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1. Over the top, boys!
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 5 July 2006ONLY one of the eight Macclesfield men killed on the first day of the battle lies in a marked grave - the remains of the others were lost forever in no-man's land.
2. 'Pals' ready for battle
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 5 July 2006THE NINETIETH anniversary of one of the most infamous battles in British military history has passed. 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 ...
3. Final resting places
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 5 July 2006IN THE final part of our three part series, we tell the stories of the other four brave Maxonians, who fell on that blood drenched day in 1916. And we finish our series, which has taken in the men volunteering, training, fighting and dying by looking at their final resting places in Macclesfield, Bollington and France.
4. Pervert had sex images of three-year-olds
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 22 March 2006A 53-YEAR-old paedophile, exposed after taking his computer to high street computer specialists PC World, downloaded 188 child-sex pictures from the internet - some showing boys and girls as young as THREE-YEARS-OLD engaged in sex acts.
5. Schoolgirls are pair of traffic stoppers!
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 22 March 2006YOU HAVE to hand it to teenage girls Sophie Nesbit and Sian Norbury - when they found traffic at a standstill near their homes, they didn't hang about.
6. On your marks, get set, go girl!
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 1 September 2004BUDDING long-distance runners have the chance to test their bodies and minds in the annual Macclesfield Half Marathon.
7. Marriage made in hell
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 1 September 2004IT WAS blood at first sight for newlyweds Carolyn Shaw and Mark Lennon - a couple whose romance was sparked by horror.
8. Campaign of terror waged against bosses
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 8 September 2004A CAMPAIGN of terror is being waged against one of Macclesfield's most successful property developers.
9. For better, for worse, in storm and in hurricane
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 3 November 2004BRIDE-to-be Suzanne Martin had a somewhat stormy start to her marriage after anything but a whirlwind romance.
10. Congratulations Miss Courageous
Macclesfield Express, Friday 27 August 2004A STUDENT who sat her A-level exams just weeks after major brain surgery has passed with flying colours.