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Banking Times: Daily Banking News (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Nationwide Building Society has confirmed that will merge with Derbyshire and Cheshire Building Societies. Derbyshire operates from 50 branches across the Midlands, the North East and Yorkshire. It has around 500,000 members and total assets in excess of £7 billion. Macclesfield-based Cheshire has 45 branches plus 13 estate agencies. Its membership is lower than Derbyshire’s at [...]
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Fametastic (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
Coleen McLoughlin is reportedly getting sick of having brother-in-law John Rooney staying with her and her husband Wayne Rooney. Seventeen year old John moved into the couple’s £5million Cheshire home earlier in the summer when he joined local football team Macclesfield Town but a source told the People newspaper that the fun of having a lodger [...]
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Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
Here's a reminder about the three logos that were released by Cheshire East. Your feedback is required before a design in picked from "Hills & Water", "Wheatsheaf" and "Rising Sun". Focus groups run by Cheshire County Council have been held in Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe to find out the views of residents, and everyone is invited to take part in the quick online questionnaire. . Councillor Dave...
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Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Stuart Brown from Macclesfield in Cheshire and his crewmen Luke Peters regained the British Sidecar Cross Championship with three wins from three races in the penultimate round of the series at Wrangway Cross near Wellington on Sunday.
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
THE VICTORY achieved by relegation-threatened Macclesfield against title-chasing Bowdon was the key result in the Right Move Abroad Cheshire County League ECB Premier League.
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Coldfusion (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
I found this really comprehensive listing of Estate Agents in Macclesfield, Bollington, Poynton and Wilmslow. If you are house hunting in east cheshire you might find it useful.
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PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
LATEST: Former JOY DIVISION drummer STEPHEN MORRIS has spoken of his upset after robbers targeted the grave of his late bandmate IAN CURTIS. The tragic singer committed suicide in 1980 and was laid to rest in Macclesfield, Cheshire in north west England. But now his grave has now been desecrated by thieves who have stolen the headstone. And [...]
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Line Out (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
From the BBC: Cheshire Police said the memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery. Officers are appealing for anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them. Detectives said the kerbstone, which has the inscription "Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80" and the words "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was taken sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. A police...
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Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
"I know, it's so tacky!" (Exena) Somewhere in Cheshire is a seriously melancholy thief. The gravestone of Ian Curtis has been stolen from the Macclesfield cemetery where the former Joy Division singer is buried. [Guardian]...
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
The gravestone of late JOY DIVISION frontman IAN CURTIS has been stolen from a British cemetery. The tragic singer was laid to rest in MACclesfield, Cheshire in north ...
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PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
The gravestone of late JOY DIVISION frontman IAN CURTIS has been stolen from a British cemetery. The tragic singer was laid to rest in Macclesfield, Cheshire in north west England in 1980 after committing suicide. But his headstone has now mysteriously gone missing. Local police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward with evidence as there are [...]
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Idolator (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
The memorial stone at Ian Curtis' grave, which features the phrase "Love Will Tear Us Apart," has been stolen from Macclesfield Cemetery in Cheshire, England. For all the biopics, documentaries, re-releases and ancillary merchandise , this is the kind of incident that makes it official: Ian Curtis is the new Jim Morrison. [ BBC ]
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The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
The gravestone of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from a Cheshire cemetery. Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home in May 1980, shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US. Cheshire Police said his memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery. Officers are appealing for anyone with information on...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008
HEALTH bosses are staging a 60-mile cycle ride to mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS. Cheshire and Wirral partnership NHS foundation trust has organised the Challenging Stigma ride from Macclesfield to Clatterbridge on the official birthday, Saturday, July 5.
