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Bust the bug - or risk bother at the bank

THE Millennium Bug could land some firms in hot water with their banks. The British Bankers' Association has predicted severe disruption for many small and medium sized businesses if their computer systems fail to recognise the year 2000. And Margaret

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Bosses prove they are people people

THREE organisations from Mid Cheshire have been rewarded for their commitment to the Investors in People scheme. Training and development firm Plan-It has achieved Investors in People status through North and Mid Cheshire TEC after rigorous examination

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Tourism chiefs reveal plans for info centre

NORTHWICH is to get its own Tourist Information Centre. The move was announced at the launch of a major strategy designed to boost the tourism industry in Vale Royal. "The siting of a fully networked Tourist Information Centre in Northwich will show visitors

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Why you miss the point

STUDENTS at Reaseheath College have been marshalled to defend the idea of parking charges in Delamere Forest. Their studies may equip them to explain some of the techniques of forest management - but they are not relevant to the question at issue. There

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Penpals wanted for son

WE have an eight year old boy named Steven who last year was finally diagnosed as being on the Autistic Spectrum. Because he is only mildly autistic he attends a mainstream school. In 1995 my son was statemented by the Local Education Authority but there

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Help needed

WE are desperately looking for someone to help with our secretarial work for the Cheshire Group of the Myasthenia Gravis Association. This little-known charity has over 120 people in the Cheshire area suffering from this disease, which can be fatal. Anyone

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Action needed quickly over salt mine crisis

IT is now 12 years since the precarious state of Northwich's abandoned salt mines was officially highlighted in the Wharmby Report and almost five years since Vale Royal Borough Council imposed its development moratorium. In the interim we've had deputations

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Peter takes on Himalayan trek

INTREPID fundraiser Peter Young is putting his life on the line in a bid to help other people save theirs. On April 24, the retired pharmacist will be setting out on the trip of a lifetime to trek 100km in the overwhelming slopes of the Himalayas. Peter

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Witton adrift in the Lakes

NETHERFIELD 1 WITTON ALBION 0 UniBond Division One Saturday, February 27 MANY of the 30 Witton fans who made the trip to Netherfield must have experienced strong feelings of deja-vu. Indeed, if you read the report on Albion's away defeat at Gretna two

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IT's the way to get yourself trained...

A UNIQUE training opportunity to help some of Middlewich's unemployed find work and others to seek out better jobs is being introduced by Dane Housing, the company which owns the town's former council homes. It is offering tenants of its 4,000 homes in

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Millennium plan looks to the stars

A GRANT of £20,000 to help people in Middlewich and the rest of Congleton borough celebrate the millennium has been won by the council in partnership with Jodrell Bank radio telescope. The money, from North West Art Board's Millennium Festival Fund, will

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Shops and homes plan comes under attack

A PLAN to build shops and houses in Wheelock Street, Middlewich, has run into opposition. An application has been submitted to Congleton Borough Council for permission to build eight shop units, eight mews houses and 20 flats at The Tannery site. But

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Salt Union buys new company

SALT Union, the company which owns Winsford Rock Salt Mine, has expanded its services after buying a London-based company for an undisclosed sum. The company has acquired Direct Salt Supplies which has a Winsford-based packing subsidiary and a head office

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Check this for chess success

THE Vale Royal Chess Congress was hailed a king-size success at the weekend as more than 50 pupils pitted their wits against each other. It was the first time the event, held at Winsford's High Street School, attracted more than 50 entrants. The matches

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KWIK SAVE JOBS BLOW

THE Kwik Save distribution depot in Winsford is set to close within the next year, it was annnounced last week. After a long-awaited meeting between bosses and union representatives on Friday morning, owners Somerfield confirmed that there will be no

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THE Millennium Bug could land some firms in hot water with their banks.

The British Bankers' Association has predicted severe disruption for many small and medium sized businesses if their computer systems fail to recognise the year 2000. And Margaret Ashby, a director of Plan-It Computer Solutions, said banks are reviewing

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NORTHWICH is to get its own Tourist Information Centre

The move was announced at the launch of a major strategy designed to boost the tourism industry in Vale Royal. "The siting of a fully networked Tourist Information Centre in Northwich will show visitors that we are a serious tourism destination," said

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David proves third time plucky

A DAD who was unable to face the birth of his first two children was forced to deliver his third early on Monday morning. David Corris jumped into action when his wife Jane unexpectedly went into labour at their Greenbank home. "She woke me up shouting

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AIMEE Jacquet, the coach of the French World Cup winning side, made sure that when his team received

If England have similar success in 2006, Hartford's Bill Beswick should receive the same recognition. Because he is at the heart of ground-breaking advances in this country's approach to football coaching. Four years ago he joined the staff at Derby County

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NORTHWICH VICS chairman Rod Stitch has condemned those people who got involved in scuffles with rowd

He said: "There was no real trouble in the ground but there was a bit after the game. A lot of the Colwyn Bay fans came, got drunk and caused trouble around town. Those people who may have responded in the wrong fashion were not true Northwich Vics fans

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DROYLSDEN finally made official contact with Witton Albion late last week to suggest playing their U

The match will be played on Thursday, March 18. Kick-off 7.30pm. THERE will be a Public Meeting at Wincham Park on Monday evening to discuss the club's financial predicament. All fans are urged to attend with pledges for £1,000 also being accepted. The

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WITTON Albion's director of football has warned that the club is in grave danger of going out of bus

John Bond has been working alongside the club's managing director, Mike Worthington, in a race against time to raise £60,000. The money is needed by May 31 in order to pay-off creditors but Bond and Worthington have revealed the club is falling well short

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NORTHWICH Vics manager Mark Gardiner believes his players deserve cup success this season.

And he is asking for the support of the fans to help his team in its quest for glory. Vics are now three games away from Wembley following Saturday's 3-1 Trophy win over Colwyn Bay. But last night, Tuesday, they were knocked out of the Endsleigh Trophy

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A CHESHIRE Hunt historian has forced designers to back down over a pub sign commemorating Bluecap, t

Captain Gordon Fergusson was outraged last week when he read the Guardian's story on Scottish & Newcastle's plans to hang a new sign outside the Blue Cap Hotel on Chester Road. Instead of celebrating the noble 18th century foxhound, the brewery's

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Brunner Mond's budget wait

BOSSES at Brunner Mond are keeping their fingers crossed while Chancellor Gordon Brown puts the finishing touches to his spring Budget. If Mr Brown proceeds with his plans to tax minerals like limestone, the Northwich industrial giant could go out of

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I've lost all my friends, says pensioner

BILL Forster looks through the window and contemplates life without his friends from Heathvale Residential Home. As one of the 15 residents forced out when the Rudheath home closed last month, he is now trying to adjust to life at Sandiway Lodge. He's

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Brunner House all set for demolition

ONE of ICI's biggest links with Northwich is to be razed to the ground. The Brunner House office block, at the top of Winnington Hill, will make way for a new housing estate within three years. Hale-based Mere Park Developments bought the site just before

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THE Cheshire Show will have a royal visitor again this year - Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal

Princess Anne will visit the Tabley Showground on Wednesday, June 23 in her role as president of the Cheshire Agricultural Society. Chairman of the show, John Platt, said: "We are tremendously pleased that HRH accepted our invitation to be president of

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PEOPLE power has persuaded councillors to back the reopening of Marbury Lane.

At a highways meeting on Monday, borough and county councillors called for the lane to be improved and officially recognised as a vital link. Borough councillor Brian Jamieson said: "The tragic accident seems to have been a trigger point in the closure

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The toddler died after being hit by a car near his home on Huxley Street, Castle.

He followed his friends to an ice cream van, running down an alley and out into the road. "It's 19 months since Kieran died and it's still no easier," added Sandra, 37. "And I've just found out I'm pregnant so I'm feeling all sorts of emotions. I don't

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Thieves plunder tot's grave

CRUEL thieves have stolen toys from a toddler's grave. Kieran Burrows died after a tragic road accident in July 1997 - just days before his third birthday. His distraught mum Sandra discovered the theft when she visited his grave in Barnton cemetery on

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Pub in running

THE Egerton Arms in Little Budworth has been nominated for a national awards scheme designed to reward pubs who contribute to the local community. Landlady Joanne Dobson has been running the pub, on Pinfold Lane, for 28 years - and has raised £1,900 for

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Calling all woodturners

I AM trying to start a new woodturning society in Knutsford. A number of people are already interested and we have a potential meeting place. However we need a few more woodturners to get the club going. If you are interested give me a call on 01565 651681

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Pot-holes

WHEN will the authorities sort out the mass of pot-holes on Chester Road, opposite Hartford station? The stretch of road is in such a bad state that you simply can't avoid driving down the pot-holes. Perhaps we should get a council tax refund to help

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Spend money on new bridges

I ATTENDED the public meeting about Marbury Lane last Tuesday. It was a most depressing experience. There were basically two objections to the closure: trade in the town was affected and it was inconvenient. What was most interesting was that the county

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Town on top!

Rylands 0 Middlewich Town 1 Mid Cheshire League MIDDLEWICH went to third-placed Rylands full of confidence, and kept in place their attacking strategy from the Warrington game. Manager Dave Twite couldn't believe what he witnessed over the 90 minutes

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Traffic fears over lorry factory plan

PLANS to move a truck manufacturing plant from Sandbach to Middlewich have generated fears about the volume of traffic on the town's roads. Truckmaker ERF has submitted a planning application to build the factory on the Midpoint 18 employment estate,

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Store war set to continue

A PROPOSAL to open a new supermarket in Winsford has been put on hold by Vale Royal Borough Council. The controversial plan to open a Lidl discount food store on Nat Lane, Wharton, was recommended for approval by the planning committee after a site visit

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Police in bid to defeat racists

POLICE in Winsford and Middlewich have embarked upon a programme to tackle racism in the force following the recently published Macpherson Report into the death of Stephen Lawrence. Cheshire Constabulary received the report this week, which it intends

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We can't move the gypsies, says council

VALE Royal Borough Council has admitted there is nothing it can do legally to move the gypsies from land at New Road, Winsford. Three caravans returned to the car park behind American Fried Chicken last week. They have pitched their caravans on the land

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THREE organisations from Mid Cheshire have been rewarded for their commitment to the Investors in Pe

Training and development firm Plan-It has achieved Investors in People status through North and Mid Cheshire TEC after rigorous examination of its staff training policies. "The Investors in People recognition is very important to us," said director Lorraine

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I DON'T entirely agree with the Weaverham resident in last week's issue.

There are a lot of job seekers who are genuine, but I agree there is a minority who simply don't want to work. But what of others, like myself and some of my friends. We are recycled teenagers, most of us disabled, who have never received even one tin

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I ATTENDED the public meeting about Marbury Lane last Tuesday. It was a most depressing experience.

There were basically two objections to the closure: trade in the town was affected and it was inconvenient. What was most interesting was that the county council appeared to be unwilling to reopen the lane unless an extremely expensive rebuilding programme

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I HAVE just returned from the public meeting held at the Memorial Hall in Northwich to discuss the c

The meeting was to discuss a subject of major importance to the area and the protest against closure is being supported by your newspaper. Councillor Carey was in a difficult position when challenged to support his vote for closure, but he is an elected

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IT is now 12 years since the precarious state of Northwich's abandoned salt mines was officially hig

In the interim we've had deputations to London, meetings with Local Government ministers, the 'Vision for Northwich' smokescreen and a sickening diet of huffing, puffing and buck-passing from council leaders and officers. What we have not had is a single

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In the vicelike grip of heroin

IT'S easier to buy heroin in Northwich than it is to buy cannabis. In the second of a series of features about heroin abuse, NICK HALLISSEY speaks to a victim of the drug that refuses to let go. OR Andy, it began with a single drag of 'weed'. It hasn't

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OAKMERE Cricket Club is playing an integral part in the development of the women's game in the count

On May 31 the club, which already boasts the Cheshire club champions, will play host to the first competitive Cheshire ladies match in the county since the side cut its ties with Lancashire in 1997. Cheshire is now a fully independent body, but urgently

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NORTHWICH Cricket Club's proposed move to Moss Farm means much more to chairman Rob Westworth than j

He, along with the other members of Northwich CC, have worked hard for 18 months developing a vision for the club's future which goes beyond the £300,000 plans to develop a home at Moss Farm. Indeed, the cricket club recently made a presentation to the

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NETHERFIELD 1

WITTON ALBION 0 Unibond Division One Saturday, February 27 MANY of the 30 Witton fans who made the trip to Netherfield must have experienced strong feelings of deja-vu. Indeed, if you read the report on Albion's away defeat at Gretna two weeks ago you

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NORTHWICH VICS 3

COLWYN BAY 1 FA Umbro Trophy, 5th rd. Saturday, February 27 THREE goals in 12 second half minutes put paid to Colwyn Bay's hopes of a famous cup victory and earned Vics a quarter-final place writes Scott McLeod. It was a rousing, spirited second half

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Quarry threat to wood

A GROUP of Oakmere residents are desperate to stop plans which they claim will destroy Hogshead Wood. Tilcon South want to extend their sand quarry, Fourways on Chester Road, so it covers over 60 hectares, land which includes forest and some agricultural

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Daredevil Matt leaps into history

A DAREDEVIL from Rudheath stunned millions of TV viewers by successfully completing a bungee jump from underneath a moving paraglider. Matt Buckley became only the third person to complete the stunt when he appeared on Granada's Don't Try This at Home

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Hooray for Owley Wood - and the rest of the town, too!

REMEMBER the sand-dunes in Star Wars? The jungle in Jurassic Park? Well Northwich could provide the memorable movie locations of the future - if the region's film experts get their way. The North West Film and TV Commission wants to put Cheshire on the

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COUNCIL chiefs have admitted that Marbury Lane would probably have been closed - regardless of its s

The vital route was shut last November after three young men died in a tragic accident where the lane crosses the Trent and Mersey Canal. But Huw Jones, from Cheshire's environmental planning department, said the lane would probably have closed in January

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New twist in battle for lane

THE campaign to save Marbury Lane took a positive turn on Monday night. Councillors called for the vital link to stay open at a highways meeting at Northwich Memorial Hall. And they urged county officals to pay for the lane to be improved. Borough councillor