug Pass was second with The British Weather. Fred Jones praised
CHESHIRE East Council has announced it will freeze council tax for the fourth year running after revealing its budget for the next financial year. The authority told the Guardian this week that its finances were ‘well under control’. Clr Peter
CHESHIRE East Council has announced it will freeze council tax for the fourth year running after revealing its budget for the next financial year. The authority told the Guardian this week that its finances were ‘well under control’. Clr Peter
SPEAKER Brian Hallworth fascinated members as he revealed the reason why his session was called Every time I pass a church. Brian, a skilled photographer, moved from taking wildlife photographs to churches, ‘because churches didn’t move so much
VAL Lithgow was the speaker with her topic, Forever Angels – a baby home in Tanzania run by her daughter Amy and son-in-law Ben, together with many sympathetic supporters. The baby home provides interim care to motherless and abandoned infants.
INAUGURAL 2014 meetings of Northwich Womens’ section of Royal British Legion were held at the Penny Black. Officers for the year were elected complete with an activities programme for the year, which include raffles and competitions, all of which
A FORMER Northwich primary school head teacher has been banned from teaching for at least two years. Jacqui Symes, 48, who was head at Victoria Road Primary School, was found guilty of ‘unacceptable professional conduct’ following a disciplinary
KAREN Corcoran was the speaker with her talk A Lady Policeman. From a young age she had a passion for horses. Her early working career was as a cadet with the Manchester and Salford Police Force. She progressed to become the first female member of
REGARDING the ‘Proceed’ tug boat pictured in last week’s Guardian, We moved into our house on the Kingsmead estate opposite the boat yard in May 2004. Somebody from the yard started to shot-blast the tug with a view to restoring it, only to be told
REGARDING the idea by the Mid Cheshire rail users groups of running a second hourly train service daily with selected stops would solve overcrowding at peak time use. It seems a good idea, to spread passenger loading, and with fewer freight trains
RECENT calls by health chiefs for members of the public to go to their GPs and pharmacies for non emergencies are all well and good. But what if you can’t actually get a timely appointment at your doctors? If you’re in pain – which may well
I HAVE the honour of being on the board of governors at Sir John Deane’s College and when I see the students perform, as they did to a packed house on Friday night, my pride in the students knows no bounds. I could mention all the cast and the
RECENTLY I went into Northwich and parked my car on the little lay-by opposite Litttlers’ old timber yard. I was only a short time away, but on returning to my car, found that I had a parking ticket. I’ve parked in this place for years, and so
CHESHIRE West and Chester Council’s budget consultation is a complete farce. Just days after the consultation closed, and before there had been any analysis of people’s views, the council leadership announces its intention to freeze council tax
I MUST respond to Howard Curran of Crewe. He raises the ghost of APT, the so called tilting train. He infers that the abandonment of the project was an example of progress and future prosperity being thrown away. As a lifelong rail man, surely
THE National Clown Theatre as featured on ITV’s Alan Titchmarsh Show is coming to town next weekend. The panto-circus theatre will be staging a special afternoon of fun at The Civic Hall on Sunday March 16 from 2.30pm. Combining the comedy
AN Eddisbury MP was told any alternative schemes to HS2 would ‘significantly disrupt existing rail networks’ after questioning the proposed multi-billion pound high-speed rail project. Stephen O’Brien MP put his questions to the secretary of state
WINSFORD’S MP has weighed into the debate over proposed double yellow lines that a long-standing takeaway says will drive it out of business. Eddisbury constituency member, Stephen O'Brien, met with John Finney at his Foodcraft fish and chips shop
