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1. Power to the parishes is a great move
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 22 November 2006WITHOUT doubt the most, and some would say 'only', sensible idea to come from central government has been the Local Government White Paper handing over sweeping new powers to parish councils.
2. The Express is some people’s last hope
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 22 November 2006SOME of the letters I receive are heart rending. Residents afraid to leave their homes for fear of intimidation, elderly folk passed from pillar to post, the mentally-ill beset with problems and at the centre of this suffering 'all the agencies are working together'.
3. Goldplated is simply nine carat rubbish
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 22 November 2006ANYONE who watched Channel Four's new drama series Goldplated without reading the previews would have no idea it is based on life in the so-called golden triangle of Prestbury, Wilmslow and Alderley.
4. Tell me about your experiences of police force
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 29 November 2006I READ with interest the response from Superintendent Richard Strachan following my comments on Cheshire Police.
5. Sir Nicholas’ ever-shrinking expenditure
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 29 November 2006ACCORDING to a recent story in the Express, Macclesfield MP Sir Nicholas Winterton has one of the lowest expense budgets in Westminster. Really?
6. It is all hip-hop at the Super Surgery
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 29 November 2006I ATTENDED Macclesfield's new super surgery for the first time today and very swish it is too. Gone are the battered old sofas of my old surgery, along with my battered old doctor. I shall miss them both.
7. A brief History of the ‘Pom word’
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 1 November 2006I'VE OFTEN wondered at the Australian use of the word 'pom' to describe the English. I assumed it was some form of slang but I was wrong. An Aussie acquaintance advises me that 'pom' is, in fact, an abbreviated acronym for Prisoner of Mother England.
8. Absolutely nothing’s too much hassle for Cheshire Highways
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 15 November 2006AWARE how concerned local authorities and police are about road safety, I called the highways department of Cheshire County Council to express concern at the number of heavy vehicles travelling down the centre of a narrow country lane in Sutton.
9. Up in court means ‘up in Crewe’ now
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 8 November 2006ANYONE involved in the criminal justice system knows the difficulty of getting witnesses to court. The elderly, nervous about leaving home, the self-employed who can't spare time, the unemployed who can't afford to travel, the sick and infirm.
10. Neighbourhood wardens are a little stretched
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 1 November 2006SOME of the emails and letters I receive from families terrorised in their own homes by louts and druggies are heartbreaking.