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Cheshire Archive

• DOG IS BURIED ALIVE

  A FRIGHTENED terrier dog was buried alive after being beaten half-dead with a spade, a court heard last week. read more

• EAR BITE CHARGE

  A MAN has been charged with assault following an incident outside a Liverpool Road garage on Sunday evening. read more

• GOLF RESULTS

  Frodsham Golf Club read more

• CHEMICS CRACK SHELL

  Shell 0 General Chemicals 4 read more

• LUCKY TO BE ALIVE

  A WORKMAN escaped with his life when he cut through a power cable and plunged Halton Lea shopping centre into darkness. read more

• SAVE THE HAVEN

  AN URGENT plea has been made to help Halton's cancer care centre survive its biggest ever cash crisis. read more

• DRIVERS HIT OUT AT BRIDGE CHAOS

  FURIOUS motorists accused traffic cops of causing mayhem on the bridge this week - carrying out spot checks during the rush hour. read more

• PERVERT JOGGER JAILED

  A MAN who indecently assaulted a teenage girl in Runcorn last summer while pretending to be out for a jog was jailed for two years on Friday. read more

• NEW HEALTH UNIT

  A TURF cutting ceremony is being held on February 4 to mark the start of Halton Hospital's new mental health unit in Widnes. read more

• MAN ALLEGES ASSAULT BY POLICE

  A RUNCORN man claims that a police officer beat him up while he was handcuffed. read more

• ALDI DENY CLOSURE

  RUMOURS that German cut-price food store Aldi was planning to close its new Runcorn store were strongly denied this week. read more

• ACCIDENT VICTIM CUT FREE

  A WOMAN suffered serious injuries in a traffic accident on the Bridgewater Expressway when her car veered across the road and was involved in a head-on collision with another. read more

• COURT TOLD OF NIGHT RAID TERROR

  A TERRIFIED man was awoken in the early hours when two men burst into his house, Warrington Crown Court heard. read more

• ALBERT WOE

  North West Counties Division One read more

• BULLS BEATEN

  Wigan St Judes 36 read more

• COHESION THE KEY

  WIDNES kick off their competitive year this weekend when amateur kingpins West Hull visit the Auto Quest for the Challenge Cup third round tie. read more

• COP SAVES MAN'S LIFE

  A COURAGEOUS young policewoman was hailed a heroine after saving the life of an elderly man. read more

• NO TO HOTEL PLAN

  PLANS for a 40-bedroom hotel lodge beside the Eight Towers pub were rejected this week by Halton councillors. read more

• THE A556 and other major roads in the Knutsford area will be monitored by police during a five-week

  "The biggest single cause of road accidents is driving too fast," said road safety officer John Moss. read more

• AU PAIRS working in Knutsford could lose their homes and jobs because of minimum wage laws.

  Suzanne Mackay, who runs Knutsford's only au pair agency, claimed this week that families might sack the child carers because they couldn't afford the minimum £3 hourly rate. read more

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