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  • MAKING A POINT

    Alsager - 0 Holker Old Boys - 0 ALSAGER AFC celebrated their first match in the North West Trains Division 2 with a well-earned draw against relegated Holker Old Boys. Holker had the first opportunity to take the lead after ten minutes when a steady build-up

  • DON'T LEAVE YOUR EXAM APPEAL UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE

    THE Cheshire branch of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers is calling for students and parents to be aware of new deadlines for exam appeals. Following criticism of the lengthy appeal process following GCSE and A level exams tight new deadlines

  • TRADING STANDARDS PRAISED

    TRADING Standards officers in Congleton have been praised for their work in helping to jail a mechanic for persistently carrying out shoddy work. 'Garage from Hell' boss Andrew Derek France was sentenced to fifteen and a half months for contempt of court

  • CLASSIFIED TO HERE

    Vagrants prepare CREWE Vagrants Hockey Club start training this week, with the teams preparing for another season. Women's sessions run every Wednesday night from 7pm till 8pm and men's follow 8pm to 9pm. Players of any ability are welcome to attend.

  • RAIN STOPS PLAY

    ELWORTH'S match against Audley was abandoned due to torrential rain. Elworth will be happy not to have lost too much ground on leaders Moddershall (166-7) who drew against Caverswall (201-5 dec). The gap between them now stands at 30 points and Porthill

  • Weston blitz

    just falls short WESTON'S gutsy all-out attacking approach failed to secure them victory in last Saturday's drawn match with Sandyford, decimated by the rain. The home side put Sandyford into bat and although half an hour's play was lost due to the weather

  • ALEX CUT PRICES FOR HARTLEPOOL

    CREWE Alexandra celebrate the opening of the new main stand with a superb offer for the Hartlepool match, this Tuesday. Tickets booked in advance will cost £9 or £4 concessions instead of £14 on the night. Car parking facilities are now available costing

  • GALE BLOWS STRONG FOR DABBERS

    NANTWICH Town kicked off their season with a battling 1-1 draw at newly-promoted Abbey Hey. The home side started strongly and were heaping pressure on a Dabbers team that just couldn't gel. After 25 minutes the onslaught finally told as Pickering headed

  • PHONE TOWER IS LIKELY TO GET THE GO-AHEAD

    VILLAGERS look set to lose their fight to stop an 80 ft high mobile phone tower being erected near their homes. Councillors will be advised to give the go-ahead for the equipment at Fields Farm, Calverley whem they meet later this week. Telecom Securicor

  • BRIDGMERE STRIKES GOLD FOR CHARITY

    STAFF at Bridgemere Garden World were celebrating last week after scooping a top award and raising money for charity. The centrepiece garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Flower Show in Tatton Park was designed by Bridgemere and won a gold award

  • POST OFFICE BREAK-IN

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an attempted burglary at a Post Office in Crewe. Would-be thieves broke into the Post Office on Nantwich Road between 6.15pm on Monday and 8.45am on Tuesday. They targeted the safe but were unsuccessful and left

  • JOE QUITS LABOUR AFTER BENEFIT CUTS HIT HOME

    A FORMER Labour councillor has resigned from the party because of cuts in incapacity benefits. Joe Halligan claims that instead of sorting out fraudsters the present system promoted by the government is penalising genuine claimants. He claims that he

  • WEST END SPEED CUT

    WORK is to start next week on a new 20 mile an hour zone with traffic calming in the West End of Crewe. The work begins on Monday and will mean some roads in the area are closed off for up to two days. The zone will cover Vernon Way, Badger Avenue, West

  • JOAN'S HALE AND ARTY AFTER TRIPLE BY-PASS

    A SANDBACH woman has discovered a hidden talent after undergoing a life-saving heart operation. Joan Blythe, of Bradwall Road, was diagnosed with heart disease last year at the age of 49. She underwent a triple heart by-pass operation in August 1998 and

  • SETTEE SET-TO

    AN unhappy customer has mounted a campaign against a furniture shop to get back a £200 deposit she paid for a settee. Annette McLaren bought a settee and footstool from SCS in Crewe and paid a £200 deposit, but later discovered on her receipt that they

  • CHERNOBYL CHILDREN ENJOY THEIR BREAK

    CHILDREN in remission from cancer have been enjoying a break from their home life near Chernobyl to stay with families in Crewe and Alsager. The six children and their mothers have travelled from the Gamel region of Belarus, north of the Chernobyl area

  • MECHANIC JAILED AFTER CAUSING 'UNTOLD ANXIETY'

    "GARAGE from Hell" boss Andrew Derek France has been jailed for persistently carrying out shoddy work despite repeated warnings from both the courts and the Office of Fair Trading. The Sandbach mechanic was sentenced to fifteen and a half months for contempt

  • FARMERS UNDER FIRE AFTER CALVES ARE DUMPED

    FARMERS have been condemned as irresponsible for dumping 13 calves outside the RSPCA's wildlife hospital in Nantwich. The calves, aged between one and three weeks old were abandoned outside Stapeley Grange on Monday. The farmers are blaming the government

  • TRAGIC TWIST OF FATE

    A CRUEL twist of fate put a young Crewe mother on the road to her death. Beverley Rogers, received fatal injuries when her car was in collision with an articulated lorry, but she would not have been driving on the A534 Wrexham Road at Faddiley, near Nantwich

  • GLANCE GUIDE TO WARRINGTON RESULTS AND FIXTURES

    ANGLING Lymm Angling Club match results: Tuesday's Sankey Canal match, Carterhouse: 1, Dave Rowe, 16lbs 7ozs 0drms; 2, Ray Boden, 13-10-8; 3, Dave Adamson, 10-1-0; 4, James Flewitt, 6-9-10. Thursday's Lymm Dam match: 1, Gary Whaley, 13-3-0; 2, Paul Bradshaw

  • ROVERS STAR JOINS WIDNES

    WOOLSTON Rovers' ex-Great Britain Under 18s hooker has joined Widnes this week on a 15-months contract. Mike Briggs, the former BARLA National Youth League Player of the Year, was asked to sign for the Northern Ford Premiership club straight after his

  • WARRINGTON ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION REVIEW

    NATIONAL Federation of Anglers coach Eddie Cardus showed he can practice what he preaches when he bagged up on roach at Warrington Anglers' Association's Astle Pool. He had fish around 4ozs alternating between hemp and bronze pinkie. A few carp are also

  • OPENING DAY DEFEAT

    Warrington Town 1 Colne 2 WARRINGTON fell to an opening day defeat in First North Western Trains League Division Two with a side containing only two players who participated in the final game of last season, when they narrowly missed promotion. It followed

  • THE PETER DEAKIN COLUMN

    VILA Matautia was fired up for the game on Sunday and I was concerned with a bit of inconsistency with the referee and touch judges. He was constantly intimidating markers at the play-the-ball. On one occasion just before half-time he grabbed the shirt

  • ROPER SET TO PLAY STAND OFF

    WARRINGTON Wolves could be forced into shuffling round their backline for their Super League clash at Halifax Blue Sox tonight, Friday. For scrum half Scott Wilson is nursing an upper body injury that he has been carrying and is doubtful of playing against

  • POLICE CURB ON TEENAGE TIPPLERS

    TEENAGERS went home thirsty after a joint crackdown on youthful tipplers as part of Operation Wasted. Police estimate more than 400 youngsters, hopeful of a night out in the town centre, were turned away as licensing officers and doormen insisted on identification

  • DETERMINED MUM'S EDUCATION VICTORY

    THE mother of two autistic children has finally won her battle for them both to be educated at a school which specifically caters for their needs. Mum Tracy Cherrih fought a four-year legal dispute with Cheshire County Council to win her daughter Hannah

  • PEEL HALL FIGHT IS NOT OVER VOW NEIGHBOURS

    NEIGHBOURS of the Peel Hall site have reacted with anger to claims that the land has little ecological value. The presence of rare species such as short-eared owls and greater crested newts were refuted by developers Satnam in the GUARDIAN Midweek. Protesters

  • LIVING PROOF THAT YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD

    A TALENTED artist from Callands has achieved recognition for her work years after she was forced to give up painting. Winifred Turner, aged 76, first discovered a flair for oil painting in the 1970s but after a battle against cancer, she had to give it

  • MERCY CREWS READY TO TAKE STRIKE ACTION

    AMBULANCE crews in Warrington are on the verge of industrial action over a three-year pay dispute, union chiefs have warned. At a packed meeting of the Mersey Regional Ambulance branch of UNISON earlier this month, 100 members voted unanimously to hold

  • TOWN'S WORKERS ARE AMONGST THE HIGHEST PAID

    BOSSES in Warrington have welcomed a new report which paints an "upbeat and positive" view of business in the town. More and more businesses are flocking to the town, and workers are among the highest paid in the North West according to the fourth edition

  • LAURA TAKES TENNIS TITLES

    LAURA Stubbs served and volleyed her way to two tennis titles at the Wincarton and Yeovil College's annual tournament. Laura, aged 11, a member of Congleton Lawn Tennis Club and David Lloyd Cheadle, played excellent tennis to win the under 12 and under

  • DELUGE STUMPS CRICKET FIXTURES

    TORRENTIAL rain washed out all local crickets matches last Saturday. Congleton CC did better than most, managing some play to reach 72 for 2 in their match against Middlewich before succumbing to the weather. They remain second in the league, one point

  • VICS FAIL TO CAPITALISE ON PRESSURE

    Knypersley Vics - 1 Sandwell Borough - 1 KNYPERSLEY Victoria's first match of the season, ended in a draw at Sandwell Borough despite their domination. Returning Steve Elkes took his place in the heart of Vic's defence and new signing Andrew Brownsword

  • SUPER SUB

    A LATE strike five minutes from time by substitute Graham Dodd sealed an opening day victory for Congleton Town, beating Bradford Park Avenue at home, on Saturday. Bradford looked the stronger side as the first half got under way while Congleton struggled

  • LAY READERS COULD SOLVE VICAR SHORTAGE

    CHURCH services taken by a lay reader have been put forward as an option to tackle the shortage of vicars. The idea has come from the Reverend John McGuire, rector of Biddulph Moor, following a meeting about the issue at Biddulph Moor Church. The meeting

  • AWARD-WINNING GARDENER FOLLOWS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS

    GREEN-FINGERED Lester Crisford has followed in his father's footsteps 40 years on after scooping a top title in Alsager. Mr Crisford, of Talke Road, was voted the winner of the Best Front Garden section of the Alsager Gardens Competition this year. In

  • SHORE WAY TO SAVE CAR PARK

    MILL owner Derek Moorhouse is looking to shore up a river bank to stop his car park crumbling away. Mr Moorhouse owns Dane Mill in Broadhurst Lane, Congleton, which backs onto the River Dane. Several months ago he noticed the river had eaten away part

  • PEACEKEEPER GARETH GETS A WARM WELCOME

    ALSAGER soldier Gareth Gardner has been overwhelmed by the reception he received crossing the border into Kosovo. Despite the difficult task he faces in keeping the peace, Gunner Gareth, from Alsager, knows his work is appreciated by local people, especially

  • CUBS AIM FOR USA MILLENNIUM CAMP

    CONGLETON Cubs are busy thinking up sponsorship schemes to raise the £10,000 they need for the millennium trip of a lifetime. The youngsters from the 1st Buglawton Remus Cub pack in Congleton are planning to celebrate the millennium at a Scout camp in

  • CHERNOBYL CHILDREN ENJOY BREAK FROM HOME

    CHILDREN in remission from cancer have been enjoying a break from their home life near Chernobyl to stay with families in Alsager. The six children and their mothers have travelled from the Gamel region of Belarus, north of the Chernobyl area, where most

  • PLANS GO FORWARD FOR SUPERSCHOOLS

    CHESHIRE County Council is hoping to build new tennis and netball courts along with a sports hall, classrooms and extensions at two Congleton schools. The council has put forward planning applications to the borough council for building work at Dane Valley

  • AN ALEX FAN'S GUIDE TO AWAY DAY PRICES

    MANY Alex fans who made the journey to Crystal Palace were understandably annoyed at having to shell out £20 on the gate to support their side. Children and OAPs had to pay £12. The good news is that seems to be the worst away day out of the way. The

  • BACK TO WORK

    CREWE Alexandra return to league action this Saturday, taking on newly promoted Walsall at the Bescot Stadium. The Saddlers have made a steady start to life in Division One, drawing both matches, opening goalless at home to Swindon and earning a creditable

  • ARSON ATTACK PROMPTS POLICE WITNESS APPEAL

    POLICE are looking for witnesses to any suspicious circumstances surrounding a house fire in West Street, Crewe, last Wednesday afternoon. The fire was discovered by a motorist who was driving past the property and reported the fire at 4.15pm on August

  • LIBRARY ON WHEELS IS IN BIG DEMAND

    BOOK lovers across Nantwich now have the busiest mobile library service in the county. The library offers a valuable lifeline to people in the area who are unable to get to the library in town. It tours nearly 150 locations and carries a stock of more

  • CALL FOR COUNCIL TO SPLASH OUT ON MAJOR POOL REPAIRS

    AS councillors prepare to splash out on costly repairs to Crewe swimming pool critics warn they are not diving deep enough into its problems. Members of a special panel set up to monitor the survey and any safety measures that follow took a close look

  • ROLLMAKERS FACING JOB CUTS

    ROLL makers at Crewe are facing their second wave of redundancies this year. Cuts were made at Sheffield Forgemaster's Weston Road factory in January with the warning that more jobs would go in the machine and engineer shops and the foundry. Seventeen

  • ELLEN IS ON THE TRAIL OF THE INCAS

    KEEN walker Ellen Matthews is hoping local people will help her raise money as she tackles a 100km hike. Ellen, from Shavington, is setting off next September to hike along the Inca Trail to the lost city of Machu Picchu. The trip has been organised by

  • LYMM ANGLING CLUB REVIEW

    TENCH mecca Lymmvale has certainly lived up to its reputation. In a period of four days 199 tench were landed up to 8lbs 6ozs 0drms, with several other fish over eight pounds. Water keeper Mike Wilkinson landed 19 of these red eyed beauties in one session

  • NEW WARRINGTON SOCCER LEAGUE SEASON

    WARRINGTON Soccer League opened its campaign on Saturday with a mini programme. Two hot shots started by netting hat-tricks. Golden boy Paul Bennion of Moore Utd grabbed all of his side's goals in their 3-0 win at Runcorn Albion. The other treble man

  • WALKER SMASHED

    Darwen 5 Tetley Walker 0 TETLEY Walker crashed to a First North Western Trains League Division Two opening day defeat on Saturday. The home side started the new season like a house on fire, forcing Walker on to the back foot straight from the kick off

  • GOAL-DEN HOLDEN

    Warrington Town 5 Daisy Hill 0 THERE is life in front of goal after Damien Whitehead - but from an unexpected source! Midfielder Lee Holden, in his second spell with Town after signing in close season from Tetley Walker, banged in a hat-trick to steer

  • HEROES ON YOUR DOORSTEP

    GET set for the Wolves invasion! Everywhere you look, everywhere you go - expect a Wolves connection. The Super League club are looking to flood the market, become the town's 'good citizen' and bring about cohesion and spirit in the community. It is chief

  • DARRYL POINTS TO 'GROSS LACK OF DISCIPLINE'

    WARRINGTON Wolves boss Darryl Van de Velde was disappointed with his side's suicidal tendancy in the crunch game with St. Helens on Sunday. He was livid with the team's 'gross lack of discipline' and pointed to this as well as poor tackling as the main

  • BULLY BOY VILA BLITZ

    Warrington Wolves 12 St. Helens 35 By MIKE PARSONS THE Wolves looked a shadow of the side which had pushed Leeds Rhinos to their limit just nine days earlier. Sunday's battle-royal was obviously a step too far for Warrington, with it being their third

  • SHOWDOWN FOR RIGHT TO PLAY JIMMY WHITE

    TWO Warrington Snooker League aces come head-to-head on Sunday for a showdown to decide who will have the priviledge of playing against legendary Jimmy White. Alford Hall's Darren Shaw and Penketh Cons' Matt Daniels will go to battle over five frames

  • LANGER KEEPS WARRINGTON WAITING

    WARRINGTON Wolves are continuing to attempt to attract Australian superstar Allan Langer to Wilderspool. Wolves coach Darryl Van de Velde has spoken to the retired scrum half again this week about a career finale with Warrington but as the GUARDIAN went

  • TOWN CENTRE TRAFFIC BAN PLANS UNDER REVIEW

    TRADERS and taxi drivers have objected to plans to further pedestrianise Warrington town centre. Members of the council's Traffic Panel will meet on Monday to discuss proposals to impose a blanket ban on vehicles in streets including Buttermarket Street

  • RESCUE TEAM SPEEDS TO EARTHQUAKE DISASTER SCENE

    THREE Warrington firefighters have been sent on a mercy mission to help earthquake victims in Turkey. Phil Blakemore and Keith Roughley, of Winwick Road fire station, and John Pugh, based at Stockton Heath, were given just 45 minutes notice of the trip

  • STARDOM IS CHILD'S PLAY FOR LITTLE KARIS

    A BUDDING soap star is set to make her debut on the small screen - at the tender age of two! Little Karis Sharkey, of Heather Close, Locking Stumps, will soon be appearing on our television screens as Holly, the daughter of teenage mum Cindy, in Hollyoaks

  • TEENAGE HIT AND RUN VICTIM RECOVERS IN HOSPITAL

    A TEENAGE girl is recovering in hospital after being the victim of a hit-and-run incident in Grappenhall last Friday. Police are now trying to track down the driver involved in the crash, who apparently fled the scene with his lights turned off. Amy Noon

  • DRUG IS MY LAST HOPE

    Exclusive by Suzanne Lightfoot A FAMILY have offered to sell their home in a last ditch attempt to persuade doctors to prescribe a new drug for multiple sclerosis. Garnet Brown, of Stringer Crescent, Latchford, is fighting for the right to use Betaferon