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1. Shadow elections were a bit dull
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 May 2008SO, DID you cast your vote at the local elections? It was a mite confusing don’t you think? Initially I thought I was voting to elect ONE councillor; then I understood I could vote for THREE but if I voted for TWO it might negate my ballot paper but it didn’t, so I could. It was all a bit bizarre.
2. Silk Road memorial
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 May 2008HAVING been pulled over by Cheshire Police for driving ‘too slowly’ down the Silk Road, I’m well aware of the 70mph speed limit. It’s the fastest road for miles around with motorists rocketing in both directions. It’s a freeway and stopping for anything other than an emergency is obviously forbidden.
3. It's no picnic for the treetop teddy bears
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 May 2008WITH Cheshire’s roads in perpetual chaos, schools under threat and selection procedures in turmoil, isn’t it comforting to know that county councillors have their eye on the ball?
4. Rats to fortnightly collections
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 May 2008REMEMBER when politicians told us high rise flats were the housing of the future before pulling them all down 20 years later?
5. Waste collection is sold off
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 May 2008MACCLESFIELD Borough Council has thrown out some of their waste services without telling customers.
6. Man of the manor set to lord it up Stateside-style
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 May 2008PREPARE to be bowled over as the legendary Birtles’ cricket ground "Lord" strikes again – over the airwaves.
7. Does councillor have just cause to object to council 'wedding'?
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 May 2008THE NEW Cheshire East Authority is still 12 months away but recent election winners have already begun training in style – at a plush rural lakeside wedding venue.
8. Waitrose verdict divides village
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 May 2008LINES have been drawn in the Poynton sand following MBC’s decision to give Waitrose the green light.
9. Parking peril
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 May 2008DRIVERS beware – YOU will be footing the bill for a new army of traffic wardens...with 5,680 parking fines per year.
10. It's a barker's dozen for doting Echo
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 May 2008THE AGE-old battle between cat and dog is officially over, thanks to a golden retriever who has fostered six kittens alongside her half-a-dozen pups.