This Is Cheshire

Stories for 5 March 1998

Congleton News

EXPLOSION ROCKS FEED MILL

PUB landlord Chris Archer told the Congleton GUARDIAN this week of the huge blast which rocked the Hightown area of Congleton.  more...

DANE HOUSING PLEDGES £5.5 MILLION UPGRADE

HUNDREDS of Congleton families are in line for major improvements to their homes as part of a multi-million pound modernisation scheme.  more...

CLIFTON'S INSTEP WITH THE ART WORLD

MULTI-TALENTED chiropodist Clifton Bradeley has turned abstract artist to help create a miniature art gallery for his clients.  more...

CASH INJECTION COULD HALT MARKET SLUMP

CONGLETON'S ailing markets could be in line for a desperately-needed financial boost to revive their fortunes.  more...

STAN'S TUG-O-WAR WITH AN AIRLINER

COALMAN Stan Leach is appealing for cash support to help him and his friends pull a huge airliner down a runway.  more...

Congleton Sport

DRAW FAILS TO HALT SLIP

CONGLETON slipped to second from bottom in the league on Saturday despite a fighting draw at fourth-placed Farsley Celtic.  more...

TEEN HERO SCORES WINNING GOAL FOR ALSAGER

TEENAGER Martin Baddiley was the hero for Alsager on Saturday as he scored the winner against third-placed Malpas.  more...

VICS SET FOR CUP FINAL

KNYPERSLEY Vics look set to book a place in the League Cup final after securing a vital first leg victory in the semi-final.  more...

Congleton What'S On

TOP ACTS AT ROTARY SHOW

CAN CAN dancers shared the limelight with a comedy motor cycle display team at a popular annual concert.  more...

BOOGIE AND BARBER SHOP FOR OAPS

BOOGIE Woogie Bugle Boy and New York New York were among the classic tunes which featured in a popular concert for Congleton pensioners.  more...

CAPITAL TRIP FOR CLONTER

OPERA lovers are heading for London thanks to a £5,000 grant from the Foundation for Sports and Art.  more...

REAL ALE TRIP

LEISURE officer Ian Woolley and 25 fellow real ale lovers travelled to Lancaster this week to sample their favourite brews.  more...

Crewe News

EX-BR CHIEF FACES TRAIN THEFT CHARGES

FORMER BR supervisor at Basford Hall, Barry Daly, has been arrested and charged following allegations of theft and deception involving locomotives and rolling stock.  more...

SERAPH GETS TOWN CENTRE LAUNCH

IT WAS party time in Crewe town centre as Rolls-Royce workers unveiled the new Silver Seraph.  more...

TOWN CENTRE EVACUATION

SHOPPERS, traders and residents were evacuated from Crewe town centre on Thursday after a bomb scare at the post office.  more...

M*A*S*H NURSE JO TO THE RESCUE

NANTWICH nurse Joanne Bailey found herself in the thick of the action during the largest mass casualty incident in Bosnia since allied forces were sent there in 1991.  more...

NEW STAND COULD BOOST ALEX CAPACITY TO 10,000

FOOTBALL fans are hoping to see plans approved this week for a new seater stand at Crewe Alexandra.  more...

CROSSLANDS CONTROVERSY

RESIDENTIAL home chiefs have been quizzed over its closure following fears for the old folk and the future of the building.  more...

CASH BID TO TAKE STRAY CATS OFF THE STREET

CAT lovers in Crewe and Nantwich are hoping for a financial boost this week to help homeless moggies.  more...

MORE HOMES FOR CRONKINSON FARM

MORE than 270 houses look set to be built on land near Nantwich as part of a development at Cronkinson Farm.  more...

FAMILY FURY AFTER PET DIES OF AIRGUN WOUND

ANIMAL lover Jane Harrison is warning other pet owners to be on their guard after their beloved cat was killed by an air rifle pellet.  more...

GRAHAM IS LAGER THAN LIFE AS EDDIE

WHEN Graham Jarvis decided to have a change of hairstyle, little did he know that it would lead to a brand new career.  more...

Crewe Sport

ALEX TEACH READING A LESSON

CREWE ALEX - 1 READING - 0  more...

YABBA DABBERS DO! TOWN CARVE OUT WIN ON PENALTIES

NANTWICH Town were back on form last week with success in the league and the Mid-Cheshire Cup.  more...

RUGBY TEAM FACE STIFF OPPOSITION

CREWE & Nantwich had the misfortune to draw Altrincham/Kersal in the first round of the Cheshire Plate competition, their opponents being odds-on favourites to win the trophy.  more...

SIX OF THE BEST

SOUTH Cheshire U15s reached the fourth round of the North West Trophy and recorded their sixth successive victory with a battling 1-0 win at Macclesfield last Saturday.  more...

Crewe What'S On

VIRTUOSO PERFORMANCE

AN INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed organist will be swapping high class venues for Wistaston's humble Community Centre later this month.  more...

BAND APPEARS

THE United Co-Op Band join Cambridge University Brass Band for a massed Bands Extravaganza. Performance on Sunday March 15 at Shavington High School, 7pm. Tickets £4 concession £2 available from Shavington Sports Centre, Normans Hightown or on the door.  more...

Runcorn,Widnes Features

DON'T SUFFER ALONE

FAMILIES who live the nightmare of witnessing their child destroy itself with drugs can now draw on a new source of help.  more...

HEART ATTACK GRANNY HAILS HOSPITAL HEROES

A RUNCORN woman who was pronounced dead after a double heart attack has been given a second chance at life - thanks to Halton's new Rapid Response Team.  more...

JEAN'S FOND FAREWELL

HALTON Haven's nurse manager Jean Oldroyd is taking early retirement after 40 years in the job.  more...

CAREER CHANGE KAREN

EVER stand around at work thinking you've made a dreadful mistake and wishing you could do something else? Most people do at some point but few have the courage to do it.  more...

PETE PRICE COLUMN

SURPRISE, surprise... the French don't like us!  more...

Runcorn,Widnes News

HOMES BLACKOUT

SIX HUNDRED homes were blacked out on Monday afternoon when a damaged cable caused a power cut in Widnes.  more...

BROW SEX ATTACK

POLICE are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a woman on The Brow estate on the night of Monday, February 23.  more...

SCAM

THE chief executive of Mersey Regional Ambulance, David Todhunter, has denounced as a "scam" publishing companies bringing out unauthorised diaries and calendars. He said the ambulance trust only uses one company, which produces official literature and has a letter of approval.  more...

BIRDS

PLASTIC hawks, distress signals, shotguns blasting - it has all been tried and nothing works.  more...

CCTV SAFETY

PLANS to instal TV cameras in Widnes and Runcorn town centres could soon be increased to include local shopping centres, the busway and Runcorn East railway station.  more...

CRUELTY CASE

A MAN who made a little boy's life a misery by treating him with extreme cruelty has been sent to prison for his brutality.  more...

GAS ESCAPE

TOXIC chlorine gas escaped from an ICI chemical plant at Runcorn following a 10-minute power cut.  more...

THE construction of Phase II of the Auto Quest Stadium has been delayed, Halton Council announced th

Work on the West Stand, estimated at costing £3.2 million, has been postponed until June 1998. It was to have started in February.  more...

NEW JOBS

MORE THAN 1,000 new jobs are coming to Runcorn after Halton Council convinced a telecom company to move its headquarters here.  more...

MAYOR

HALTON'S first unitary mayor will be Cllr Lawrence Fitzgerald, it was announced this week.  more...

RENT RISES

RENTS in Halton's council houses are going up.  more...

LOWER COUNCIL TAX BILLS

HALTON'S council tax payers will be receiving one of the lowest bills in the North West.  more...

UNITARY GIFTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG

HALTON'S oldest citizen is to receive a commemorative gift to mark the borough becoming a unitary authority.  more...

MY SUFFERING IN SILENCE

THE WIDNES woman whose courage led to the conviction this week of two child abuse sex perverts has spoken exclusively to the World about her ordeal.  more...

JAILED FOR SCHOOLGIRL SEX ASSAULTS

TWO men were jailed this week after admitting a catalogue of sexual offences - in separate assaults - against a former Widnes schoolgirl.  more...

FRENCH DREAM

A WIDNES schoolboy has landed a spot on a Rugby League tour of France - but needs to raise £800 to secure his place.  more...

RIGHTS GROUP CLOSES

A WELFARE group which provides Halton's unemployed with benefits advice is to shut next month because of council funding cuts.  more...

FIRE

FIREMEN are appealing to people to check their smoke alarm batteries after a West Bank house fire in which a three-year-old child and its parents were injured at the weekend.  more...

Runcorn,Widnes Sport

SHELLSHOCKED

Emley 6 Runcorn...2  more...

QUIGLEY'S HAT-TRICK

West Cheshire League Division Two  more...

HALFWAY TO PARADISE

Halfway 3  more...

HELSBY RECORD

South Liverpool 14  more...

SUNDAY SOCCER

Results for March 1: Paddy Heffernan Memorial Trophy:FC Brewer 1 St Andrews 4; Dray Athletic 1 Bridgewater 0; Hitchens 2 Old Transporter 2; Columbas Old Boys 3 Burma Star 7; Cherry Tree 7 Stadt Moers 3; Golden Wonder 2 Weston Point Seniors 2; Fiddlers 111 2 Cornerhouse 2.  more...

MOND HOLD ASHVILLE

Carlsberg West Cheshire League - Division One  more...

NEW SYSTEM PAYS DIVIDENDS

Warrington Youth League  more...

TOWN FIGHT BACK

South Wirral Premier Division  more...

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Widnes Vikings 6 Salford Reds...48  more...

BARLOW SAVES HITCHENS

Hitchens 2  more...

NEW SIGNING

WIDNES VIKINGS have further bolstered their squad with the signing of former Wigan forward Ian Gildart.  more...

BEARS MATCH REPORTS

Crusaders u7s 30  more...

HORNETS ROUND-UP

Halton Hornets u14s 28  more...

RESULTS & FIXTURES

Results for February 28:  more...

FIXTURES

Fixtures for March:  more...

IT'S THE PITS!

Leigh Miners 32  more...

WIDNES DEFY THE ELEMENTS

Widnes 42  more...

ALBERT THWARTED

Widnes Albert ARLFC 9  more...

NEW CAPTAIN

CHARLIE KEVAN drove into office as the new captain of Widnes Golf Club on Sunday. Introduced on to the first tee by the out-going captain Mervyn Jones, he was serenaded by members of the ladies' section with a rendition ofCharlie Is My DarlingIt was straight down to business as the new captain took on the old in a four-ball match which also involved 40 other club members. Honours were even as the better-ball contest was declared a half, at 5-5.  more...

A LESSON IN RUGBY

Widnes RUFC Women 36  more...

WIDS KIDS ROUND-UP

Widnes u15s 24  more...

  
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