NORTHWICH Police registered immediate success on the first day of a new six-month campaign to apprehend shoplifters. Officers from the Special Constabulary launched Operation Elne on Saturday, July 19, which saw coordinated uniform and plain clothes
MORE than £1,000 was donated by shoppers in a charity collection at a Northwich supermarket. The Vale Royal Macmillan Cancer Support Group collected £1,025 at Aldi, in Leicester Street. Wendy Wren, from the group, said: “Thank you to all who
THE Neuromuscular Centre in Winsford is currently appealing for volunteers to help it deliver various fundraising events and support people affected by muscular dystrophy. The Woodford Lane West charity offers help and support in the form of training
MIDFIELDER Chris Atkinson has become Crewe’s second signing of the summer The 22-year-old arrives on a two-year deal after impressing boss Steve Davis during pre-season. Released by Championship outfit Huddersfield last month, Atkinson has also
SUSPECTED arsonists set fire to two cars parked in a driveway in Rudheath in the early hours of the morning today, Friday. Firefighters were called to the incident in Melchett Crescent just after midnight. They used two hose reels to extinguish
PARENTS Rebecca and David Reed from Middlewich have been overwhelmed by the support for an appeal to buy a specialist bed for their son. William Reed, aged five, suffers from severe epilepsy caused by seven tumours on his brain, the result of
BRIAN Pritchard has challenged his players to repeat their previous performance when they host Chester in a friendly tomorrow, Saturday. Witton Albion proved too strong for Telford, another team from non-league football’s top flight, in a 3-1 victory
A MEDAL has been given to a Northwich charity by a mysterious benefactor who the group is keen to trace. The Queen Elizabeth II 1953 Coronation Medal arrived at the Alzheimer’s Society, in Navigation Road, by post in a padded envelope but included
THE Winsford 1-5 Group organised a walk and cycle to work day for all the 4,000 estate workers on Winsford Industrial Estate. A murky morning didn’t stop more than 270 locals donning their lycra and walking shoes and setting off for the office.
A CAMPAIGN group from Crewe is calling on residents to help their local park’s wildlife thrive. Queens Park Wildlife Conservation Group has joined forces with the fishing community to make sure the population of swans in the park can co-exist in
A HOSPITAL car park will be closed for six weeks as part of improvement work. The main entrance car park at Leighton Hospital, off the Smithy Lane entrance to the site, will be closed from Monday, July 28, to Monday, September 8. Work includes
THE first Middlewich Food and Drink Festival is set to take place in the town centre with an appearance from celebrity chef David Mooney. The festival will run alongside the Makers Market on Saturday, July 26, and Sunday July 27, and will see
A ROUNDERS game at a Davenham pub raised £1,000 for charity. The Oddfellows hosted the game on Sunday, July 20, in aid of St Luke’s Hospice. The cash was raised through a raffle, children making and selling loom bands, customers paying to play
SEVERAL hundred people flocked to Willaston Village Fete on Sunday. Organised by the parish council on the Lettie Spencer Playing Fields, off Wybunbury Road, the event began with a procession from the Moorfields War memorial. The procession
FUNDRAISING Winsford cyclists who rode a gruelling circuit of Britain’s canal network have generated £2,480 for charity. Nick Dean, Mark Winterman and Roy Pennington stage the event each year in aid of the Leighton Hospital Prostate Cancer Support
