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1. Police size does matter
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 28 March 2007APPARENTLY Cheshire Police are considering smaller handguns and lighter motorbikes to attract women into more macho policing units.
2. With women every puppy has its day
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 28 March 2007I TOOK Ellie, Mrs B's one-eared pup, for her first walk in town this week. What an eye-opener.
3. No Red Nose day at the Mind offices
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 28 March 2007WHILE in town today I called into the Macclesfield Mind office on Duke Street. Despite being Red Nose Day there wasn't a lot of comic relief going on in there; cutbacks and upheaval in the mental health sector have seen to that.
4. A simple case of moving the goalposts
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 7 March 2007SOME time ago I received a letter from a 90-year-old lady who needed a path repairing at her front gate to enable her to leave her property without falling.
5. Scam going on but computer says no
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 21 March 2007AMERICA On Line is one of the world's largest Internet providers. When logging on to my account this morning I received an announcement.
6. Time for ‘garage five’ to resign?
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 7 March 2007WHEN tenants received a letter from Cheshire Peaks and Plains advising them of a 100 per cent increase in garage rental charges, they were stunned.
7. Law and order rules - at last
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 7 March 2007FOR years now the forces of law and order in this borough have been run ragged by various sectors of our community.
8. Town hall’s damage limitation
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 14 March 2007IN READERS' letters this week I have a county councillor reprimanding me for criticising county hall, a reader ticking me off for proposing free staff parking at Macclesfield's Super Surgery and a letter so complimentary it could have been written by my own mother, all in all an interesting mix.
9. A lorry lorry load of trouble on roads
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 21 March 2007DRIVING down the Silk Road this week I spotted a huge articulated truck veering from lane to lane at the McDonald's roundabout.
10. Other hospitals are a real step down from Macclesfield’s
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 21 March 2007THE HEALTHCARE Commission has published a list of hospitals which, in its opinion, provides "weak" or only "fair" children's services. Included in the list is Stockport Foundation Trust (Stepping Hill).