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Cheshire Archive

• BLYTH SPIRIT

  RUNCORN once again found the North East to their liking as they held Blyth Spartans to a one-all draw at Croft Park. read more

• GIRLS DRAW

  Liverpool Feds Girls u10s 1 read more

• PONIES SUNK

  Halton Polecats Baseball Club read more

• LANDLORD RISKED STUDENTS' LIVES

  A STUPID mistake led to a £5,000 court fine for a landlord who forged gas safety records for properties he rented to students in Liverpool. read more

• HIGHWAY TO DEVELOPMENT

  A NEW expressway junction costing £1.25 million will open up new sites to development, Halton Council hopes. read more

• ICI HOTEL UP FOR £700,000

  CHEMICAL giant ICI put its latest asset up for sale this week - an exclusive 30-bedroom hotel. read more

• GIPSIES QUIT CARE CENTRE CAR PARK

  A RUNCORN centre which caters for people with special needs is getting back to normal after a crowd of travellers who had set up camp on its car park cleared off. read more

• COLLEGE OUTRAGE

  RED-FACED governors this week confessed they were kept in the dark about some of the lavish foreign trips made by Halton College principal Martin Jenkins and his deputy Jenny Dolphin. read more

• MAN ON DRUG SMUGGLE CHARGE

  A RUNCORN man and five others appeared in court on Monday morning after being arrested in connection with the seizure of an estimated £7 million worth of drugs in Widnes on Friday. read more

• COLLEGE BOSSES RESIGN

  HALTON College principal Martin Jenkins and deputy principal Jenny Dolphin have resigned following the release of critical reports into their reign at the trouble-plagued institution. read more

• WHEELBRACE ATTACKER JAILED

  A RUNCORN man was jailed for eight months on Friday after admitting clubbing another man with a wheelbrace. Patrick Gorry, 27, of Bridge Street, pleaded guilty to wounding Stephen Jackson who was in his car in Lakeside Close at the time of the attack. read more

• FRENZIED ATTACK ON SPORTS CAR

  POLICE are looking for information on an incident in which a man carried out a "frenzied attack" on a red sports car which was pulled up at lights on Runcorn High Street on Monday. read more

• DEATH TRAGEDY OF 'NERVOUS' WOMAN

  A WIDNES woman who turned to drink after splitting with her boyfriend was found dead with a fractured jaw and numerous other injuries, an inquest heard. read more

• VANDAL ATTACK

  MINDLESS vandals rampaged through a construction site in a stolen JCB, this weekend, wrecking another digger and crashing into a large bulldozer. read more

• PALLETS GO UP IN SMOKE

  TWO thousand pallets went up in smoke after a fire started at a yard in Widnes. Fire brigade spent two hours fighting the fire at PEC Pallets in Everite Road after being called shortly before 4pm. Cause of the fire is unknown. read more

• HEART SWAP BERNARD'S ON A CREST OF A WAVE

  SIX years to the day after his lifesaving heart transplant, solicitor Bernard Higgins was on the crest of a wave. read more

• WE'RE NOT CARPING ABOUT BEING MADE REDUNDANT!

  A COUPLE who lost their jobs when Golden Wonder closed down are tackling an exciting new challenge. read more

• WIDS KIDS ROUND-UP

  Wids Kids u7s 10 Brad&Bing 5 read more

• CUP ROUND-UP

  THIS week's games saw Division Six side Widnes Tigers face Premier Division side Farnworth and Division One side Widnes Albert face another Premier side St Maries. read more

• CRICKET CANCELLED

  Widnes Cricket Club read more

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