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On this day: Cheshire Archive

Cheshire Archive

• Pedestrianisation: Dismay of town centre shoppers

  SHOPPERS last week reacted with dismay to Macclesfield Borough Council's decision to abandon its plans to pedestrianise King Street. read more

• COUNCIL bosses in Chester and Macclesfield are at loggerheads over plans for Knutsford's proposed mi

  Borough planners aren't happy with the inclusion of a restaurant in the £1 million scheme for Toft Road. read more

• ECONOMIC problems in Russia and the Far East could lead to the loss of 270 local jobs.

  Business specialists KPMG have been brought into Fine Art Wallcoverings to try to sell the business as a going concern. read more

• BRITISH Gas have offered to fly

  A WIDOW still fighting to prove her husband was murdered is to return to the spot where he died. read more

• AN ANIMAL lover has flown a stray dog more than 2,000 miles to her home to save it from death.

  Mum Ros Carter found the tiny dog on holiday in Crete. read more

• PLANS for Knutsford's nightclub have been thrown out.

  Businessman Derek Panagakis' application for a liquor licence above the post office was refused by magistrates on Thursday after a six-hour hearing. read more

• DAVID Mooney has always been a dedicated follower of fashion.

  So when Granada TV asked him to cook up a meal for the millennium he had all the ingredients for the perfect dish. read more

• Trader quits town

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• THE biggest gardening show in the North West is coming to Knutsford.

  Details of the event at Tatton Park were unveiled in London last week, but work to prepare 25 acres of the park for the show began six months ago. read more

• KNUTSFORD'S politicians want to give pedestrianisation another chance.

  Clr Tony Mazzeo, who is chairman of the town's planning committee, is canvassing local colleagues to revive the scheme - sensationally scuppered in December. read more

• A KNUTSFORD-based forerunner in the nuclear industry won't be affected by Germany pulling out of a

  Yesterday (Tuesday) NNC said they weren't worried about the German government's bid to cancel 10-year contracts with Cumbria-based reprocessing plant Sellafield. read more

• Lorry driver

  delivers read more

• THEY began by saving shoes for a charity they'd never heard of.

  But by the summer the two Knutsford mothers could be saving lives - by caring for children orphaned by AIDS in Zimbabwe. read more

• THE indignity of it would have made any man blush.

  For a character as powerful as Neptune the embarassment of being measured in public would have dented his pride. read more

• KNUTSFORD'S former town mayor has broken cover to put himself forward as the heir to Neil Hamilton.

  Derek Squirrell is the first hopeful to declare he is on the list for selection as Tatton's next Tory parliamentary candidate. read more

• Hooded fiend attacks woman

  A HOODED attacker sexually assaulted a woman in a busy road during the morning rush-hour. read more

• Secret talks on town centre sites

  SECRET talks about the state of Randle Brooks' town centre sites are to be held in the New Year. read more

• Well-known town resident dies of stroke

  A WELL-KNOWN town resident has died of a stroke after spending years helping others to cope with the condition. read more

• MAGISTRATES have been swamped with objections to Knutsford's planned nightclub in the Old Town Hall.

  The liquor licence hearing for post office boss Derek Panagakis has been extended to two days after more than 50 formal objections to his proposals. read more

• Farmer's wife may reap top award

  A KNUTSFORD mum has been nominated as Britain's female farmer of the year. read more

On this day: Cheshire Archive