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My fears for battery-reared kids
DO our youngsters grow up too quickly these days? Are they under pressure to become worldly wise, mini-adults at too young an age? I pose these questions after reading a newspaper article and then, quite remarkably, watching the X Factor at
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Community cinema just the ticket for Holmes Chapel residents
A COMMUNITY cinema proved a reel success when it made its debut in Holmes Chapel last month. Holmes Chapel Community Cinema (HC3) held its first screening, period drama Belle, at the Victoria Club on September 18. Organisers breathed a sigh
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Tax concerns
So Mr Osbourne wishes to freeze working age benefits at £100 billion. What George constantly fails to mention is that this figure includes the working tax credit paid to hard working families in Knutsford on low-waged jobs, in order to allow them
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Cut-up county
CHESHIRE, I was taught long ago as a school boy, is a pan-shaped county and so it was, and still is. Longdendale is the handle; The Wirral, with King Canute’s famous seashore, the spout; part of what is now Greater Manchester, the lid; the rest
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Wasted facility
THE closure of Peover golf course is a huge waste of a fantastic sporting facility and a salutary reminder that we shouldn’t take these community benefits for granted. It is also hugely disappointing that the laws of this country allow such things
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Road closures
THIS morning I was trying to get from Shaw Drive to Legh Road via Mobberley Road, so I could get to my business in Northwich via Plumley, to avoid the road works. They had blocked off all the roads in and out. After negotiating with the contractors
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Nxtep to a healthier lifestyle with a little help from Gusto
TWO King Street businesses have teamed up to create a healthier, leaner, fitter Knutsford. New personal training business, Nxtep Training, and well-established restaurant, Gusto, held an event on Thursday September 25 which introduced Knutsfordians
