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Sandbach in the News
Folk Scene with Eric Cox - This is Staffordshire
Sat, 4 Feb 2012 - 03:46
Folk Scene with Eric Cox
This is Staffordshire
SANDBACH Folk Club is the only concert club to have a guest on this week when Blackheart play at their usual Tuesday venue, The Market Tavern. Blackheart are a duo consisting of Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington, and although they have only been going ...
11:14am Friday 3rd February 2012 in - Crewe Guardian
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 - 12:19
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Crewe Guardian
Sitting pretty at the top of the division with a 12-point lead, having played two matches more than nearest rivals Sandbach, Crewe face another difficult task when welcoming third-placed Rudheath Social on Saturday, kick off 2pm.
Lawton brace leads Sandbach to a five-goal demolition of Congleton - Crewe Guardian
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 - 12:19
Lawton brace leads Sandbach to a five-goal demolition of Congleton
Crewe Guardian
SANDBACH maintained their pressure on leaders Crewe at the top of Cheshire Football League Division Two thanks to a resounding 5-1 hammering of Congleton Town Reserves. They will have to switch their minds off the title race this weekend though, ...
11:05am Friday 3rd February 2012 in - Crewe Guardian
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 - 12:07
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Crewe Guardian
SANDBACH'S unbeaten home record and nine-match winning streak was cruelly ended in a narrow home defeat to local rivals and fellow promotion challengers Northwich. The loss cuts Sandbach's lead at the top of North One West to 16 points after main ...
Scrapyards bar metal sellers arriving by taxi - This is Staffordshire
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 - 10:25
Scrapyards bar metal sellers arriving by taxi
This is Staffordshire
CRACKDOWN: Paul Anubla, left, and Chris Basford, of Sandbach Car and Commercial Dismantlers, below. Picture: Malcolm Hart Garratts in Nantwich, Sandbach Car and Commercial Dismantlers, Enviro Skip at Radway Green and Houston and Sons in Crewe have all ...
Council chiefs' pay under fire from North Wales AM - The Leader - Wrexham & Flintshire news
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 - 10:10
Council chiefs' pay under fire from North Wales AM
The Leader - Wrexham & Flintshire news
Wrexham and Flintshire councils chief executives picked up more than £130000 last year but North Wales AM Antoinette Sandbach says the pay packets are hard to justify. Colin Everett, who heads Flintshire Council, was paid a total of £171543 in 2010-11, ...
Landlady sets off on mountain climb - This is Staffordshire
Thu, 2 Feb 2012 - 11:47
Landlady sets off on mountain climb
This is Staffordshire
Rebecca, who is landlady at the Holly Bush Inn, in Winterley, near Sandbach, has set herself a fund-raising target of £2000. She is raising money for Nantwich's Wingate Centre, a charity which aims to improve the lives of children and young people with ...
Extra 21 homes planned for site - This is Staffordshire
Thu, 2 Feb 2012 - 11:47
Extra 21 homes planned for site
This is Staffordshire
An application to build 269 houses on the former Foden factory site off Moss Lane, Sandbach, will go before councillors next week. Plans to build 248 homes on the site were approved by Cheshire East Council 12 months ago.
Pub is caught in drink sting - This is Staffordshire
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 22:56
Pub is caught in drink sting
This is Staffordshire
The Black Bear Inn, on High Street, Sandbach, has failed two test purchase operations. The latest incident happened in October, when two 14-year-old girls bought alcohol without being asked for identification. And earlier in the year in January, ...
Merchants and sommeliers to have their say at Harpers Champagne Summit - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 16:30
Merchants and sommeliers to have their say at Harpers Champagne Summit
Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review
The event will feature Zuma's Kelvin McCabe, founder of Oxford Wine Company Ted Sandbach and Planet of the Grapes' Matt O'Connor, who will each reveal their findings from the trip last month with Harpers to leading Champagne producers.
Police investigation after predatory bogus Facebook user targets Sandbach ... - Crewe Chronicle
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 15:53
Police investigation after predatory bogus Facebook user targets Sandbach ...
Crewe Chronicle
POLICE have launched an investigation after a 'predatory' bogus Facebook user sent 'inappropriate and sexual' messages to Sandbach schoolchildren. Officers and the national Child Exploitation and Online Protection Agency (CEOP) are working to track ...
Crewe Alex: round up - Crewe Chronicle
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 10:53
Crewe Alex: round up
Crewe Chronicle
Sandbach Travelling Alex will run coaches to Port Vale, on February 11, and Southend, on February 18. Vale cost is £6 and Southend cost is £15 (juniors £13), with pick-up points in Nantwich, Crewe and Sandbach. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Award-winning Foden's Brass Band musician encourages others to play for charity - Crewe Chronicle
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 10:41
Award-winning Foden's Brass Band musician encourages others to play for charity
Crewe Chronicle
Helen Williams, who plays the flugel horn for the world-famous Sandbach-based band, launched a fundraising campaign alongside other female musicians in Huddersfield last week. The aim of the performance was to encourage brass band musicians across the ...
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Under-fire Sandbach pub faces licence review after serving alcohol to children - Crewe Chronicle
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 10:41
Under-fire Sandbach pub faces licence review after serving alcohol to children
Crewe Chronicle
A SANDBACH pub could be closed down by licensing chiefs after staff were caught twice selling alcohol to children. Cheshire East Council is to review Christina Bolland's license at the Black Bear pub in High Street after staff failed two under-age ...
Sandbach residents asked up help with town's 'big spring clean' - Crewe Chronicle
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 10:40
Sandbach residents asked up help with town's 'big spring clean'
Crewe Chronicle
SANDBACH Clean Team and members of the town council are appealing to residents to get their hands dirty and stage a 'big spring clean'. The large-scale event, planned to take place on Saturday, March 10, is the brainchild of 'Tidy Town' chairman, ...
Find inner peace with Odiyana Buddhist Centre in Sandbach - Crewe Chronicle
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 10:40
Find inner peace with Odiyana Buddhist Centre in Sandbach
Crewe Chronicle
PEOPLE are being invited to join a course on finding happiness through meditation at Sandbach Library on the Commons. The Odiyana Buddhist Centre is running a six-week course at 7.30pm every Tuesday from February 14, up to and including March 20.
Rugby union: Sandbach 10 Northwich 11 - Crewe Chronicle
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 10:36
Rugby union: Sandbach 10 Northwich 11
Crewe Chronicle
Northwich started strongly and set out to deny Sandbach territory and possession. They took the lead through a Rich Dale penalty before his brother Chris intercepted and ran 60 metres to make it 8-0. Will Cargill responded by slotting a penalty for the ...
Cross Country: Amelia Pettitt is the golden girl again as club shines - Crewe Chronicle
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 10:36
Cross Country: Amelia Pettitt is the golden girl again as club shines
Crewe Chronicle
Tim Morris, from Sandbach, was a creditable 28th as part of the triumphant Vale Royal U15 boys outfit, and the South Cheshire-based trio of Megan Hough, Clara Pettitt and Chloe Broad earned the club another gold in the U15 girls race.
No need to worry over Northwich's Marbury Park bitterns - Winsford Guardian
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 - 08:08
No need to worry over Northwich's Marbury Park bitterns
Winsford Guardian
FURTHER to the letter from Paul Sandbach, Guardian, January 11, I would like to allay any concerns regarding the work at Marbury Country Park regarding the bitterns. I am pleased to confirm that Cheshire Wildlife Trust has the welfare of these ...
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Glastir will be top of agenda at Welsh conference - Farmers Guardian
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 - 11:19
Glastir will be top of agenda at Welsh conference
Farmers Guardian
The Welsh Government's Deputy Agriculture Minister, Alun Davies, and Shadow Rural Affairs Minister, Antoinette Sandbach, are the main political speakers with the controversy surrounding Glastir, the new all-Wales land management support scheme, ...
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