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21. Tough on the weak
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 22 October 2008ACCORDING to Macclesfield borough councillors they were forced to approve the new Tesco roundabout on the Silk Road, despite branding it "crackers".
22. Teen heroes did us proud
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 22 October 2008WHEN 17-year-old Harry Martin and his pals saw a frail old lady having her bag ripped from her shoulder in Pinewood Road, Wilmslow, they jumped out of their car and gave chase.
23. Fortune smiles
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 22 October 2008FORTUNE smiles on me at last. For over a decade the writing of this column has paid for life’s little luxuries like coal, shoes and bread, but, alas, no longer for I, dear friends, am in the money.
24. Let's say 'no' to doom and gloom merchants
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 22 October 2008‘WORST week since the Great Depression, stock market crashes, banks in crisis,’ these were just some of the headlines in this week’s newspapers.
25. Why do we get the bill for banks?
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 15 October 2008WHAT happens if you run a village store or a small private business badly? You lose your cash, your reputation and, in all probability, your heath.
26. The reasons why I chose not to play the good Samaritan
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 15 October 2008I WAS driving to a meeting this week when I saw a young girl fall from her bicycle on the pavement.
27. Fuel for thought
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 15 October 2008I'M NOT surprised drivers are fuming over the price of fuel in Macclesfield. Apart from motorways and remote rural filling stations, they are some of the most expensive in the county.
28. Education authority could try harder
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 15 October 2008HERE we go again. Insufficient places for Wilmslow children who, surprise, surprise, want to attend Wilmslow High School. Apparently this year is expected to be worse than last with a record number of pupils forced to travel to Poynton, Macclesfield, Northwich or Winsford.
29. Parking MBC style
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 15 October 2008GIVEN the public posturing of Macclesfield Borough Council on illegal parking, and the predilection of MBC traffic wardens for dishing out parking tickets for the heinous offence of straying outside one’s allotted parking bay, I thought you may like to see how MBC park their own vehicles.
30. Pensioners' plight has made me 'Angry of Macclesfield'
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 8 October 2008THIS week I'm ‘Angry of Macclesfield’. Angry that elderly people must face the oncoming winter unable to pay their spiralling bills. Age Concern are worried about pensioners forced to make the choice between heating or eating as energy, water and food bills rocket.