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News from CheshireCommunities (associated with the Chester Chronicle)
- Chester Deaf Children's Society
- We are a local group of the National Deaf Children's Society. We offer support, advice and information to parents of deaf children in the Chester area. We also organise gatherings and fun events and outings for deaf children and their families. Contact: Nicola Hall Email: chesterdcs@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 01948 820535
- We need You!
- Oxfam Chester, Frodsham street wants to say a big thank you to all our donors and customers for the massive success of the M&S Clothing Exchange. The
- Winnie the Policy Adviser
- RICHARD Danzig ? the man who will be national security adviser should Barack Obama become president of the USA? says the war on terror can learn a lot from Winnie the Pooh. ?Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security,? he said. Don?t panic. There is no actual proof he is bonkers.
- Oxfam Chester Shop
- Oxfam Chester is a bustling shop in the heart of the city. We pride ourselves on being a specialist bookshop, and we also have a wide fashion range. We are run by volunteers and always need an extra hand, do get in touch! Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty and suffering across the world, saving lives by responding swiftly to provide aid, support and protection during emergencies and, in the longer term, developing programmes and solutions that empower people to work their way out of poverty.
- Americans tell us we were right all along ? too late!
- IT HAS taken the Americans to tell us that a stiff upper lip is better than letting your feelings spill out. Well, they don?t just spill, do they, feelings? When people start to get things off their chest feelings tend to spread over the floor like something the dog?s just done. They are best stepped carefully around, other people?s feelings.
- TinyTalk
- TinyTalk baby signing and singing classes - helping babies to communicate before they can talk. Suitable from birth to toddlers; favourite nursery rhymes and action songs; refreshments and social time; fun, educational and relaxed; drop in classes available; workshops and post-natal talks; nursery training programme. Classes in the South Cheshire area: Mondays 10-11am, Alsager Library, Sandbach Road North, Alsager (New classes starting 7.7.08); Thursdays 10-11am Highfields Community Primary School, Cumberland Avenue, Nantwich.
- Are PM phone calls on the right lines?
- GORDON Brown has taken to telephoning people at random to show he is staying in touch and re-connecting with the electorate. I took a call. Hello. ?Hello, may I speak with Mr or Mrs J Buckley, please.? Mr J Buckley speaking, but I am not buying anything. ?My name is Gordon....? Of course, it is. How are things in Mumbai? I must say your accent is very good.
- Tip-off of brazenus arrogantus sighting
- Covert television cameras and spy systems hidden in bushes and trees are catching fly-tippers in Cheshire. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to TipWatch. ?Nearly daybreak, and the monitoring team have been up all night, determined to capture evidence of a Drobelle ? that is a Drobelle of the nocturnal Abominable Ronny Drobelle variety ? fly-tipping.
- Naughty children are in a class of their own
- UNRULY children as young as five face being taught in ?educational sinbins? under plans to stop pupils becoming out of control. Of course, this new government tactic is supported by the latest Janet and John book.
- Amnesty International (Chester)
- The Chester group of Amnesty International was established 30 years ago and is still campaigning for human rights. Contact: Kristin Bradbury Phone: 01244 5700711 Email: kristinbradbury@btinternet.com Website: www.amnesty.org.uk/chester
- Teachers will have to come up with the right answers
- Schoolchildren, says the Department for Children, Schools and Families, should be able to question teachers applying for jobs. Ministers believe children should have a say in the running of a school. Suddenly it may be important for teachers to get on the right side of pupils and not the other way around.
- Police are getting a grip
- FROM The Daily Telegraph, May 6: A disabled war widow who has refused to pay her council tax for two years has fled abroad to escape arrest. So it?s come to this, has it? Inspector Gripper of the Yard looked up in scarlet faced fury when his sergeant jabbed him stiletto style with the bad news. ?She?s flown chief. Done a runner. Scarpered. Gaff?s empty. No trace. Searched. No passport. Spain?s favourite.?
- Signs of artistic ambitions in highways department
- THIS country has developed a serious problem to go with all the others. This one borders on obsessional. We cannot resist tinkering with our roads, adding this, putting in that. Usually, it is in the name of safety, but sometimes I do wonder. Our relationship with roadways seems to be one of gardens and gardeners.
- The local elections are all about power, Cheshire ? and expenses
- Sorry to bother you. If you?ve a few moments to spare I won?t keep you long. I know you?re pushed. Who isn?t these days? I was wondering if you were intending to vote tomorrow and whether you had made your mind up yet, because I?d like you to vote for me. Yes, that?s right, in the elections.
- Industry gets into bed with university
- ONE of the country?s newest universities is offering a degree in selling beds. The Britain we live in, eh? It is what would have been called a training course in your day. Now it comes with a cap and gown and two years? obligatory student drunken revelry. But for being born in the wrong era I would have enrolled myself and happily moved into the halls of residence. Not only would I have bedded the pretty little blonde-haired girl down the corridor I?d have sold her the mattress as well.
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