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  • Fitness and friendliness

    Cycling a long way hasn't just increased the size of my legs, it's increased the size of my.... ...warmth for other cyclists. What else did you think it was going to say? Riding through town and back to work today I found was really flying, up in 22nd

  • Parking signs spring up

    CALL it a coincidence, but along with our new traffic wardens I've noticed that a lot more parking restrictions have sprung up around the town centre. Once quiet streets where you could park quite happily for an hour or two now have signs up restricting

  • Benefit cheat stole more than £20,000 with false claims

    A WOMAN who hid her savings and claimed benefits has been given a conditional discharge. Susan Braide, aged 59, of Howson Road, Orford, failed to declare to the borough council that she had savings when claiming housing benefit and council tax benefit

  • Lily Pup survived – and now she needs a loving home

    THIS adorable pup is looking for a new home after being found dumped in a canal. (Click here to see video of Lily at Cheshire Dogs home.) The eight-week-old dog was found in the water along with two other puppies, but the other two were already dead

  • Bannister joins Harlequins

    SECOND row forward Stephen Bannister has left the club to join Harlequins RL. The 19-year-old made his first-team debut in Perpignan against Catalans in August 2006 aged 18. He was also one of the eight Saints juniors to represent England U17s against

  • Helping Madeleine campaign

    AS the search for missing Madeleine McCann continues, a child from Warrington has being doing her bit to help. Zoe Gribben, aged 9, of Fern Close, Birchwood sat outside the house all weekend raising money for the fund set up to help find Madeleine.

  • Swing bridge closed

    CHESTER Road swing bridge was closed this weekend. Traffic chaos ensued with many drivers ignoring the road closure signs. The closure was necessary to allow repair work to take place. What do you think? The road closure is necessary to allow for

  • Did the council ignore petition?

    CAMPAIGNERS against the council's new logo are demanding to know why a petition of 1,700 signatures they collected was not mentioned in a recent meeting. Leading councillors voted in favour of phasing in the new design and reducing the use of the traditional

  • I just wanted to put some enthusiasm into the side

    PITCHING young players into a team that is not performing well can be a tough situation but Kevin Penny handled his full debut well against Leeds Rhinos on Friday night. He said: "I suppose it was a big ask but I'm a bubbly person and I just wanted to

  • Bad weekend for Wolves new boys

    WOLVES' 2008 signings also suffered a disappointing weekend with Michael Monaghan's Manly side slipping to second place in the NRL on Friday. Monaghan again lined up at hooker as Manly were beaten 22-16 at Penrith, while Louis Anderson did not feature

  • Let's raise lots of money!

    Well its been a while since my last blog! Or does it just seem that way? Things have been pretty busy here between appointments with Charlie and the kids club we run as well as the usual fun day to day stuff! Charlie still hasn't had his MRI scan

  • Row follows supermarket closure

    STAFF at Kwik Save have lost their jobs after the Academy Way store was closed . It was one of 79 stores shut by the ailing company last week following months of uncertainty hanging over the discount retailer. In a statement Kwik Save said: "It is with