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Council’s control measures questioned as staff use purchase cards without receipts
CHESHIRE East is to tighten up its control measures following a failure in a number of areas - including staff buying goods on purchase cards without providing receipts or invoices. Each year internal audit is required to form an annual opinion
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Ex-BBC presenter Huw Edwards charged with making indecent images of children
Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with making indecent images of children, the Metropolitan Police has said. Edwards was suspended in July 2023 after claims he paid thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. He remained
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Emily Ford: 'I feel ready for the Olympics final'
EMILY Ford has been speaking in the wake of qualifying for a rowing final in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She and her older brother Tom, who are former students of The Grange School in Hartford and hail from Holmes Chapel, will both go for Olympic
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RECAP: Air ambulance called after car overturns on M6 after crash with HGV
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Swim school teaching children vital life skill extends its water safety campaign
A SWIM school teaching the vital skill to babies and children has visited more primary schools to promote water safety in time for summer. Puddle Ducks Mid Cheshire has given talks in schools to highlight how important water safety is by keeping
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Amazing performances by the Ford siblings and their Team GB crews in Paris 2024
IT is brilliant news from Paris 2024 for our two Olympic rowers. The Ford siblings are both through to the final of their events, Tom in the men's eight and his younger sister Emily in the women's eight. They were in Team GB crews which won
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Weather warning issued as thunder and lightning storms set to hit this week
RESIDENTS are being warned that thunder and lightning storms could hit the area later this week. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for the north west, with heavy showers and thunderstorms expected to develop on Thursday, potentially leading
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Women, 77, taken to hospital after crash and fuel spill on country lane
AN elderly woman was taken to hospital after a crash on a country lane which left fuel spilled on the carriageway. The collision, involving two cars, happened on Byley Lane, between Middlewich and Cranage, just before 11.55am on Saturday, July
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Police close M6 to negotiate with man seen sitting on 'wrong side of bridge'
POLICE closed the M6 for more than two hours to negotiate with a man seen sitting on the wrong side of a motorway bridge. Officers were called shortly after midday on Sunday, July 28, to Hassall Road, between junctions 17 and 16 near Sandbach,
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Stargazers can look forward to seeing the Delta Aquariids meteor shower this week
Tomorrow, stargazers can look out for a meteor shower as the Delta Aquariids lights up the night sky. The display is expected to peak in the early hours of Tuesday with up to 25 shooting stars an hour streaking across the sky. The Delta Aquariids
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M6 driver to pay more than £1,000 for speeding on 70mph motorway
A DRIVER has been ordered to pay more than £1,100 after being caught speeding on the motorway. Peter Ward was caught on May 12 this year speeding on the M6 motorway southbound, between junctions 17 and 16. The 57-year-old was caught on an automatic
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Police warning amid spate of break-ins at 'hazardous' former care home
POLICE have issued a warning amid a spate of break-ins at a former care home. Northwich Local Policing Unit has set out to tackle anti-social behaviour at the Leftwich Green Community Support Centre. The 30-bed facility, which supported people
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Woman must return her ex's phone after threatening to sell his photos on OnlyFans
A WOMAN who threatened to sell her ex’s photos on OnlyFans must return his phone. Winsford resident Shelley Taylor has been handed a community order after admitting to harassing her former partner. The 41-year-old had been in a relationship