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Jones: We'll count on youngsters
PAUL Jones has promised young players with potential will have an opportunity to show it at Witton Albion after taking over as reserve team manager. He told the Guardian his number one objective is to challenge a perception that talented boys cannot
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Teenager assaulted during attempted Northwich street robbery
A TEENAGER was assaulted by offenders in Northwich after demanding that he hand over money and his mobile phone. Police are appealing for witnesses to the attempted robbery in Lostock Gralam, which occurred at around 11pm near to the Toyota Garage
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14-week roadworks to start in Northwich to complete gyratory
ROADWORKS will start again in Northwich town centre on June 23 and are set to last for 14 weeks. The works are the final phase to make the one-way system permanent. They will start at the junctions of Chesterway with Crum Hill and with Watling
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Winsford pub opens for business at World Cup in Rio
A WINSFORD pub has opened for business 4,000 miles from home in Rio. Local landlord, Ernie Welch, has touched down in Brazil after winning the McCoy’s Rio Local contest in April. His Swanlow Lane boozer, The Old Star, has been rebuilt on Copacabana
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BREAKING: Missing person search on sunken canal boat
A BOAT has sunk in a lock in Middlewich and there are fears that the steerer could be inside. The boat, which has not yet been identified, was found submerged in lock 74 of the Trent and Mersey at Middlewich, at around 8am today, Friday, with no
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Council boost as Winsford Incredible Edibles begins to bear fruit
A PIONEERING scheme that’s turning Winsford’s underused green spaces into community food gardens is really starting to bear fruit. Incredible Edibles has seen unassuming patches of grass transformed into thriving fruit and veg plots, where locals
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Clear your weekend for Winsford's On the Fringe Festival 2014
ON The Fringe Festival returns to Winsford next month with some top acts taking to the stage. The Flashes will come to life for the three day family extravaganza between Friday, July 11 and Sunday July 14. The best of Winsford’s creative community
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Candidates set out plan for election win
THE battle has begun for the Weaver Vale seat in the next General Election. There are less than 12 months to go until the UK goes to the ballot box on May 7 next year and, following the European elections, UKIP is the latest party to set the marginal
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Disabled teen’s film promotes para sports
A DISABLED teenager from Middlewich has made a film to encourage young people to get involved in para-sports. Amy Hutchinson, 17, who has been paralysed from the waist down since birth and is wheelchair dependent, produced a short film to promote
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Help save swifts
A MUM from Comberbach is hoping her nature campaign will take flight and help preserve homes for summer visitors. Jacquie Ledward fears that swifts are in decline in Nothwich and hopes measures can be included in regeneration schemes for the town
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Wybunbury comes to a standstill for annual Fig Pie Wakes
THE annual Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes took place on Saturday, June 7. The event challenges locals to see how far they can roll a fig pie along Main Road from the Swan Inn pub. Organised by the Wybunbury Tower Preservation Trust, the tradition
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D-Day veteran gets Royal reception on 70th anniversary trip
CREWE RAF veteran, Sergeant Bernard ‘Taffy’ Morgan, re-visited Normandy 70 years after landing at Gold Beach on D-Day. The 90-year-old met the Queen, Prince Philip and chatted with the Prime Minister during a weekend of commemorative events in
