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Cheshire Archive

• Hollyoaks stars drop in at fundraising fashion show

  HOLLYOAKS stars made a special appearance at a charity event at Alford Hall last week to raise cash for St Rocco's Hospice and Breast Cancer Care. read more

• Barn dance

  CANCER Research UK will hold a charity Barn Dance in Sandbach Town Hall from 8pm to midnight, on Saturday, January 29, when a ploughman's supper will be available. read more

• Warriors announce Club President

  WIGAN Warriors are pleased to announce that Peter Higginbottom has been appointed as Club President. read more

• College principal attacks 'nonsense' league tables

  REASEHEATH College has hit out at the Department for Education and Skills' league tables for misrepresenting colleges which concentrate on vocational training. read more

• Thieves stripped house

  KITCHEN appliances were stolen from a house that was being constructed on a building estate in Nantwich last weekend. read more

• Appealing for books

  RESIDENTS are being urged to take their unwanted books and bric-a-brac items to the Oxfam shop on Pepper Street. read more

• New service

  RESIDENTS are invited to a 'Service for New Horizons' at St Mary's Church, Nantwich, on Sunday, January 23. read more

• Ruth is invited to meet PM Tony

  PROJECT development worker Ruth Reeves is to meet the Prime Minister at a major reception. read more

• Dressed for success at school fund-raiser

  ST Trinians look-alikes Jenny Wagstaffe, Helen Williams and Kerry Morgan are pictured taking part in a tsunami fund-raiser. read more

• Charity shop plea

  VOLUNTEERS are required to work in the East Cheshire Hospice shop in the Capitol Walk Shopping Centre in Congleton. read more

• Safer route to school

  BIDDULPH children will benefit from improvements aimed at providing a safe route to school. read more

• Burglar's TV takeaway failed

  A BURGLAR was foiled at a Crewe house when he tried to steal a television and video unit only to realise it didn't fit through the window he had entered through. read more

• Talking Toys

  RAYMOND Rush will speak about 'Toys and Games - childhood memories' when Sandbach History Society meets in Sandbach Library at 7.30pm on February 1. read more

• More plans for Lymm site

  THERE will be a magnificent seven planning applications for councillors to consider tomorrow, Wednesday, but all for the same Lymm site. read more

• Council chiefs in talks over parking spaces

  TALKS have started at Warrington Town Hall in an attempt to provide town centre parking for council staff. read more

• Police say body found at gas works not suspicious

  DETECTIVES are not treating the death of a 40-year-old Warrington man as suspicious. read more

• Praise for recycling

  HOUSEHOLDERS have been praised by environment chief Margaret Beckett for boosting recycling. read more

• Police called in over parking at St Paul's

  POLICE are monitoring cars parked in Burtonwood after complaints from people living near to a school. read more

• Digging in ...

  INMATES from Thorn Cross Young Offenders' Institute in Appleton Thorn have been lending a hand to the creation of a rose garden for residents of a Padgate estate. read more

• Charity plans tsunami aid concert in Manchester

  A WARRINGTON charity plans to hold a concert in Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, to raise funds for people affected by the tsunami disaster. read more

On this day: Cheshire Archive