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Cheshire | Archive | 1998 | October

Stories for 8 October 1998

Congleton News

TRADERS TO GET TOUGH

CONGLETON shopkeepers are declaring war on shoplifters and vandals in a hi-tech bid to drive criminals from the town centre. more...

DRUGS PROBLEM PROMPTS PUBLIC MEETING

PARENTS are being urged to attend a major public meeting being staged to alert people to the dangers of illegal drugs. more...

JOBS SAVED BY SALE OF HI-TECH BUSINESS

ALMOST 90 jobs have been saved with the sale of a hi-tech manufacturing operation. more...

PUB DANCE PLAN SPARKS PROTEST

ANGRY residents are up in arms about pub landlord Antony Wilson's plans to stage late-night functions. more...

COMPUTER FIRM ON TRACK FOR SUCCESS

CONGLETON computer company JSB Software Technologies has turned around its fortunes to produce a profit for the past 12 months. more...

INQUEST JURY FAILS TO AGREE VERDICT ON ARTIST'S DEATH

AN INQUEST into the death of a mentally ill artist from Alsager has been adjourned until December after the coroner's jury failed to reach a verdict. more...

POWER CUT HITS 9,000 HOMES

THOUSANDS of Biddulph families lost their electricity on Sunday morning after a major supply network went down. more...

GREEN ISSUES GO UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

BIDDULPH people can put their views on the state of the planet to environmental experts next week. more...

BAKERS' GATE GIFT

MASTER bakers have used some of their dough to pay for a pair of new entrance gates at a retirement complex. more...

RESIDENT INJURED IN HOUSE FIRE

FOUR firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled a house fire in Scholar Green on Tuesday morning. more...

SILVER ANNIVERSARY FOR ADULLAM HOMES

CONGLETON'S town and borough mayors have been invited to join in tomorrow's planned celebrations for the success of a major homeless initiative. more...

SPUD SALE REQUEST

PLANNERS are being asked to allow baked potatoes to be sold three days a week in Congleton town centre. more...

Congleton Sport

CUP SUCCESS FOR BEARS

CONGLETON Town kept their cup bandwagon rolling with two superb victories in the space of four days. more...

ALSAGER FLY HIGH AT TOP OF TABLE

HIGHFLYING Alsager have gone clear at the top of the league after another convincing victory on Saturday. more...

VICS BOUNCE BACK

ROCK bottom Knypersley Vics bounced back to earn an excellent point against highflying Kings Norton Town on Saturday. more...

DECISIVE DEFEAT FOR THIRD PLACED CONGLETON

THIRD-PLACED Congleton went down to a decisive 24-3 defeat at second-placed Dukinfield at the weekend in a match which promised to be a close affair. more...

Crewe News

HOSPITAL BLUNDER COSTS £1.7m

A TEENAGE twin, brain damaged after being starved of oxygen during her birth at Leighton Hospital, has won £1.7million damages in London's High Court. more...

SCORN FOR SAUNA LAW THREAT

CAMPAIGNERS look set to lose their legal battle to save Nantwich Sauna after a council officer investigating the complaints labelled them "ridiculous." more...

FIRE HERO IS HAUNTED BY HORRIFIC MEMORIES

FIRE hero David Johnston has told a court how the horror of the night he braved a fire to rouse other tenants in the Crewe flats where he lived still haunts him. more...

FIGHT TO SAVE 'IDEAL' SCHOOL

VILLAGERS are fighting to save the school they claim fits the government's primary education criteria to a tee. more...

WATCH THEFT PROMPTS £100 REWARD

A REWARD of £100 has been offered for the return of a family heirloom stolen by cruel thieves last week. more...

BOROUGH MOURNS DON

HONORARY Alderman and Freeman of the borough Donald Holt JP died on Sunday aged 77. more...

JURY RULES WORKER'S DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL

A CREWE man was crushed to death under a ton load which fell from machinery operated by untrained staff, an inquest heard on Tuesday. more...

SOLICITOR FACES 12 CHARGES OF THEFT

A SOUTH Cheshire solicitor with a high community profile has been charged with theft. more...

ROSS VS RHINO IN TV GLADATORIAL COMBAT

A BRAVE Nantwich athlete has taken on the might of the Gladiators and survived to tell the tale. more...

PLEA TO PATIENTS

LEIGHTON Hospital's ambulance service has called for patients to stop wasting time as needy patients miss out on the service as a result. more...

DISEASED TREES FELLED

NINE lime trees alongside the town's Coronation Gardens have been felled after an investigation revealed they were suffering from a root disease. more...

TWO MEN TO FACE ASSAULT CHARGES

TWO men from Scotland have been charged in connection with an assault on a female store detective in Crewe. more...

CLOTHING FACTORY SELL-OFF WILL NOT MEAN JOB LOSSES

CLOTHING firm Austin Reed is putting its Crewe factory up for sale following a review of the manufacturing side of the business. more...

MILLENNIUM MOVES TO MAKE A TOP TOWN

LITTER, vandalism and more entertainment for under 18s were some of the main topics raised by visitors to a Millennium exhibition in Sandbach. more...

COMPOST CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF WITH BIN OFFER TO RESIDENTS

A MAJOR campaign aimed at encouraging people to compost their garden waste is being launched by the borough council. more...

GYMNASTS' TOURNAMENT TRIUMPH

TALENTED young gymnasts Rebecca Mason, left, and Hannah Wright have scooped top honours at regional competitions. more...

POSTAL WORKER STEVE WANTS TO MAKE A VITAL DELIVERY

A CARING Crewe postal worker is set to make a vital delivery later this month to hand a lifeline to sick children in Eastern Europe. more...

Crewe Sport

TONIC FOR THE TROOPS

CREWE manager Dario Gradi has welcomed the chance for extra training sessions as Alex fans face a football-free fortnight. more...

INJURY TIME STRIKE STALLS DABBERS' CUP PROGRESS

NANTWICH Town looked set to qualify for the next round of the FA Cup after a goal by Dougie Dawson 20 minutes before the whistle. more...

OLD BOYS ARE IN TOP FORM

Crewe & Nantwich - 8 St Edwards Old Boys - 21 more...

Runcorn,Widnes Features

DJ PRIZE BID

A DETOUR to Ibiza has set a Widnes man on the road to London and potential club culture stardom, culminating in a place in a DJ-ing final to be broadcast on nationwide radio this month. more...

NEVER MIND THE PRICE

I HATE kicking people when they are down... but are our tired, battered old railways every going to improve? more...

Runcorn,Widnes News

CHILD CRULETY WOMAN ON TRIAL

A WOMAN visiting an injured child in hospital pressed his head into the bed and said aggressively, "It's all right", a court has heard. more...

DON'T BLAME US

HALTON Social Services has denied claims made in court that a failure to escort patients to and from a Runcorn day centre contributed to the death of a 57-year-old patient. more...

ARSON PROBE

ARSON is believed to be the cause of a massive fire which wreaked havoc at Castlefields local Centre on Monday night. more...

TOP MARKS FOR CAVENDISH

CAVENDISH School in Runcorn is celebrating its latest success - attaining the national Standard of excellence, Investors in People recognition. more...

CRASH DEATH MAN APPEAL REJECTED

A MAN jailed for four years after he was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving, failed to have his conviction overturned and his sentence reduced last Friday. more...

FURTHER development plans for the Daresbury Hotel costing £11 million pounds have been submitted to Halton Borough Council's Planning Department this week to provide further bedrooms and a new leisure club on the site. more...

CABLE CAUSES BLAZE

A RUNCORN resident had a nasty surprise awaiting him when he returned from a night out in the early hours of Monday to find his rented flat ablaze. more...

HOMELESS ROW

A RUNCORN family could be made homeless because housing benefit was paid to their neighbour instead of them, it was claimed this week. more...

'HYSTERICAL' MUM JAILED

A HYSTERICAL young mother kicked a social worker's car and bent its windscreen wipers causing £300 damage, Warrington Crown Court heard on Friday. more...

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