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New group for aspiring actors at the Lyceum
PERFORMING arts group The Young Actors is launching a new Saturday morning drama group for students aged four to 16 at the Crewe Lyceum Theatre on Saturday, September 13.The performing arts group from Nantwich has offered classes to schools in the area
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Georgia needs your votes
GUARDIAN readers are asked to help make Georgia Williams’ dreams come true. Georgia, 15, a student at The Grange Senior School, is in the final 10 of a Key 103 competition to create a girl band. The radio station will create a four-piece group
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Crowton WI
AT the September meeting members heard the sad news that Hilda Williamson, a longstanding and valued member, had recently passed away. A minute’s silence was held in her memory. Members brought entries for the produce show. The display of flower
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Darnhall and Wettenhall WI
THE September meeting, taken by the president Jean Hitchen, began with the singing of Jerusalem. Get well wishes were sent to sick members and a visitor was welcomed. Minutes of the last meeting were read and signed off. The darts team have
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Northwich U3A
MEMBERS gathered for the August meeting of Northwich U3A. Notices were read out from the various groups and a reminder given that the balance is due for the Cotswolds trip in September. The AGM will take place in October, and members were asked
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Comberbach
VICE-president Shelly Farley welcomed members to the September meeting of Comberbach WI and thanked Marjorie Hall for the beautiful flower arrangement on her table. She reported that the August tasty evening had demonstrated members’ culinary talents
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Local Plan to reach 'major milestone'
CHESHIRE East’s Local Plan will reach a ‘major milestone’ next as it will undergo the final examination hearings. The hearings will start at Macclesfield Town Hall on Tuesday, September 16, at 10am, and will continue until the end of October
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War horrors
I AM writing in reply to Margaret Pace’s letter about William Goodier, Guardian, September 3. William Goodier was in the South Lancashire Regiment and was killed in action on June 14, 1917. His service number was either 31550 or 31580. It is
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No change
I AM writing regarding the Guardian online publication of the Winsford Neighbourhood Plan last week. A Winsford Labour councillor asked when did the ‘Winsford Liberal Democrats change their mind about the neighbourhood plan?’ The Liberal Democrats
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Abuse offer
THE horrendous acts of child abuse which have taken place in many areas of England have appalled me. What has happened to our most vulnerable children is far more important than party politics, so I am offering to lead a cross-party delegation
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Drain worries
I NOTE that CEBC highways have finally restored the road surface on the A533 Lewin Street, Middlewich, to something like an A road surface. However, once again, despite me asking about the blocked surface water drains being cleared before carriageway
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Festival Praise
ALTHOUGH Bank Holiday Monday was a bit of a washout, this year’s Northwich Festival was a big success. More people than last year attended the Friday, Saturday and Sunday events and the Help for Heroes rugby tournament will now become a permanent
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Time for cameras
THE police are as usual advising us to take care when driving on local roads at this time of year. However, as a regular walker along the footpaths on either side of the A556 between Davenham roundabout and Hartford Bridge, I regularly see motorcyclists
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The children of today face tough time in education
I HAVE mixed feelings about my years spent in education. It wasn’t a particulary happy time for me. My heart goes out to those young people who picked up their GCSE and A-level results a couple of weeks ago and didn’t do as well as they had hoped
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Raise a glass for Winsford NMC during beer tasting event
WINSFORD’S Neuromuscular Centre charity will hold an evening of beer tasting to raise money for people with muscular dystrophy. The event will be held between 7-1030pm on Friday, October 10 at the Woodlands Brewery in Nantwich. A spokesman
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Nantwich refugee focus for museum talk
THE next in a series of talks accompanying the Nantwich and the First World War exhibition will take place at 3pm on Wednesday, September 17. Historian, David Morgan, will speak about the varied experiences of Belgian refugees in Nantwich; how
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Four men charged over Wistaston assault kidnapping
FOUR men have now been charged in relation to an incident in Wistaston on August 30 involving the alleged kidnap of a 35-year-old Crewe man. Matthew Clark, 28, of no fixed abode in Crewe; Robert Higson, 32, of Monks Lane, Crewe and Lloyd Turner
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Bedroom gutted in two-home Winsford house blaze
FIREFIGHTERS attended a house blaze in Winsford that gutted an upstairs bedroom and spread into the roof space of the neighbouring property. Three fire engines from Winsford, Northwich and Middlewich attended the blaze in Commonwealth Close at
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Act now if you want to move home before the end of 2014
Advertisement feature Leading local estate agency Entwistle Green in Winsford is advising sellers and home buyers to act now if they want to be moved into their new home before the end of the year. Autumn is a prime time for selling property, as after
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Crewe-born Tom to play town centre gig
POPULAR Crewe musician Tom Seals will be playing a big home-town concert on the Municipal Square in the town on Saturday, September 20 as part of his UK tour.In association with Crewe Town Council, Tom and his band will be performing a free open air show
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More homes planned for Winsford in two separate applications
NEW planning applications for Winsford seek to build 58 new homes across two sites in town. Cheshire West and Chester Council has received planning applications for land opposite Greenfields Primary School in Whitbys Lane and West Winds, Chester
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Bus driver assaulted in Watling Street
AN investigation is ongoing after a bus driver had to be rushed to hospital after he was assaulted during his shift. Cheshire Police say that no charges have been made following the incident at Northwich Bus Station on Watling Street on Saturday
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Farsley 1-0 Vics
JIM Gannon criticised the referee after Northwich Victoria lost for the first time this season in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League at Farsley on Saturday. Match official Nick Gibbons sent off midfielder Bohan Dixon as punishment for two fouls
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Oldham Boro 0-2 1874
1874 NORTHWICH avenged a defeat at the same stage of last year’s FA Vase against Oldham Boro, though they needed extra time to do so. Goals in the closing stages by Matthew Ward and Sakeel Abdullah settled the outcome in the visitors’ favour following
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Nantwich students get on their bikes for ocean conservation
REASEHEATH College students will complete the 54-mile London to Brighton bike ride this week to raise money for a fish conservation charity. Jack Riggall and Matthew Goodacre will head for the south coast on September 14 in support of The Black
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Kids go quackers for annual Wistaston duck race
THE annual children’s duck and model boat race took place last weekend at the Joey the Swan Recreation ground in Wistaston. The 19th annual event was officially opened by Wistaston Rose Queen, Lucy Rowland, and her attendant Charlotte Shaw on Saturday
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Walks and festival to celebrate Sandstone Trail
WALKS and activities will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Cheshire's Sandstone Trail this month. The Sandstone Ridge Trust has organised walks, a festival, craft and heritage activities to celebrate the landmark between September 25 and 27. John
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Witton 1-3 Curzon Ashton
FOR Anthony Sheehan, a reminder he has work to do. There was a distinct ‘morning after the night before’ feel to his team’s display, which was jaded just when he needed it not to be. Appointed Brian Pritchard’s successor as manager on Monday
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Construction site work traps disabled pensioner in his own home
A DISABLED man and his diabetic wife have been made ‘prisoners in their own home’ after workers barricaded their drive. John Dale, 69, and his wife Sue, 67, have lived on Tewkesbury Close in Middlewich for 13 years, and now the new Abbey Fields
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The heat is on for firewalk fundraisers
CHARITIES are hoping their supporters will walk over hot coals for them this November. The Joshua Tree and St Luke's Hospice have organised a sponsored firewalk on November 22. Firewalking dates back 3,000 years and is still considered to be
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Councillors warn Winsford against 'return to the 70s' with an NP 'No' vote
COUNCIL chiefs cleared the Neighourhood Plan for referendum on October 23, and backed a raft of infrastructure investments across Winsford in the event of a ‘Yes’ vote. Cheshire West’s Executive have agreed to timetable delivery on short and long
