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1. Why county is powerless to oppose Tesco over tip
Wilmslow Express, Tuesday 11 July 2006SO, CHESHIRE County Council have sensationally dumped their plans to compulsory purchase land from Tesco Stores at Handforth Dean. Now there's a surprise!
2. Macclesfield IS a Chav Town. Am I bovvered?
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 25 January 2006SO, SOME anonymous Wilmslow writer thinks Macclesfield is full of sportswear clad, working class scallies who 'pollute the atmosphere' by 'urinating and spitting in every available alley way' does he? Well let me tell him something about his fellow Wilmslovians.
3. Power to the parishes is a great move
Wilmslow 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.
4. The Express is some people’s last hope
Wilmslow 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'.
5. Goldplated is simply nine carat rubbish
Wilmslow 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.
6. Politician or thief – I know who I trust
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 22 March 2006I READ with interest the story of the thief who returned the charity boxes he stole refilled with his own money. He was apparently full of remorse and felt compelled to make amends.
7. Reliable witnesses for accurate ‘kiss & tells’
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 22 March 2006I'M NOT sure what to make of the government warning that men should obtain proof of consent from their female partners before any act of intimacy. How exactly will this operate? Do I need to employ the services of a reliable witness? I'm not sure Mrs B will take kindly to our vicar sharing the marital bed. Maybe a sound recorder under the pillow is a better idea but what happens if the tape sticks?
8. Dogs and kids thrive on dose of discipline
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 5 April 2006AS A committed trainer I always watch It's Me or the Dog on Channel Four, in which a female presenter has the unenviable task of restraining crazy dogs.
9. Nothing in Macc can surprise me
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 19 April 2006WHEN people ask how I find stories every week for my column they obviously don't live locally.
10. Column is total twaddle
Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 19 April 2006LISTEN to this taken from 'Talking Politics' in last week's Express.