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Unions vow to minimise AstraZeneca redundancies

Union bosses have warned that job cuts by pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca will be a blow to the UK economy and have vowed to minimise compulsory redundancies.
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Two more wards closed at Macclesfield Hospital as health bosses battle to halt virus spread

The Langley Unit, formerly Ward 10, was closed last week to try and limit the spread of the Diarrhoea and Sickness (D&S) virus. That ward has today been re-opened but Wards 4 and 6, the Respiratory and Orthopaedic wards, have been shut by the East Cheshire NHS Trust.
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Council bins its waste plan after £500,000 fiasco

The council has withdrawn an application to itself to build a waste transfer station – after spending £500,000 of public money on site work without planning permission. The U-turn on the Lyme Green site pleased hundreds of Sutton residents who had campaigned against Cheshire East Council’s plan.
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School goes from ‘rock bottom’ to scale heights

A primary school on the verge of closure three years ago has been named as the second most improved in the country. Ash Grove on the Moss Estate, Macclesfield, hit ‘rock bottom’ in 2008 and was set to be closed, but it won an 11th-hour reprieve after a campaign by parents.
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Mill is star as pioneer film looms into view

The town’s historic Paradise Mill came to life this week when a film crew used the working museum as a set. The Park Lane museum will appear in the Co-operative Group’s new film The Rochdale Pioneers, which tells the story of the Co-op movement which began  in Rochdale in 1844.
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Now you can be hot on the trail of police with Twitter patrols

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Council aims to freeze council tax and defer a decision on levy

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Thank you so much! Macmillan appeal smashes target and raises amazing £41k

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‘Axe hovers over AstraZeneca jobs’

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Policewoman injured during arrest on the Moss

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Ward at Macclesfield hospital closed after outbreak of a diarrhoea and vomiting virus

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Hit-and-run driver knocks cyclist of her bike in Macclesfield

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New rescue boat for Cheshire Fire and Rescue

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Praise for Cheshire Police's crime recording

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Driver from Sale who caused six-car crash in Macclesfield was too drunk to stand

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Holy smoke! My barge home has gone... but it's God’s will - video

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‘It’s fantastic’: Archbishop’s verdict on youth scheme - video

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Brian Cox: ‘I want PM to come to Jodrell Bank and be inspired like I was’ - video

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Fisheries boss to the rescue after Charlotte plunges into freezing lake

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Tenerife training camp should set injury-ravaged Silkmen up for a late-season push

Tenerife training camp should set injury-ravaged Silkmen up for a late-season push
Gary Simpson is hoping a change of scenery will do his beleaguered players a world of good ahead of two huge games in their League Two season.
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Primary school league tables 2011 - Cheshire East

The Department of Education has published league tables for primary schools in Cheshire East based on Key State Two Test results (also known as SATs) for 2011.
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2010 Secondary School league tables

Find out how your local school has performed in the the 2010 Secondary School/GCSE/KS4 league tables.
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OUR popular Expats feature has just got better, with the introduction of a new interactive map which shows you exactly where in the world Macclesfield people now live. Click here to explore the map and to mark your own pinpoint on it ...
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