Radio rumours

A whisper has reached News for Cheshire that BBC Radio Cheshire may possibly be launching in 2008...

Unfortunately, we didn't hear this from the BBC (now there's a surprise!). The tip came from a local journalist working on one of Cheshire's newspapers.

Searching the net for any info on this proposed venture reveals nothing at all, so I guess we'll just have to sit tight and see if our friendly journo is right - we'd love to see this news come true. On the petition, it's been astonishing the number of signatories who have voiced their fury at the lack of a county radio station even though the campaign started off as a demand for a humble web page on BBC News Online. So - fingers crossed, it may yet happen...

Depressingly, since we last posted on 23 September, the BBC has not published one single item of Cheshire news at all (no change there, then).

Here are last week's stories that Aunty could have reported:

The Tories won a crucial by-election in Gowy for Cheshire county council, strengthening their grip on power. They have also selected Stephen Mosley as Chester's candidate for the general election (which could be sooner than we think). Mosley is currently a county councillor as well as deputy leader of Chester City Council.

An armed gang has been targeting off-licences in the Chester area and members are possibly carrying guns.

A Crewe teacher was convicted of downloading child porn from the internet and is awaiting sentence.

Vale Royal Borough Council won an award - The Times Best Council to Work For, an annual award run by The Times newspaper to recognise the best of public service.

A campaign to revive the fortunes of our county's Cheshire Cheese was launched at Nantwich Food and Drink Festival over the weekend. Just six traditional producers (as opposed to factories) still make Britain's oldest-known cheese.

And - the best news this week - the Glass Slug project is officially dead. Official conformation came on an election leaflet during the Gowy by-election (see above).

All the news that Aunty refuses to tell you....

Tune in next week for more.