http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk// Top stories for News http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071275_haveago_teens_praised FOUR courageous teenagers who instinctively gave chase when a thief knocked a pensioner to the ground while stealing her handbag have been commended for their bravery. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071275_haveago_teens_praised Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071277_high_school_students_make_it_into_perfect_ten THESPIANS are often told to break a leg before they tread the boards but one GCSE student, who has come in the top ten drama students in the WHOLE country, took it a bit too literally. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071277_high_school_students_make_it_into_perfect_ten Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071280_tricks_could_land_revellers_with_fines TROUBLE-makers across Wilmslow are being warned that the only tricks they face being treated to this Halloween and bonfire night are on-the-spot fines, arrests and a criminal record. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071280_tricks_could_land_revellers_with_fines Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071281_barack_is_just_the_ticket_for_student FOR most young Britons a roller coaster ride in America means a trip to a theme park. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071281_barack_is_just_the_ticket_for_student Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071285_time_called_by_two_publicans TWO pub landlords have called last orders and quit within the last two weeks. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071285_time_called_by_two_publicans Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071293_energy_students_shock_findings_put_borough_at_the_top_of_the_gas_guzzlers A WILMSLOW woman has discovered that domestically the borough consumes the most gas and the second most electricity per household in the WHOLE of the North West. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071293_energy_students_shock_findings_put_borough_at_the_top_of_the_gas_guzzlers Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071300_its_no_yolk_as_farmer_cracks_the_tv_world FARMER Andy Morrison has a cracking recipe to share with viewers when he goes on television next week. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071300_its_no_yolk_as_farmer_cracks_the_tv_world Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071301_comedian_karl_has_got_the_kay_factor BRITAIN’S got the pop factor...and so has Handforth. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071301_comedian_karl_has_got_the_kay_factor Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071302_eco_housing_scheme_could_preserve_bog PLANS to build eco homes on land at Lindow Moss will put an end to peat extraction on the site, say developers. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1071302_eco_housing_scheme_could_preserve_bog Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070033_surplus_pupils_invited_to_cross_the_border WILMSLOW kids struggling to get a place at the town’s oversubscribed high school have been offered a solution to their dilemma by the headteacher of a rival secondary school. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070033_surplus_pupils_invited_to_cross_the_border Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070037_opposition_grows_to_handforth_care_village OPPOSITION to a proposed care home in Handforth continues to mount with more than 300 names now added to a petition and over 70 letters of objection submitted to Macclesfield Borough Council. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070037_opposition_grows_to_handforth_care_village Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070039_tailor_picks_up_threads_after_fifth_accident A BESPOKE tailor’s business is falling apart at the seams after the fifth vehicle in seven years ploughed into his shop window, causing thousands of pounds of damage. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070039_tailor_picks_up_threads_after_fifth_accident Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070042_anger_as_enthusiastic_charity_collectors_ordered_to_take_flight A 93-YEAR-OLD man has hit out at Sainsbury’s for not allowing an RAF charity collection on their doorstep claiming the supermarket giant would not exist but for the bravery of the RAF. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070042_anger_as_enthusiastic_charity_collectors_ordered_to_take_flight Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070045_girls_to_be_vaccinated_at_school__health_chief_ GIRLS should seize the opportunity of HPV protection, the Health Protection Agengy has urged parents. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070045_girls_to_be_vaccinated_at_school__health_chief_ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070046_plastic_collections_pledge_from_council CHESHIRE East is planning to trip the plastic fantastic by wheeling out a kerbside collection within two years. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070046_plastic_collections_pledge_from_council Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070050_businesses_urged_to_speak_out_over_parking_proposals OVER a thousand residents flocked to Wilmlsow Library last week for the first official review of parking in the town since wardens hit the streets. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070050_businesses_urged_to_speak_out_over_parking_proposals Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070053_on_track_for_good_old_days_at_styal IT’S full steam ahead for rail passengers using Styal Station with new services due to come on line. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070053_on_track_for_good_old_days_at_styal Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070057_bank_of_england_big_hitter_hits_town WILMSLOW business leaders got a glimpse behind the scenes of the troubled money markets when one of the biggest hitters of the Bank of England came to town. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070057_bank_of_england_big_hitter_hits_town Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070060_pupil_points_the_way_ahead_for_minister A STYAL youngster has been to the corridors of power to personally give policy ideas to a top Government minister. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070060_pupil_points_the_way_ahead_for_minister Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070094_goalhappy_styal_enjoy_life_on_the_road STYAL FC’s first team had to trek 55 miles to the home of Malpas, who must have thought they’d done the hard part at Altrincham Road. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1070094_goalhappy_styal_enjoy_life_on_the_road Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068661_a_ripe_old_age__ IS IT the water... the fresh air or joie de vivre of living in Wilmslow? http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068661_a_ripe_old_age__ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068665_putting_on_the_glam_and_glitz THE glamorous Zapolski family adorn magazines, front hair products and they’ve even got a Cheeky addition to the fold. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068665_putting_on_the_glam_and_glitz Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068670_fashionistas_paradise__at_these_charity_shops CHARITY shops in Wilmslow, once the haunt of impoverished students and the elderly, have become a magnet for savvy North West shoppers. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068670_fashionistas_paradise__at_these_charity_shops Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068680_school_health_checks_will__keep_students_in_trim PARENTS of overweight youngsters are being urged to enroll them on a free fitness programme in the fight against rising obesity. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068680_school_health_checks_will__keep_students_in_trim Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068684_care_home_faces_uphill_struggle OBJECTIONS against a proposed care village in Handforth have flooded in. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068684_care_home_faces_uphill_struggle Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068690_torched_panacea_to_rise_again POLICE believe arsonists torched exclusive Alderley Edge bar Panacea causing it to shut its doors until the new year. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068690_torched_panacea_to_rise_again Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068692_climber_falls_30ft_and_gets_plastered THE Alderley Edge Farmers’ Market boss fell 30ft while climbing in Derbyshire and miraculously escaped with only a dislocated toe. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068692_climber_falls_30ft_and_gets_plastered Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068696_public_views_on_parking_strategy_ LESS then six months since decriminalisation came into force an official review of parking in Wilmslow is underway. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068696_public_views_on_parking_strategy_ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068700_congestion_charge_exhibition RESIDENTS and commuters across the district can have their say on controversial proposals for city centre congestion charges when officials come to Wilmslow next Saturday, October 4. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068700_congestion_charge_exhibition Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068694_a_colourful_leaf_from_their_book HANDFORTH Gardening Society’s next meeting takes place on Tuesday, October 7. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1068694_a_colourful_leaf_from_their_book Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067136_school_places_shock WILMSLOW parents face the toughest ever fight to get their children into the town’s oversubscribed high school. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067136_school_places_shock Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067035_firefighters_tackle_restaurant_blaze JUST one week after its £3.5million facelift Alderley Edge nightspot Panacea has been ravaged by a first-floor blaze. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067035_firefighters_tackle_restaurant_blaze Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067135_cash_bonanza_for_our_charity_shops THE CREDIT crunch has turned Wilmslow’s charity shops into one of the North West’s major tourist attractions as outlets break takings records. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067135_cash_bonanza_for_our_charity_shops Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067134_mp_gets_back_to_basics SHADOW Chancellor George Osborne is a closet Madonna and ‘Colleen’s Real Women’ fan – and used to stack towels in Selfridges. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067134_mp_gets_back_to_basics Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067133_uninsured_car_threat POLICE have seized a record number of uninsured vehicles as they try to limit the number of deaths and accidents on the roads. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067133_uninsured_car_threat Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067132_motorists_targeted_on_roads A CRACKDOWN on motorists breaking the law in Wilmslow has netted more than 30 drivers. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067132_motorists_targeted_on_roads Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067130_farmers_tears_as_field_split_by_road GOVERNMENT approval of the £51m Alderley Edge bypass had the champagne flowing in certain quarters, but in one Nether Alderley farmhouse it has reduced grown men to tears. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067130_farmers_tears_as_field_split_by_road Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067129_clean_and_green_celebration EVERYTHING’S rosy for green-fingered gardeners who have been rewarded for their efforts at a special ceremony in Wilmslow. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067129_clean_and_green_celebration Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067127_street_parking_questionnaire WILMSLOW residents are being asked to give their views about on-street parking in the town centre. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1067127_street_parking_questionnaire Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066174_four_jailed_as_police_smash_drugs_ring THIRTY-FOUR people have been jailed for a combined total of almost 100 years following two massive police drugs raids - one at Colshaw estate in Wilmslow. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066174_four_jailed_as_police_smash_drugs_ring Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066175_cheshire_bs_in_merger_shock JOB LOSSES are on the cards and customers will NOT receive a windfall when Cheshire Building Society merges with banking giant Nationwide. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066175_cheshire_bs_in_merger_shock Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066176_confident_leaders_are_behind_bars MOST of the offenders were arrested when Police Officers swooped on their homes in two early morning operations as part of the Strikeout campaign against organised crime which led to dawn raids at Colshaw Farm, Wilmslow, in February and April. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066176_confident_leaders_are_behind_bars Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066177_criminals_get__rude_awakening ONCE enough evidence was gathered by the cops’ undercover teams, they gave the drug users and dealers a dramatic wake-up call – with two of the largest dawn raids in Cheshire’s history. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066177_criminals_get__rude_awakening Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066178_mum_and_children_saved_by_smoke_alarm A WOMAN and her two children were forced to flee their house in Wilmslow when their kitchen caught fire. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066178_mum_and_children_saved_by_smoke_alarm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066179_parents_angry_over_cops_martial_arts_comment A COUPLE whose teenage son was robbed in broad daylight are shocked and angered after police responded by suggesting that their son take up martial arts. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066179_parents_angry_over_cops_martial_arts_comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066182_last_beat_for_drummer MUSICIAN Gordon Thornton former drummer with Wilmslow’s best known rhythm and blues band during the swinging sixties has died at the age of 60. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066182_last_beat_for_drummer Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066184_what_credit_crunch LUXURY car dealer Christopher Jackson is steering clear of the credit crunch. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066184_what_credit_crunch Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066185_towns_parking_strategy_will_be_put_to_the_test OUTRAGED.. or delighted with the borough council’s parking strategy? There have been winners and losers since the parking blitz came into force in May. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1066185_towns_parking_strategy_will_be_put_to_the_test Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1065197_were_all_happy_to_be_here SMILE – you’ve just woken up in the fifth happiest place in the United Kingdom. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1065197_were_all_happy_to_be_here Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000 http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1065202_incredible_journey_ends_in_joy_as_lost_pet_returns__but_delight_tinged_with_sadness_for_second_pet AN EIGHT year old Jack Russell missing from home for six weeks turned up on the family doorstep out of the blue on Monday after an incredible journey on the run through the Cheshire countryside. http://www.wilmslowexpress.co.uk//news/s/1065202_incredible_journey_ends_in_joy_as_lost_pet_returns__but_delight_tinged_with_sadness_for_second_pet Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000