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On this day: Cheshire Archive

Cheshire Archive

• JOBS BLOW

  THE NEW Year has started terribly for 500 workers in Halton with snap news of mass layoffs at two major employers in the borough. read more

• SCHOOL SPRING CLEAN

  SCHOOLS in Halton are to get a £.5 million spring clean. read more

• BRIDGE WORK

  THE Government has announced a transport settlement for Halton which is three times better than last year. read more

• YOUTH SCHEME

  HALTON Youth Service has teamed up with McDonalds fast food to offer a new membership scheme for teenagers in the borough. read more

• DOMINO RESULTS AND FIXTURES

  Auto Quest Widnes and District Domino League read more

• NEVER MIND THE PRICE

  WELL folks, that really was the Christmas that was... read more

• Some eastern promise to put mind at rest...

  STRESSED-OUT residents can put their minds at rest thanks to a new range of meditation classes being staged in Winsford. read more

• Knutsford stretch unbeaten run to go second in league

  Town draw with champs read more

• DEFIANT residents will set off from Lostock Gralam this morning to defend their village from develop

  A coach carrying 40 villagers will travel to Chester today, Wednesday, where county councillors are due to decide the fate of a huge greenfield site. read more

• YEARS of travelling have ended for the Reverend Keith Fraser-Smith, who has just become Barnton's ne

  Mr Fraser-Smith has returned to his Cheshire roots after spending the last 23 years working for missionary societies in Jordan, Egypt and France. He originates from Sandbach while his wife Janet originates from Wirral. read more

• A POPULAR pensioner died on Friday - eight hours before her 100th birthday.

  Jessie Lang would have been 100 on Saturday, but died at Davenham Hall Nursing Home late on New Year's Day. read more

• DETERMINED pensioners from 10 sheltered housing schemes have raised £25,000 to buy their own minibu

  Residents and their families helped staff collect £10,000 with charities and businesses donating the rest. read more

• AN ex Rudheath High School pupil has received a top award from the Army after battling through his b

  Private Gareth Joynson received a Best Endeavour award after spending seven months at Catterick Training Centre in Yorkshire. read more

• ANDREW Wilkinson thought his A-Level exams were in the bag - and they were.

  Poor Andrew, 17, is gearing up to face his first set of exams at Sir John Deane's College next week. read more

• MARBURY Lane could be kept shut.

  The lane has been closed since November when three men died after their car plunged into the Trent and Mersey Canal. read more

• BIG Mac mania hit Northwich at the weekend - but some McDonalds customers were left hungry.

  Restaurants across the county have been hit by a stampede of burger fans eager to take advantage of the firm's two for one offer. read more

• NORTHWICH Vics manager Mark Gardiner has acted quickly to avoid a selection crisis by drafting-in mi

  The 21-year-old, who has impressed in the Welsh League since being released by Burnley, is expected to make his Vics debut at home to Dover on Saturday. read more

• VILLAGERS protesting about plans for a turkey farm, have slammed thieves who stole their campaign po

  Around six of the large, coloured posters were taken from fields alongside Runcorn Road in Little Leigh last week. read more

• DOCTORS have had a busy fortnight with large numbers of patients picking up a mystery infection.

  Dr Andrew Bretell, who practices at the Watling Street surgery, said the answering machine had been constantly engaged over the festive season. read more

• RADIO One star Mark Radcliffe has agreed to help young farmers by playing a charity gig at Northwich

  His folk band The Family Mahone, made up of colleagues from his afternoon show and friends from his home village of Great Budworth, will take to the stage on Friday. read more

On this day: Cheshire Archive