Special reports

Election 2008

Election 2008

THE shadow elections for the new Cheshire East Council take place on May 1.This special section will be your comprehensive guide to how the election will work, how and where to vote, all the candidates and - of course - the results as they come in on the big night.

 

Save Our Hospital

LOOK back on the battle to keep health services in the town ... read stories on the campaign, and read the hundreds of messages of support left by readers.

Battle of the Somme

IT IS the 90th anniversary of one of the most infamous battles in British military history. On the Somme in France, there were 60,000 casualties in a single day - July 1 1916. Every community was touched by the battle, including Macclesfield. Here, reporter JAMES CRISP looks at the role Maxonians played in a battle which ultimately led to the death of 500,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers.

 


 


 

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Barlow's Brief
 

Vic Barlow gives us his views on local life, the universe and everything ...