http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/ Crewe, Nantwich, Sandbach, Middlewich and surrounds - an in-depth look at all the latest news and district reports with forums to have your say en-gb http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=labour-shrugs-off-tory-lead%26method=full%26objectid=20905130%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=labour-shrugs-off-tory-lead%26method=full%26objectid=20905130%26siteid=50020-name_page.html LABOUR has dismissed an opinion poll which gives the Tories a four-point lead in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election, saying it’s what happens on the day that counts. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=nantwich-is-an-equal-partner-says-harman%26method=full%26objectid=20905134%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=nantwich-is-an-equal-partner-says-harman%26method=full%26objectid=20905134%26siteid=50020-name_page.html LABOUR deputy leader Harriet Harman has spoken about the importance of Nantwich to the constituency ahead of the by-election on May 22. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=cameron-and-the-8216-hoodies-8217-in-town%26method=full%26objectid=20905140%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=cameron-and-the-8216-hoodies-8217-in-town%26method=full%26objectid=20905140%26siteid=50020-name_page.html CONSERVATIVE Party leader David Cameron was confronted by a gang of ‘hoodies’ appealing to him for hugs during his second visit to Crewe on Monday in the by-election campaign. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=support-on-shopping-list%26method=full%26objectid=20905142%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=support-on-shopping-list%26method=full%26objectid=20905142%26siteid=50020-name_page.html CABINET minister James Purnell led Labour by-election candidate Tamsin Dunwoody up the aisle at Tesco in Crewe on Friday during a whistlestop visit. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=party-chief-clegg-in-votes-hunt%26method=full%26objectid=20905143%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=party-chief-clegg-in-votes-hunt%26method=full%26objectid=20905143%26siteid=50020-name_page.html THE Liberal Democrats wheeled in their biggest gun to add spark to the Crewe and Nantwich by-election campaign when party leader Nick Clegg visited Crewe on Friday. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=all-guns-blazing%26method=full%26objectid=20873644%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Wed, 07 May 2008 09:24:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=all-guns-blazing%26method=full%26objectid=20873644%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Parties scrap over town’s future in crucial by-election http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=going-up%26method=full%26objectid=20870692%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:04:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=going-up%26method=full%26objectid=20870692%26siteid=50020-name_page.html OVERJOYED Nantwich Town Football Club players, fans and officials are celebrating promotion with their sights set on the Football League. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=we-held-back-the-tory-tide%26method=full%26objectid=20870708%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:03:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=we-held-back-the-tory-tide%26method=full%26objectid=20870708%26siteid=50020-name_page.html TRIUMPHANT Middlewich First independents, who astonishingly held off the Conservatives in the local elections, say the public are “sick of party politics.” http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=reassurance-over-places-for-boys%26method=full%26objectid=20870698%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:01:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=reassurance-over-places-for-boys%26method=full%26objectid=20870698%26siteid=50020-name_page.html BOYS starting sixth form at all-girls Sandbach High will not be kicked-off their courses, the schools’ adjudicator has confirmed. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=book-proves-john-knows-his-onions%26method=full%26objectid=20869810%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=book-proves-john-knows-his-onions%26method=full%26objectid=20869810%26siteid=50020-name_page.html PEOPLE around the world are reaping the benefits of a South Cheshire man’s green-fingered expertise thanks to his book which has become a best-seller. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=dozy-parkers-face-fines%26method=full%26objectid=20869811%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=dozy-parkers-face-fines%26method=full%26objectid=20869811%26siteid=50020-name_page.html MOTORISTS who flout the law are being warned they face punishment in a police clampdown at Alsager. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=why-did-the-chicks-cross-the-road%26method=full%26objectid=20869900%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=why-did-the-chicks-cross-the-road%26method=full%26objectid=20869900%26siteid=50020-name_page.html THERE was a happy ending for a mother and her ducklings stranded at a Nantwich restaurant and bar. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=pressure-is-on-for-pupils-to-perform%26method=full%26objectid=20869901%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=pressure-is-on-for-pupils-to-perform%26method=full%26objectid=20869901%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Summer’s on the way and for most of us that means relaxing and preparing for holidays. But for thousands of South Cheshire pupils and students the next few weeks will be the most stressful of their young lives. Chronicle chief reporter BELINDA RYAN reports on coping with the pressures of exams http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=organisation-is-key-8211-but-make-time-for-fun-stuff%26method=full%26objectid=20869904%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=organisation-is-key-8211-but-make-time-for-fun-stuff%26method=full%26objectid=20869904%26siteid=50020-name_page.html SAM Booth is taking 13 exams over the next month – and you couldn’t find a calmer teenager. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=skills-of-future-not-just-passing-exams%26method=full%26objectid=20869905%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=skills-of-future-not-just-passing-exams%26method=full%26objectid=20869905%26siteid=50020-name_page.html “I’M not exactly sure how many tests they take from four years upwards but it’s quite a lot,” said Shavington High School headteacher Robert Knight. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=musical-youth-will-take-to-the-stage%26method=full%26objectid=20869908%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=musical-youth-will-take-to-the-stage%26method=full%26objectid=20869908%26siteid=50020-name_page.html TALENTED musicians from Shavington High School are taking to the stage at the Alderley Edge Music Festival next week. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=pupils-go-down-a-bomb%26method=full%26objectid=20869911%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=pupils-go-down-a-bomb%26method=full%26objectid=20869911%26siteid=50020-name_page.html PUPILS of Beechwood Primary in Crewe definitely have something to cheer about. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=devoted-pair-need-a-home%26method=full%26objectid=20869913%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=devoted-pair-need-a-home%26method=full%26objectid=20869913%26siteid=50020-name_page.html There is a desperate need to find new homes for unwanted or abandoned dogs. The Chronicle has teamed up with the RSPCA South West Cheshire branch in a regular feature to highlight some of the dogs which need your help. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=coleen-declines-our-work-offer%26method=full%26objectid=20870148%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=coleen-declines-our-work-offer%26method=full%26objectid=20870148%26siteid=50020-name_page.html CELEBRITY ‘journalist’ Coleen McCloughlin has had to decline to our kind offer of paid work-experience at the Chronicle because of wedding commitments. http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=ducks-are-getting-in-the-swim%26method=full%26objectid=20870149%26siteid=50020-name_page.html Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/crewechronicle/news/tm_headline=ducks-are-getting-in-the-swim%26method=full%26objectid=20870149%26siteid=50020-name_page.html THE outdoor brine baths at Nantwich Swimming Pool may not have officially opened to the public for the summer season yet but that hasn’t stopped some regular users jumping in for a quick dip before the crowds arrive.