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Tuesday 16
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August 2016
Tue 16
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Aug 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Will Cheshire East please stop 'saving' us money?
In 2011 Cheshire East endeavoured to save taxpayers money by building their own waste transfer station in Lyme Green instead of paying contractors to…
Tuesday 9
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August 2016
Tue 9
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Aug 2016
Barlow's Beef: Can we do 'pay as you go' for CEC top execs?
When David Parr became chief executive of the old Macclesfield Borough Council in 2001 he radically changed the management structure appointing his own…
Monday 8
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August 2016
Mon 8
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Aug 2016
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Reader's Letter: Traffic disruption
Several times in recent weeks we have been in the village weekend evenings and have been very concerned at high-powered motor cars and motorcycles roaring…
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Tuesday 2
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August 2016
Tue 2
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Aug 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Let's kick some donkey's bottom
As a lifelong student of the English language I'm always intrigued by the introduction of new words and phrases into the lexicon. Americans are brilliantly…
Tuesday 26
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July 2016
Tue 26
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Jul 2016
Barlow's Beef: Warning do not voice an opinion
What's happened to free speech in our country? I've never witnessed so much vitriol aimed at anyone brave (or foolhardy enough) to voice an opinion. It's…
Tuesday 19
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July 2016
Tue 19
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Jul 2016
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Barlow's Beef: What a complete and utter shambles
What's happening in Westminster post referendum? Looks like they're doing some old party dance: You put your Boris in, your Boris outIn out in out shake…
Tuesday 12
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July 2016
Tue 12
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Jul 2016
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Barlow's Beef: We are all in this together
Remember the financial collapse of 2009 when David Cameron declared: "We are all in this together which is why we'll freeze public sector pay for all…
Tuesday 5
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July 2016
Tue 5
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Jul 2016
Barlow's Beef: Public enemy number one for over a century
I did some research recently into public complaints to councils over the past century. As you would expect they have changed considerably over the years…
Tuesday 28
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June 2016
Tue 28
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Jun 2016
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Barlow's Beef: The problem with democracy
Unlike public 'consultations' where the end result is decided before the process begins. The problem with true democracy for politicians is it states…
Friday 24
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June 2016
Fri 24
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Jun 2016
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Reader's Letter: The deterioration of the paths and drains
I have lived in Alderley Edge for over 66 years. I remember clearly the past Parish Council members, ie Miss Heywood, Reg Berisford and Gordon Heath et…
Tuesday 21
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June 2016
Tue 21
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Jun 2016
Barlow's Beef: Devolution for dummies
I am sooooo disappointed. No... make that gutted to hear Cheshire East's ambitious devolution proposal has been put on hold. Along with Cheshire West…
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Tuesday 14
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June 2016
Tue 14
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Jun 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Has the EU debate left you confused?
Like most people I've swung this way and that on my voting intentions in the forthcoming EU Referendum. Over the past few weeks the quality of debate…
Tuesday 7
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June 2016
Tue 7
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Jun 2016
Barlow's Beef: No one likes a bad loser
Isn't life interesting? You can be top of the pile for years, strutting your stuff before the world and then wham, there's a new kid on the block and…
Tuesday 31
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May 2016
Tue 31
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May 2016
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Barlow's Beef: My Fawlty Towers retail experience
This week my printer self-combusted leaving me unable to complete a number of outstanding jobs. With retailers under pressure from Internet sales I decided…
Tuesday 24
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May 2016
Tue 24
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May 2016
Barlow's Beef: Are we heading for a toilet war?
There's been a lot of odd stories in the news recently don't you think? None more so than the transgender toilet war raging across the USA which seems…
Tuesday 17
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May 2016
Tue 17
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May 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Will Cheshire be obliterated or brought to heel?
Stick with me on this week's article. It's like antibiotics... you won't feel better until you finish the course. Remember back in 2002 when President,…
Tuesday 10
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May 2016
Tue 10
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May 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Move along now there is nothing to see!
So...how did you get on? Did you cast your vote at for your Police and Crime Commissioner? This was the first time in my entire life I did not exercise…
Tuesday 3
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May 2016
Tue 3
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May 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Bletchley Park could not decipher this
Do you have any idea what this means? "integrating the operations and delivery teams thereby illuminating and reducing man marking and leveraging the…
Tuesday 26
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April 2016
Tue 26
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Apr 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Chaos on Cheshire roads
We know that our roads are increasingly congested. We also know the cost to companies when staff are stuck in traffic. Pricing jobs is a nightmare for…
Wednesday 13
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April 2016
Wed 13
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Apr 2016
Reader's Letter: Cheshire East’s record is poor
Cheshire East Council has shown many incompetencies by first running to a London-based agency to advise on local town planning (instead of using a local…
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