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Let's think again on town redevelopment

Let's think again on town redevelopment
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HAPPY New Year! Here we go again. I wonder what’s waiting for us in 2009? I fervently believe we should examine redevelopment plans for Macclesfield town centre very closely.

Our children and grandchildren must live with our decision and we can’t afford another Vicky Park flats debacle. If the town centre becomes a concrete and glass monstrosity, as seems likely from current proposals, Macclesfield will lose whatever’s left of its proud market town heritage.


 

Royal Mail's worth it
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SO, ROYAL Mail plan to increase the price of a first class stamp by 3p to 39p and second class to 30p. It’s way above inflation but, you know what? I don’t care.

Where did 2008 go?
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I’VE had a few emails in the last week asking what I’d been drinking over the festive period or what brandy I used in the Christmas pud.

 

Who needs a toothless watchdog?

Who needs a toothless watchdog?
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IN THE past six months the wholesale price of oil has fallen from $145 to $38 a barrel. By the time you read this, a litre of unleaded petrol could be 80 pence from a high of £1.30, a reduction of 40 per cent.
Five minutes with ... Louise Dilnot

Five minutes with ... Louise Dilnot

LOUISE Dilnot is a volunteer co-ordinator for Just Drop-In (JDI) Youth Info and Advice on Great King Street.

 

 

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