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On this day: Cheshire Archive

Cheshire Archive

• Going deeper under ground to bury waste

  PLANS to make Winsford the UK leader in a new method of waste disposal were announced yesterday, Tuesday. read more

• Town give the game away

  Chorlton Town 2 Middlewich Town 1 read more

• Wheels steals point

  Winsford Utd 2 Frickley Athletic 2 read more

• Matthew's fear of flying

  THE inside story behind the horrific helicopter crash that killed Matthew Harding in Middlewich has been unfolded in a BBC2 investigation. read more

• Anger over new homes scheme

  WHARTON residents have expressed concern over a housing development which they say make no provision for an area for their children to play. read more

• Light boost

  STREET lighting improvements are to be carried out in Middlewich by Cheshire County Council's engineering department. read more

• Rhyme and reason

  BUDDING young Shakespeares from Over Hall Primary School put pen to paper when they were entertained by a famous writer. read more

• Good rate

  CONGLETON borough has one of the lowest council taxes in the north west. read more

• United front in battle to beat town centre rats

  WINSFORD town centre owners, Grainger Trust, and environmental health officers from Vale Royal Borough Council have joined forces to combat the rat problem in the shopping arcade. read more

• Read all about it...

  A NOVEL idea to set up a reading group at Winsford library has attracted more than 10 members. read more

• On the road...

  MIDDLEWICH residents are soon to have their say on the way Congleton Borough Council operates. read more

• Pensioner robbed by bus stop attacker

  AN 84-year-old Winsford woman was followed home from a bus stop and then bravely fought to keep an intruder out of her house. read more

• Store plan in the balance

  A CONTROVERSIAL bid to build a discount supermarket next to Morrisons hangs in the balance after members of Vale Royal Council's planning committee decided to visit the site for themselves. read more

• GIRLS ON THE EDGE

  WINSFORD United Ladies' match at Knights Grange this Sunday could be their last. read more

• Grand master Nick

  HIGH Street pupil Nicholas Field warmed up for his defence of the Vale Royal Primary Schools Chess Championship with success in a national tournament at the weekend. read more

• MENINGITIS - STAY VIGILANT

  PARENTS were warned to stay vigilant this week after two more schools were hit with suspected cases of meningitis. read more

• COP FACES DEATH CHARGE

  AN EX-Runcorn policeman will face trial in Bermuda over the suicide of his journalist girlfriend. read more

• KNIFEPOINT ROBBERY

  POLICE are warning of the risks of befriending strangers after a 58-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint by a young man he invited into his Widnes home in the early hours of Monday. read more

• MAN FOUND DEAD

  A MENTAL health patient at a privately-run Widnes care home has been found hanged in his room. read more

• BATTLE FOR THE CRISPIE

  A BATTLE to save 650 jobs at the closure-threatened Golden Wonder crisp factory was mounted this week. read more

On this day: Cheshire Archive