News

Post Office staff to strike Tuesday

A fifth round of strike action will be taken by Crown post office workers on Tuesday 28th May as the dispute over jobs, closures and pay continues. Talks…

Alsager autism school gets green light

The Department for Education has approved plans by the National Autistic Society (NAS) to run a specialist free school in Church Lawton, near Alsager. The school – which…

Princess Royal to attend Cheshire Show

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal has accepted a role as President of this year’s Cheshire County Show. The Princess will visit the Tabley showground for the second…

Freedom of Warrington for regiment

Warrington council has granted the Freedom of the Borough to 75 Engineer Regiment (Volunteers). The freedom was granted in recognition of the long and close association between Warrington…

Wayne and Coleen Rooney have son

Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen have had a second son, the couple announced today. Mrs Rooney gave birth to Klay Anthony Rooney at 2.11am.…

  Sport

Lille defender may join Toure to bolster Liverpool FC defence

Lille defender may join Toure to bolster Liverpool FC defence

Lille defender Aurelien Chedjou maybe coming to Anfield this summer, to join free agent Kalo Toure in a new-look Liverpool…

  Celebrity

Caprice loves being pregnant

Caprice loves being pregnant

Model and entrepreneur Caprice  says pregnancy agrees with her and any effect on her figure will hopefully be short-lived. The…

Helen Flanagan voted sexiest in the UK

Helen Flanagan voted sexiest in the UK

Helen Flanagan has been crowned the Sexiest Woman in all of the United Kingdom. The plaudit comes in the latest…

  Entertainment

Review: Star Trek into Darkness

Review: Star Trek into Darkness

Is it time to put the Star Trek franchise to sleep? On the evidence of this latest edition the answer…

Radio 4′s Book at Beachtime returns

Radio 4′s Book at Beachtime returns

Book at Beachtime – a season of gripping,reads for the summer holidays – will be returning to BBC Radio 4…


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Culture

Wirral Festival of Firsts 2013

Wirral Festival of Firsts 2013

The Programme  has now been finalised for Wirral’s biggest (largely free) festival of music, culture, and the arts The main art attraction of the show takes place on…

Barnaby Festival Art Trail

Barnaby Festival Art Trail

For over two weeks this June  14-24) Macclesfield town centre comes alive with the colour and creativity of the Barnaby Art Trail – more time to see more…

New X-box could broaden market

New X-box could broaden market

TIGA, the organisation representing the games industry, has welcomed the announcement of the latest Xbox console and said that it now looked forward to hearing more about how…

Crewe and Nantwich Rock Choir free concert

Crewe and Nantwich Rock Choir free concert

The Crewe and Nantwich Rock Choir will perform a free open air concert at 11am until 2pm on Saturday May 25 in Crewe’s Municipal Square. The Rock Choir…

Outstanding talent on show at Priestley College

Outstanding talent on show at Priestley College

BTEC Performing Arts students have staged one of the most ambitious productions ever to be produced by warrington’s Priestley College. We Will Rock You ran over three nights…

Barnaby spelt out around Macclesfield

Barnaby spelt out around Macclesfield

Giant 3-D letters spelling out the word B-A-R-N-A-B-Y are popping up in windows around Macclesfield town centre in the run up to this year’s festival in June. The…

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Business News

Council welcomes new tenants for Alderley Park

Council welcomes new tenants for Alderley Park

The aim to build a Bio Science Park and Incubator of global significance at AstraZeneca’s Alderley Park base has been given a massive boost with the news…

Property

First tenants at Northwich Business Centre

First tenants at Northwich Business Centre

Northwich Business Centre is now open and the first tenants have already moved in. Since purchasing the building last year Crystal, sister company to Manchester-based commercial property…

Premier League

Pellegrini will coach not manage Man City

Pellegrini will coach not manage Man City

Manchester City are ready to adopt a continental style management structure with the expected appointment of Manuel Pellegrini, who announced today that he would be leaving Malaga.…

Basketball

Bridgewater U14s crowned National Basketball Champions 2013

Bridgewater U14s crowned National Basketball Champions 2013

Warrington’s Bridgewater High’s U/14s became the Dynamic National Basketball champions following the finals day held last Sunday at the Nottingham Wildcats Arena. A bus with parents, staff…

Rugby Union

Sale Sharks sign three new faces

Sale Sharks sign three new faces

Sale Sharks have added three new forwards to their depleted squad. The three are: Michael Paterson, Kirill Kulemin and Charlie Walker-Blair. Number eight Paterson arrives from Cardiff…

Rugby League

Jon Clarke extends Widnes Vikings contract

Jon Clarke extends Widnes Vikings contract

Vikings captain Jon Clarke has today penned an extended contract at the club until the end of the 2014 Super League season. Among Clarke’s many admirers in…

Ice Hockey

Manchester Phoenix seal deal for Czech mates

Manchester Phoenix seal deal for Czech mates

Manchester Phoenix player-coach Tony Hand has completed his first signings for the 2013-14 season by bringing back fan favourite Michal Psurny and snapping up imposing forward Frantisek…

Upcoming Events

Feb
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2013
all-day Dialects of Cheshire @ Weaver Hall Museum
Dialects of Cheshire @ Weaver Hall Museum
Feb 5 – Jun 15 all-day
Dialects of Cheshire @ Weaver Hall Museum
A special exhibition is being held at Weaver Hall Museum & Workhouse in Northwich which explores the Cheshire dialect and linking it to its [...]
Mar
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2013
all-day Radical Figures: Post-war British Figurative Painting @ Manchester Art Gallery
Radical Figures: Post-war Britis… @ Manchester Art Gallery
Mar 16 – Mar 15 all-day
Radical Figures: Post-war British Figurative Painting @ Manchester Art Gallery | Manchester | England | United Kingdom
A new display at Manchester Art Gallery explores the pioneering role that painters such as Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and David Hockney played in the [...]
Jun
5
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2013
7:45 pm Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit @ Harlequin Theatre
Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit @ Harlequin Theatre
Jun 5 @ 7:45 pm – Jun 8 @ 7:45 pm
Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit @ Harlequin Theatre | Northwich | England | United Kingdom
Socialite and novelist Charles Condomine invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for [...]