AT the age of 13 Janie Lovelady is already a potential Olympic champion. She has been showjumping competitively for only three years. But a string of high-profile victories has seen her force her way into the England junior team. One of her best and most
WOODFORD Lodge High School will be 25-years-old this September and to celebrate its birthday, a reunion for the 'class of 71' is being organised. All pupils who attended the school in September 1971 will be invited to a special evening where they will
FOLLOW the lead of Vale Royal Junior Operatics and all the family can have a good time. The group has been rehearsing its latest play, The Revenge of the Pied Piper, which is due to be staged from today, Wednesday, June 19. The play is based on the original
FAMILIES could be left without water if North West Water is allowed to introduce a pre-payment plan, a councillor warned this week. Clr Dorothy Roberts urged Middlewich residents to write to the company and to their MP, Mrs Ann Winterton, about plans
A NEW nursing home for mentally ill people is about to open in Winsford. Westwood Court in Well Street will look after elderly people with mental problems such as Alzheimer's Disease. The home will have 56 bedrooms and create up to 60 new full and part
FIREFIGHTERS are to make fewer routine inspections of properties in Winsford and Middlewich. Around 250 premises will be affected including residential homes, petrol stations and businesses. The move will be enforced across Cheshire in a bid to save money
MIDDLEWICH-based contractors Pochin have won a £750,000 contract to refurbish two existing wards into a new maternity unit at a Wrexham hospital. The scheme follows Pochin's successful creation of a state of the art intensive therapy and high dependency
VETERAN Stan Frith will be bidding for a record-breaking sixth victory when the Golden Anniversary GUARDIAN Cup final is staged on Friday, July 5. The Owley Wood ace came through Monday night's Intermediate Round at Winnington Park Rec after victories
WINSFORD'S first eleven recorded their sixth league win in nine games on Saturday to retain top spot in the second division of the Meller Braggins Cheshire Cricket League. They lost the toss and were asked to field but yet again limited their opponents
A DREAM holiday to Florida became a living nightmare when doctors wrongly told Brian Redmond he had cancer. He was charged £700 for tests which took 10 hours to confirm what he knew when he arrived at hospital. "It was a beautiful holiday ruined by people
PEOPLE power has persuaded town councillors to fight plans to close Brynlow Drive to through traffic. The idea had been suggested by Congleton Borough Council at the suggestion of the Manor Park Residents Association. But at a meeting of Middlewich Town
A GROUP of young Winsford people has scooped a £20,000 National Lottery windfall. The charities board of the lottery announced that it was awarding the cash to Winsford Youth Forum and Project 93, a partnership between the police, the probation service
IT seems that the proposed solution to a traffic problem on Brynlow Drive and Hayhurst Avenue, Middlewich, is to take a sledge-hammer to crack a nut. We object to the proposed closure of these roads in the strongest possible terms on the following grounds
A COURAGEOUS Middlewich man is racing ahead in karting 12 months after being paralysed in a motorcycling accident. Mark Betts, of Benbridge Drive, was determined he would not be beaten after breaking his back when he fell off his bike and hit a road sign
POPULAR Irish singer Mary Duff comes to Winsford this weekend for a concert at the civic hall. Contact June Roberts at the Mary Duff Appreciation Society on 862898 or Winsford Civic Hall on 592944 for tickets. Converted for the new archive on 13 March
SCANDINAVIA'S contribution to the world of music stops at Roxette and ABBA,until now. Norwegian DJ Peer was brought up in England but honed his talents in top Oslo clubs. He has become increasingly sought after at venues all over the world even supporting
A WINSFORD tennis player has proved that having only partial hearing is no obstacle to success. Sharon Templeman, of Mallard Way, has come fourth in the annual Deaf Tennis Championships, beating players from all over the UK. The 18-year-old plays for
A SPECIAL taskforce has been set up by police to crack-down on rowdy youths plaguing villages in Vale Royal. Police have acted to set up Operation Nobel in a bid to identify youngsters and ease concerns of villagers. And they have set up a hot-line in
A SINGLE mother of five claims she is being forced to go back to her fire-ravaged house from which her family was lucky to escape alive. Marian Furmedge said her children are having nightmares about the blaze and are terrified of returning home to Cavendish
WINSFORD'S deputy mayor councillor Scott Marsh was arrested early on Saturday evening. Yesterday, Tuesday, a police spokesman confirmed that Clr Marsh had been arrested "to prevent a breach of the peace". The spokesman said no charges were being brought
TRAIN enthusiasts will show their favourite photographs in a slide show at the Victoria Hotel, Newton, next Wednesday, June 19. The event follows the annual general meeting of the North West branch of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain which begins
SONGS from the famous musicals will be heard at a summer Musical Review performed by members of Golborne St. Thomas's Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society. The night consists of chorus medleys and dance, soloists and humorous sketches. Songs from STADOS's
Learn how to juggle, clown around and much more every Monday, Thursday and Sunday at the Circus School, Haydock Sports and Social Club, Station Road. For details, call Mr Randolph on 01744 605605. The Wind in the Willows day nursery in Earle Street, Newton
