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1. Modern life is full of strife
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 27 September 2006FOR MONTHS now I've hardly been able to sleep wondering what would happen to Pluto. It's put a terrible strain on our marriage. Mrs B worries about trivia like council tax, the size of our mortgage and whether we can pay the bills while I agonise over the fate of Pluto.
2. Opportunity knocks at my dirty window panes
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 27 September 2006MANY people utter the word 'opportunist' with disdain. To them it smacks of exploitation but I don't subscribe to that view.
3. Alderley Edge traders fear a ghost town
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 27 September 2006RETAILERS in Alderley are expressing their concern at declining trade.
4. Throw away £1m+ and then claim poverty!
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 20 September 2006CHESHIRE Police really know how to shoot themselves in the foot.
5. Three cheers for Cheshire Peaks and Plains
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 20 September 2006IMAGINE the plight of law-abiding residents plagued by unruly, disrespectful yobs for years on end? Tenants of Macclesfield Borough Council suffered this for decades but not any more.
6. All talk but no movies
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 20 September 2006AFTER eight years of waiting, Macclesfield town centre developers claim to have lined up a major cinema operator to build a multiplex in a perfect town centre location.
7. Indecent haste of MBC development plans
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 13 September 2006DO YOU remember the speed with which Macclesfield Borough Council flashed through the public consultation of the proposed Macclesfield town centre development? I was in the shower at the time and almost missed it.
8. Liberal thought goes askance
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 13 September 2006IT'S LONG been the established liberal view that fear of crime generated by the media is to blame for public insecurity. Not lamentable policing, or inconsequential sentencing. Not the proliferation of drugs, cheap alcohol or tolerance of yob culture.
9. Macclesfield can take a leaf out of Sheffield’s book
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 13 September 2006WE WENT to The Rolling Stones concert last week in Sheffield. The band arrived at the stadium by helicopter. I half expected Keith Richards to yell: 'Hello Dallas.' He had no idea where he was.
10. I ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 6 September 2006COMMITTED fans will know of Mike McGregor, who appears on many of Elvis's home videos. Quite apart from taking care of his horses Mike made all Elvis's belts, saddles and leather accessories and lived at Graceland for more than seven years.