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Cheshire Archive

• Ray Nevins chalks up a 21-0 success

  ST OSWALDS A lead the way at the top of Section A of the Warrington and North Cheshire Bowls Association Monday League after a 14-1 victory at Monk Sports A. read more

• Pitfalls of the postal vote

  THE poor turn out at local elections and area forums has nothing to do with the so called 'inconvenience of polling stations' - after all, they are open for over 12 hours and their sites have been convenient and well established for many years. read more

• Thanks for help in pension fight

  ON behalf of myself and work colleagues I would like to thank our local MPs Dave Watts and Shaun Woodward and a special thanks to Moss Bank Labour team for all their hard work, dedication and commitment they have given on behalf of the Ravenhead employees regarding Ravenhead Pensions. read more

• Got the hump

  I DRIVE a 'Classic Reliant car', 27-years-old, which I am restoring slowly. read more

• Bring on the lights at Portico

  THE need for lights at the Grapes at Portico is an obvious one. The A58, from Hilltop to Lane Ends is now a racetrack for motorists with a lack of vision and imagination. read more

• The great alley gates

  ALLEY gates are brilliant. You walk down the street in Newtown and all you see is a huge black gate about eight foot tall. They are well designed so that people will find it extremely difficult to climb over them, and they encourage the reduction of fly-tipping in the back alleys. They also provide a considerable delay for any potential burglars and act as a deterrent for any criminal activity in the alleys. I want to see more of them. read more

• D-Day row rumbles on

  I WOULD like to bring to your attention my uttermost disgust in the St Helens Council at the D-Day Remembrance Service. read more

• 'We won't get ourselves in a financial mess' - Dariio

  CREWE boss Dario Gradi says they will never break the bank and risk the club's long-term future in pursuit of new players. read more

• Lessons must be learned

  AS Crewe nurse Barbara Salisbury begins a five-year prison term this week, Leighton Hospital bosses have promised to learn lessons from her 'appalling example'. read more

• 'She totally betrayed her patients'

  LEIGHTON Hospital boss Simon Yates, expressed his deepest sympathy to the relatives of Salisbury's victims. read more

• Helpless victims were pumped with drugs

  'CALLOUS' Crewe nurse Barbara Salisbury was jailed for five years on Friday for trying to murder two elderly patients in a ruthless efficiency drive to free up hospital beds at Leighton Hospital. read more

• 'Nan can finally rest in peace'

  THE jury was told how retired shop manager May Taylor, from Crewe, was given 'inappropriate' levels of diamorphine by a Graesby machine set up by Salisbury. read more

• Police say investigation into deaths at hospital is now over

  CODENAMED Operation Chrome, the police investigation into Salisbury's behaviour began on May 10 2002. read more

• Nurse was treated for depression

  IN the months leading up to the trial Salisbury was treated at Cheadle Royal Hospital for depression. read more

• New independent investigation

  A SPOKESMAN for Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority (SHA) confirmed an independent investigation would now begin into the matter. read more

• Soliders are under fire but doing Cheshire proud

  SOLDIERS from South Cheshire have been coming under fire in war-torn Iraq as they attempt to keep the peace in readiness for the handover of power next week. read more

• Bentley blaze evacuation

  HUNDREDS of Bentley workers were evacuated from the Crewe factory last week as a blaze took hold at the Pym's Lane plant. read more

• Ofsted praise for school

  GLAZEBURY Church of England school has been praised by Ofsted inspectors for offering a 'sound quality of education' and 'good quality and leadership'. read more

• Police tackle community issues

  PROVING they can tackle community issues, Risley police staged an interschool rugby tournament for year nine children. read more

• Get your skates on soon for opening

  WORK has started on the long-awaited skateboard park in Culcheth village. read more

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