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1. Tragic end to life of woman locked away for 70 years
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 24 October 2007MACCLESFIELD pensioner Jean Gambell – who captured the headlines earlier this month after being “lost” in the mental health care system for 70 years – has died just weeks after being reunited with her family.
2. 3,000 sign petition against new Tesco
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 24 October 2007A POYNTON campaign group battling against plans for a Tesco in the village say 3,000 people have signed a petition calling for the supermarket giant to stay away.
3. Almost torn apart, but couple make it platinum
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 24 October 2007LITTLE over a year ago, Sid and Blanche Rowley were told they would have to spend the rest of their lives apart.
4. Grave error
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 24 October 2007EXCLUSIVE: A MUM-of-three who spent 25 years visiting her beloved father’s ashes at Macclesfield Cemetery has been told they were actually 15 miles away – on a shelf in a funeral directors in Altrincham.
5. Why was our Jean locked away for 70 years - for a crime she didn't commit?
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 3 October 2007MACCLESFIELD pensioner Jean Gambell was locked up in a mental institution SEVENTY YEARS ago – and "lost" in the state system ever since – after being wrongly accused of stealing just half a crown.
6. Final funeral to 'lost' Jean
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 31 October 2007MORE THAN 40 mourners gathered at Macclesfield Cemetery to bid a final farewell to Jean Gambell.
7. Anti-Tesco protesters get Sir Nick’s backing
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 17 October 2007SIR NICHOLAS Winterton has thrown his weight behind a campaign to fight against a new Tesco store in the heart of Poynton.
8. Elderly already feel they belong
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 10 October 2007AFTER weeks of delays the first residents finally stepped through the doors of Macclesfield’s state-of-the-art new private care home and declared: "It’s beautiful."
9. Free alarm could have saved Sam
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 10 October 2007A YOUNG teaching assistant who perished in a barge inferno could have lived had the canal boat been fitted with a smoke alarm available free of charge from the fire service.
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