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Cemetery board members set for trial as town council seeks financial remedy
Cemetery board members set for trial as town council seeks financial remedy
The trial, which expected to last three days, has been brought by claimant, Middlewich Town Council
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December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Cemetery board members set for trial as town council seeks financial remedy
WATCH: Police had to crash into dangerous driver after M6 and M62 pursuit
WATCH: Police had to crash into dangerous driver after M6 and M62 pursuit
SHOCKING video footage has been released showing a dangerous driver trying to head the wrong way down the M62 during a police chase.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
WATCH: Police had to crash into dangerous driver after M6 and M62 pursuit
Brain cancer sufferer who ran length of India in 74 days honoured by football club
Brain cancer sufferer who ran length of India in 74 days honoured by football club
Jack Faint from Northwich completed his epic endurance challenge, Project India 4,000, on around Tuesday, November 11.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Brain cancer sufferer who ran length of India in 74 days honoured by football club
Police close road after three-car smash at A54 crossroads in rush hour
Police close road after three-car smash at A54 crossroads in rush hour
Cheshire Police closed the A54 in between Middlewich and Winsford for about one-and-a-half hours.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Police close road after three-car smash at A54 crossroads in rush hour
Inquest opened into death of woman who 'fell from height' on the M6
Inquest opened into death of woman who 'fell from height' on the M6
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a woman who ‘fell from height’ on the M6.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Inquest opened into death of woman who 'fell from height' on the M6
Fears raised as chiefs back homes on 'grey belt' farmland
Fears raised as chiefs back homes on 'grey belt' farmland
A similar scheme had been thrown out in August due to it being on protected green belt land.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Fears raised as chiefs back homes on 'grey belt' farmland
Drivers warned of disruption as abnormal load 'convoy' takes in towns on way to docks
Drivers warned of disruption as abnormal load 'convoy' takes in towns on way to docks
An special highways order has been granted by Cheshire West and Chester Council for a convoy to travel through the borough between midnight on Sunday, December 7, and 23.59pm on Monday, December 8.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Drivers warned of disruption as abnormal load 'convoy' takes in towns on way to docks
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Green light for controversial plans for 54 affordable homes in open countryside
Green light for controversial plans for 54 affordable homes in open countryside
Cheshire East councillors have approved controversial plans for 54 affordable homes in the open countryside with one saying government policy has put the council ‘between a rock and a hard place’.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Green light for controversial plans for 54 affordable homes in open countryside
Swan deaths after ‘large diesel spill’ on Trent & Mersey Canal put down to bird flu
Swan deaths after ‘large diesel spill’ on Trent & Mersey Canal put down to bird flu
The suspected diesel spill, reported to the Canal & River Trust on Monday, November 24, is believed to have affected a four-mile stretch of the canal between the Anderton Boat Lift and the Broken Cross area.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Swan deaths after ‘large diesel spill’ on Trent & Mersey Canal put down to bird flu
RE teacher helps shape future of lessons on religious freedom in schools nationwide
RE teacher helps shape future of lessons on religious freedom in schools nationwide
Scarlett Hayward, director of learning for religious studies at Hartford Church of England High School, is one eight teachers from across the UK commissioned to review teaching resources for lessons on freedom of religion by the Freedom Declared Foundation (FDF).
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December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
RE teacher helps shape future of lessons on religious freedom in schools nationwide
BMW driver who opted for trial after running red light with camera found guilty
BMW driver who opted for trial after running red light with camera found guilty
Gregory Keniston, of Drillfield Road, ignored the signal on the A556, Chester Road, at the junction with Dalefords Lane, on Monday, May 19, while heading in the direction of Chester.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
BMW driver who opted for trial after running red light with camera found guilty
Suspect in botched garage burglary seen fleeing through neighbouring gardens
Suspect in botched garage burglary seen fleeing through neighbouring gardens
Detectives in Northwich have released a CCTV image of a man they are keen to identify in relation to a number of garage burglary attempts in Hartford.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Suspect in botched garage burglary seen fleeing through neighbouring gardens
Wellbeing festival returning to Cheshire farm for sixth year
Wellbeing festival returning to Cheshire farm for sixth year
A FESTIVAL inspired by empowerment and wellbeing is returning for its sixth year next summer.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Wellbeing festival returning to Cheshire farm for sixth year
Chiefs back plans to flatten and rebuild landmark garden centre
Chiefs back plans to flatten and rebuild landmark garden centre
The proposals were submitted by Falkirk-based company Klondyke Strikes Garden Centres which bought the site in 2006.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Chiefs back plans to flatten and rebuild landmark garden centre
Hunt trial delayed after foxhound killed by train and two shot on same day
Hunt trial delayed after foxhound killed by train and two shot on same day
Liz Gorse, a retired vet, along with fellow Cheshire Forest Hunt director, Teryl Knowles, were due to stand trial on Wednesday, December 3, after two foxhounds were shot and another hit and killed by a train near Barnhouse Lane, Great Barrow.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Hunt trial delayed after foxhound killed by train and two shot on same day
Garage helping to develop next generation of mechanics named among UK's best
Garage helping to develop next generation of mechanics named among UK's best
DC Lomas, based in Road One on the Winsford Industrial Estate, was nominated in two categories in the Top Garage 2025 awards, run by Aftermarket Magazine.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Garage helping to develop next generation of mechanics named among UK's best
'Kick in the teeth': Roberts Bakery starts hiring weeks after mass redundancies
'Kick in the teeth': Roberts Bakery starts hiring weeks after mass redundancies
Roberts Bakery bread plant in Rudheath, now owned by Boparan Private Office, is taking on staff after 86 workers were made redundant by the administrators of its previous owner, Frank Roberts & Sons, on October 14.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
'Kick in the teeth': Roberts Bakery starts hiring weeks after mass redundancies
Investigating complaints against councillors cost equivalent of £200K in staff time
Investigating complaints against councillors cost equivalent of £200K in staff time
CHESHIRE East spent the equivalent of nearly £202,000 in terms of staff time investigating complaints about councillors in 2024/25.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Investigating complaints against councillors cost equivalent of £200K in staff time
Tribute paid to former council leader after death at age 61
Tribute paid to former council leader after death at age 61
FORMER Cheshire East Council leader Michael Jones has died at the age of 61.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Tribute paid to former council leader after death at age 61
Pub issues rallying cry for annual Alder Hey Children's Hospital toy drive
Pub issues rallying cry for annual Alder Hey Children's Hospital toy drive
The Quayside pub is asking for donations for its annual Christmas toy drive for children and babies at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Hospital.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Pub issues rallying cry for annual Alder Hey Children's Hospital toy drive
Thousands line waterway for town's first ever Christmas on the Canal event
Thousands line waterway for town's first ever Christmas on the Canal event
THOUSANDS of people lined the Trent & Mersey Canal at the weekend as Santa Claus paid a visit to Middlewich - on a narrowboat.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Thousands line waterway for town's first ever Christmas on the Canal event
Live band revives music from 60s and 70s for Joshua Tree concert
Live band revives music from 60s and 70s for Joshua Tree concert
A CHARITY concert to support children with cancer has been hailed a huge success.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Live band revives music from 60s and 70s for Joshua Tree concert
Cheshire West councillors picked up £1.2m in allowances
Cheshire West councillors picked up £1.2m in allowances
Each councillor receives a basic allowance of £14,453. Some councillors also receive a special responsibility allowance.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Cheshire West councillors picked up £1.2m in allowances
Trial date set in 2026 for man accused of attempted murder
Trial date set in 2026 for man accused of attempted murder
Martin Mew, of Warmingham Lane, Middlewich, appeared at Chester Crown Court on November 28 where he faced a number of charges.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Trial date set in 2026 for man accused of attempted murder