HARD-WORKING teachers have earned top marks for their enthusiasm and commitment at a primary school. The glowing praise came from government school inspectors after a detailed look at teaching on offer at St Gabriel's Primary School, Alsager. The OFSTED
FAMILIES are being asked to roll up their sleeves up this weekend to help kick start the transformation of a community centre. Young and old have started to flock back to the Bromley Farm Community Centre in Congleton after youth and pensioners' clubs
BUILDER Kevin Humphries was this week urged to rethink his plans for new homes to avoid traffic chaos and protect school children. Mr Humphries won the thanks of hundreds of Congleton parents when he agreed to keep a vital footpath link on land earmarked
SUB-AQUA enthusiasts were warned this week about the dangers of flooded disused quarries after a diving expedition ended in tragedy. Police divers recovered the body of father-of-two Ken Thomas from the icy pitch black waters of a quarry lake in North
JUDGES at this year's Guardian Bride of the Year competition had a difficult decision to make on Sunday at the 1997 South Cheshire Wedding Fayre. Competition entries came in from Crewe, Nantwich, Sandbach, Alsager and Congleton and the standard was very
THE Sealed Knot's silver Holly Holy Day anniversary proved to be a "gold medal" event. A superb turn out of around 400 troops and large crowds made the 25th re-enactment by the Society a battle to remember. "It was certainly one of our best and we're
We sent Ruskin High School student Diana Willington, on work experience this week with the Crewe Guardian, out onto the streets of Crewe to find out what the fans think of the current Alex form. "My favourite player is Dele Adebola," said Kevin Pickett
WREXHAM 0 CREWE ALEXANDRA...1 CREWE took another step towards the twin towers of Wembley at Wrexham on Tuesday night. A 77th minute goal by Danny Murphy won this Auto Windscreen Shield second round and put Dario Gradi's side into the Northern section
A SUPERB win over Rotherham United last Saturday has put Crewe Alex third in the Nationwide League second division. And the team are now through to the area quarter finals of the Auto Windscreen Cup, meeting Blackpool at home Crewe last faced Blackpool
ROTHERHAM UNITED 1 CREWE ALEXANDRA...4 CREWE'S relentless pursuit of the league leaders continued on Saturday with a spectacular drubbing of Rotherham. The Alex were put under pressure from the start and they could have gone behind when Hurst got through
CREWE'S Lyceum Theatre is once again at the centre of a row over public money after it was revealed that the borough's leisure department's share of the annual budget is now 27 per cent. This week the Conservative group on Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council
BOROUGH councillors are determined that Council Tax won't rise by a predicted six per cent! Leader of the ruling Labour group, Peter Kent, has pledged to reduce that forecast "as far as possible". Speaking at the first of the council's budget meetings
CREWE police say their new control room is good news for everyone...except criminals. The centre, which is a link between the public and police out on the beat, now has state-of-the-art communications equipment and is connected to closed circuit television
IN 1893 there were no fewer than 15 public houses in Wharton. The pubs in the old picture, above left, were two of the seven that stood in the Market Place - the Ark and the Coach and Horses. According to the returns of the licensed premises of Winsford
JANUARY 23, 1939, marked the start of a political career for one Winsford woman that makes Margaret Thatcher look inexperienced by comparison. Josie Tipple, who has just celebrated her 79th birthday, is preparing to go into yet another general election
WINSFORD United manager, John Bingham, proclaimed his side's 2-1 win over Blyth Spartans last Saturday as the best Blues performance of the season so far. United turned in an inspired performance with the whole side working hard to ensure an important
MIDDLEWICH Cricket Club have been recommended as one of 12 clubs likely to make up a new third division of the prestigous Cheshire County Cricket League. The list of suggested new clubs was distributed to existing members of the league before last week's
STORE owner Maureen Bannon was ordered to leave her clothes shop as the terror alert swept through High Street. As police sealed off streets around the TSB and bomb squad officers raced to the scene, worried officers told her to evacuate Capricorn which
A DISTRAUGHT Middlewich mother, whose son died in a fume filled car, has vowed not to rest until an 'evil' drug dealer is locked up. Lynda Thomas, of King Street, told an inquest that her son Paul had owed the dealer £1,000 but the debt had been paid.
THE TSB bomb-scare left roads around Winsford in a state of gridlocked chaos as police diverted vehicles away from the bank. Police sealed off much of the old High Street in the immediate vicinity of the bank and kept onlookers away from the danger-zone
TERRIFIED staff and customers were evacuated from the TSB bank on Winsford High Street last Friday after "a suspicious package" was left in the building. Police immediately closed off much of the surrounding area and alerted Army bomb disposal experts
But variety is something Dave is never short of. "You meet all kinds of characters," he said. "Both humans and animals." Dave decided he wanted to become a vet at 10. Inspired by James Herriot books, he first got involved by working as a volunteer at
The demonstrators, currently squatting in woodland which will be swallowed up by Manchester Airport's £172m scheme, predict hundreds will join their campaign - making it the biggest green protest Britain has seen. "This is my first campaign," protester
About 60 residents, who currently have nowhere to park outside their homes, will be allowed to leave their cars in public car parks for £5 a year. Residents without garages, drives or whose homes face double yellow lines will qualify for permits in a
Amazed residents reported two spectacular columns of water in Manor Park North at 3pm after Nynex workers hit a water main. But North West Water engineers only reached the burst at 7pm - after a message reporting the accident went astray. Engineers stemmed
Neil Hamilton reported the Knutsford and Wilmslow Express Advertiser to the Press Complaints' Commission yesterday (Tuesday) over a three-page feature repeating cash-for-questions allegations made in a book. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001
SIX of the best from Vale Juniors under-14s at the weekend against hapless Davenham saw them hold onto top spot in the league. Chris Brownsword put the away side ahead on 12 minutes with a volley, but Davenham squared the match after catching Vale on
ON-SONG strikers Darren Washington and Dave Waller proved the perfect partners by sharing four goals in the league and cup for Congleton Town. The pair put the Bears through to the semi-final of the Mid Cheshire Senior Cup with a goal each in extra-time
BUDDING thespians Philip Wilson and Linda Britton tread the boards for the first time next week in an hilarious comedy of family feuding. Philip and Linda take the roles of Bernard and Rachel in Congleton Players' forthcoming production of Season's Greetings
A GROUP of ramblers are demanding action to stop one of their most well used footpaths being closed. Members of the Ramblers Association claim the path, between Vine Tree Avenue and Rope Lane, is a public right of way and say they will take their case
STUDENTS in Crewe have been told NOT to panic after a suspected meningitis scare on campus. A student on the Crewe campus of Manchester Metropolitan University was taken to hospital last week with suspected meningococcal septicaemia, blood poisoning caused
A CORONER has called for better safety around a Crewe stream after a man fell in and drowned in a tragic accident. Student Richard Munn, aged 21, of West Street, Crewe, was making his way home after a night out when he fell into Leighton Brook. DC John
THE development pressures facing Cheshire's countryside from housing, roads, traffic, tourism, leisure, industry, waste, mineral extraction etc, are enormous. Land is a finite resource - no more is being made in Cheshire - and we can see that the use
WHILE I applaud the prompt action taken by local police regarding the bomb scare in the town on Friday, I think a little more concern could have been given to motorists who became the innocent victims. In their zeal to seal off the town centre, no thought
SCREAMS in the night will be heard from the Chester Gateway Theatre in February when audiences watch the spine-chilling play Nightmares. How long do nightmares haunt you? Can dead bodies and dangerous desires ever be forgotten? Two spooky tales from Robert
GOLDILOCKS will be eating a lot of the porridge at Byley Church Hall with three performances of the popular children's story. The cast - made up of the Byley Village Players - has been rehearsing since Christmas for the performance and is finally ready
FORMER Middlewich Athletic striker, Demis Ohandjanian, has joined football league side Doncaster Rovers. And the Robins haven't made a penny! Demis, who recently joined Curzon Ashton, has been taken on by Doncaster on a temporary basis. But despite Athletic
COUNCILLORS delivered apologies to Greenfields Park estate residents at a meeting of the Vale Royal Tenants Forum, on Monday night. Residents last week demanded to know why they were not given information on a housing committee meeting that involved the
WINSFORD's New Images centre is about to go in search of the town's answer to Oasis. A music workshop weekend has been jointly organised with the Northwich-based Banned Network. Groups will be invited to apply for one of the five places on the course,
ANGRY residents from Winsford's Greenfields Park estate went to Wyvern House last week to demand that councillora reveal the truth about the future of their homes. As exclusively revealed in last week's Guardian, a cash shortage means vital work to the
No more teenage TV soap surveillance, Simpsons or Top of the Pops. From now on it's heads down, concentrate and procure the Einsteins of tomorrow. Education and schooling are aeons removed from the romantic times of yesteryear. Free milk and corporal
Let alone a mum-of-two. But 34-year-old Chris Looby - who owns her own television company - relishes the challenge. "It's such a thrill when you see all the elements of a programme come together," she said. "I always feel such a sense of pride and satisfaction
Knutsfordian Richard Walker, 57, suffered a heart attack at the 16th hole at Heyrose Golf Club, Tabley, on Thursday afternoon. Fellow players rushed to his aid, but were unable to revive him. On Monday, his widow Maureen said stress had probably led to
But sometimes his competitiveness would raise a smile in the many changing rooms he graced as footballer, golfer and cricketer. Converted for the new archive on 13 March 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
The accident happened on a bridge on the Macclesfield Road at 6.45am on Monday morning. The 38ton articulated lorry hit the left parapet of the bridge and disappeared over the edge of the right parapet, landing upright with its trailer in the river and
