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Cheshire | Archive | 2000 | March

Stories for 10 March 2000

Congleton News

WAR OF WORDS

DOZENS of residents living near Westlands High School are up in arms over plans to convert the site into a huge housing estate. more...

FOOTBALL CLUB HOPES TO SCORE WITH NEW GRANDSTAND PLAN

FOOTBALL fans should find out this week whether plans for a new 300-capacity grandstand at Alsager Town FC will get the green light. more...

GUN RAID PROMPTS REWARD OFFER

A SUBSTANTIAL reward is being offered after a lone gunman targeted a store in Biddulph as part of a string of robberies. more...

TOWN DIGS DEEP FOR FLOOD APPEAL

BIG-HEARTED Congleton people have inundated a town centre charity shop with cash to help the Mozambique flood victims. more...

DOORMEN TO HAVE THEIR BEHAVIOUR MONITORED

DOORMEN working in Congleton and across the borough are to have their behaviour monitored by a new police-run registration scheme. more...

SKATE RAMP DILEMMA

BIDDULPH people are being asked for their views on a plan to move the town's controversial skate ramp indoors. more...

HOLIDAY HELP

STUDENTS will be wrestling in mud this week to help ensure sick children have a holiday to remember. more...

REGENERATION GETS PUBLIC SUPPORT

RESIDENTS in Biddulph are backing plans to regenerate the town with calls for more facilities for young people and a one way system. more...

FERGAL'S FINAL GLORY

A FORMER Alsager School pupil has been chosen as one of just five finalists in a young musician of the year competition. more...

RESTORATION OF PARK IS AT STAGE 2

A TIMETABLE of work towards the second stage of the planned restoration of Congleton's park has been prepared. more...

BROTHERS MAKE IT TO NATIONAL FARMING FINALS

CONGLETON farming brothers Stuart and Richard Yarwood have won through to the final of a national agricultural contest. more...

BIDDULPH GRANGE GETS GIN SPONSORS

HEAD gardener Andrew Humphris was in high spirits this week after winning a sponsorship deal from a leading gin maker. more...

Congleton Sport

BEARS ON A GOAL SPREE

Congleton Town - 5 Netherfield Kendal - 1 more...

BACUP MAKE THEIR POINT

Alsager AFC - 1 Bacup Borough - 1 more...

Crewe Features

WILL POWER ENABLES SCOTT TO WALK AGAIN AND PROVE THE DOCTORS WRONG

A FORMER Nantwich Town footballer is continuing an inspirational recovery after suffering serious injuries in a car crash. more...

Crewe News

MISSION OF MERCY

A CREWE fireman is tackling a dangerous mission in Mozambique helping with the massive flood rescue operation. more...

GEARED UP FOR 1,000 JOBS

THE BOROUGH'S luxury car makers could see a 1,000 jobs boost over the next three or four years, with annual production up to 9,000 cars. more...

PHARMACISTS FINED AFTER TODDLER'S DEATH

TWO pharmacists were fined for supplying defective medicine to a baby after a charge of manslaughter had earlier been thrown out by the Judge. more...

ASYLUM SEEKERS MAY GET COUNCIL HOUSES

UP TO 25 empty council houses in the borough could be offered to asylum seekers. more...

FALLING MASONRY JUST MISSES PEDESTRIAN

STRUCTURAL engineers have been examining the front of Crewe's historic Market Hall after a chunk of masonry fell into the street narrowly missing a passer-by. more...

LOUISE TAKES TEA WITH CHERIE AT DOWNING STREET

PRIMARY school pupil Louise Phillips paid a visit to two of the most famous houses in the world last week. more...

SECURITY CONSCIOUS CAR PARKS KEEP THEIR AWARDS

SUCCESSFUL security measures have helped three borough council car parks retain a national award this year. more...

TOUCAN PLAY THE CROSSING GAME

A NEW crossing is being built near Reaseheath to encourage students to get out of their parents' cars and walk to college. more...

SPORTS STARS TO BE HONOURED

SPORTING heroes from Crewe and Nantwich are to be honoured by adding them to the borough's Roll of Honour. more...

CASH SHORTAGE PROMPTS COUNCIL HOUSE TRANSFER

TENANTS and leaseholders could be consulted on whether to transfer council houses to a specially created housing company. more...

LIFE AND TIMES OF WISTASTON

VILLAGERS at Wistaston have encapsulated their community life and buried it for future generations to unearth. more...

GREEN CAMPAIGNERS CALL FOR TRANSPORT CHANGES

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners in Nantwich are calling for the Government to shift the emphasis of its transport policy away from cars. more...

COLLECTORS NEEDED FOR DAFFODIL DAY

HELPERS are urgently needed for the Marie Curie Cancer Care more...

VOTE'S THE SAME

IN THE borough's second by-election the Conservatives held on to the Wistaston St Mary's seat but without any gain. more...

Crewe Sport

VALE ARE VANQUISHED

KENNY Lunt won Crewe the points with a stunning free kick two minutes from time in a tense derby against Port Vale on Tuesday. more...

CREWE FC STORM TO CUP FINAL

CREWE FC made history with a 3-1 victory in their semi-final clash with Littlemoor at the Cumberland Sports Ground on Saturday. more...

NANTWICH RESERVES ROLL OVER DOMINOS WITH A NEW LOOK BENCH

SOME surprise new signings were unveiled at Nantwich Town's Reserves fantastic 2-0 victory over leaders Stone Dominos on Saturday. more...

TOWN POSTPONED

NANTWICH Town's game at Atherton Collieries on Tuesday night was postponed. more...

Warrington Business

Bishop takes the bosses into school

TEENAGERS at Birchwood Community High School, Warrington got a chance to meet business men and women who might employ them in the future when the school hosted the Bishop of Warrington's Business Lunch. more...

Don't delay, apply now

LATE enquiries for Warrington Business Awards should now be directed to Trevor Buckley at Mayet Communications, 2, Palmyra Square North, Warrington, WA1 IJQ, tel 01925 4118773. more...

Daresbury conference gives a boost to microsystems industry

MICROSYSTEMS technology, which could lead to the creation of new jobs and companies in Warrington and the north west in the future, was the subject of a conference at Daresbury Laboratory organised by Warrington-based Faraday Foresight North West. more...

New partnership will break down barriers

A NEW Information, Advice and Guidance Partnership for Warrington, Halton, Wirral and Cheshire was launched at the Park Royal International Hotel, Warrington. more...

Warrington Features

Home is where the work is for Karen

WORKING from home is an option that appeals to many women. more...

A good place

to start more...

Contact Pat

IF you have information about your organisation, job, company, hobbies or women's issues which concern you, contact Pat Gill Bolton, group features editor on 01925 434119 or by e-mail on: pgillbolton@guardiangrp.co.uk more...

USEFUL contacts on the jobs and training scene:

Business Link, Warrington 01925 715000; North and Mid Cheshire TEC 01928 599000; Warrington Careers Office 01925 416611; Warrington Job Centre 01925 785400; Warrington GUARDIAN recruitment section; Midweek GUARDIAN recruitment section; Fish4 jobs guide on the Internet: www.fish4jobs.co.uk more...

Helen's on the rocks

- but she's delighted! more...

Women seeking job shares plea to bosses

MPLOYERS need to waken up to the fact that there are plenty of experienced women available for work on a part time basis, but they want job shares, not a few hours work each day. more...

Warrington Letters

Clear up, pet owners

I HAVE just been for a walk with my husband and our dog in a landscaped area in Appleton and I have to say I'm disgusted at the amount of dog dirt we came across. I have often noticed the amount of dog dirt that isn't cleared up and today I just felt I had to say something. more...

Reconsider decision

I AM writing as a former pupil of St James's School, many years ago, and therefore have an allegiance and affection for it. I lived in the Chester Road area and walked to and from the school twice a day. Crossing the then much less busy A49 was made safe by a duty policeman. more...

Kerbside collection is only effective method

IT IS reassuring that Rachel Priest (letters February 24) is content with the services she gets from Warrington Borough Council, but I must take issue with her over the re-cycling fiasco. She states that Warrington will improve its waste re-cycling percentages in the near future. more...

Taking the choice away from tenants

I REFER to your article on page 7 of the Guardian, February 24, especially to the remarks of the unnamed council spokesman that the judge's findings only applied to Carolan (not even a Mr). I could suggest that this spokesman comes out from behind the smokescreen he or she is trying to make - these changes to the tenancy agreement affected the whole of the 11,000 plus council tenants. Then again, at the end of the day, it was the Labour members of the committee (some of whom are up for re-election in May) who made the political decision to accept the officer's recommendations. more...

More to life than money

THE unfolding saga reported in the GUARDIAN regarding the closure of St Werburgh's School and the proposed subsequent integration with St James's has made alarming reading. My own children attended St Werburgh's and my bungalow backs on to the school playing field. more...

Bus blues

JOHN Prescott is urging us to leave our cars behind and use public transport. Some bus drivers clearly don't share his views. more...

We put them in office and can just as easily take them out

AS disgusted as he may be, John Clements was wrong to resign his post as a parish councillor and stepping down as a borough council candidate in the forthcoming May elections because he is in disagreement with the antics of certain council leaders. We need him in a position to stop them. more...

Warrington News

TOE THE LINE

Exclusive by STEPHEN RYLANCE more...

Zandra has designs on Ossie's fashions

Exclusive by JOEL SAWYER more...

Mum's crusade to learn more about rare illness

THE mother of a little girl suffering from a rare illness is appealing for help from GUARDIAN readers to find out more about her condition. more...

£50,000 a year to maintain artworks

Exclusive by CHRIS WOOD more...

Baby Callum's death still a mystery two years on

MYSTERY still surrounds the death of tragic baby Callum - two years after the tot's untimely death. more...

Town leaders' anger as leaked Home Office memo blights city hopes

TOWN leaders have reacted angrily to reports that Warrington has failed in its bid to become a Millennium city. more...

Come to Daresbury ...the site is right

EXCLUSIVE by CHRIS WOOD more...

Euro MP calls for curb on young drinkers

EURO MP Brian Simpson is calling for action to be taken to tackle Warrington's problem with under-age drinkers. more...

MS sufferer Garnet makes drugs plea

MULTIPLE Sclerosis sufferer Garnet Brown made the trip down to Parliament yesterday in his bid to persuade the Government to give him access to a new treatment before it is too late. more...

Jay celebrates 5ive's Brit award

BOYBAND heartthrob Jay Brown led his band 5ive in opening the Brits music awards last week, when they claimed the title of Best Pop Act. more...

3, 2, 1 ... let the Fleadh begin

WITH just three days to go until Fleadh 2000, the final preparations are being put in place for what promises to be Warrington's biggest and best Irish festival ever. more...

Tot's bathtime blues

FIREFIGHTERS were called on to carry out a difficult operation when a little girl's bathtime turned to tears. more...

Refugees move into Orford flats

EXCLUSIVE by PETER MAGILL more...

Woman, 93, robbed by conmen

INTRUDERS invaded the privacy of a 93-year-old woman - and escaped with broken watches. more...

Mr Smith's gets consent for extra 250 clubbers

BLUEPRINTS by a top night club for an extra 250 punters provoked fears about the state of late night Warrington from councillors. more...

College tries to kick the habit

STUDENTS and staff at Warrington's Collegiate Institute were urged to give up the evil weed this week as part of National No Smoking Day. more...

David comes to the rescue

LOOKING after your toes when you're 98 years old and certified blind is no mean feet - but Harold Edwards, former Mayor of Warrington, was told that was what he would have to do after health bosses changed care criteria. more...

Traffic chaos

THERE was traffic chaos in Warrington yesterday morning, Wednesday, after motorists were diverted following a chemical leak in Runcorn. more...

Down to business in Golden Square

YOUNG entrepreneurs from across Cheshire will be descending on Warrington's Golden Square this weekend, to compete for custom with the big shops. more...

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