Newlove and Fahy

Garry Newlove has rightly been headline news on BBC News Online during this last week, after he was killed outside his home for challenging a gang of teenagers. There seems to have been a spate of such awful deaths recently, with a young man from Croydon killed only a day or so later for speaking to some kids who's thrown litter into a car.

So, Mr Newlove's death was not the best reason for Warrington to be in the news, but at least it had the top coverage it deserved.

In the interim, Cheshire's Chief Constable, Peter Fahy, made the headlines himself, firstly for leading the investigation into Garry Newlove's murder. But then he created a stir for saying that the legal drinking age should be raised to 21. Fahy also suggested that parents should be held responsible for their unruly teenagers.

So, Cheshire was heavily featured in this week's news. A pity then, that this profile of Chief Constable Fahy was so hard to find on BBC News Online. A Cheshire news page might have solved that problem...

Back on the map

After a total news drought lasting more than 8 days, we are pleased to report that Cheshire has been found alive and, well, not really well, but certainly kicking.

It's been all go in Widnes the last few days: first, gunshots were fired at someone's house. Then, a woman was assaulted while asleep.

Elsewhere, Wilmslow (which has been a hotbed of crime since Kerry Katona's burglary) made the headlines again. This time, because a care worker brutalised a patient.

Lastly, someone shot a cat with an airgun in the Chester suburb of Blacon.

Nothing nice to report, but we are relieved that Aunty has temporarily remembered that life does go on in Cheshire...

No news

There is, officially, nothing to report. The BBC has not published a single Cheshire story anywhere on News Online during the last 7 days. Not one.

We searched high and low but failed to find one anywhere. Perhaps Cheshire really doesn't exist? After all, nothing is happening here, according to Aunty. And Aunty doesn't recognise Cheshire as a county anyway.

We read the news in the Chester Chronicle last Friday. Surely something has happened around here since then?

Why is it so difficult to find out what's going on in Cheshire?