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NEWS
3TheC
hron
icleJanuary
11,2008
C
Toddlerrescued
afteraccidentally
lockinghim
selfinparents’bedroom
Oliver
seesfirefighter
heroesafter
mishap
FIREMANSam
fanOliver
hada
face-to-faceencounter
with
Chester
Fire’s
Green
Watch
this
week
afterafam
ilygam
eofhide
andseek
wentwrong.
Two-year-old
Oliver
Liddiard
thoughthehad
theperfect
hidin
gplace
bylockin
ghimselfin
hisparen
ts’bedroom
onTuesday
–untilhereal-
isedhecouldn’t
unlock
thedoor.
HismumLucy,ofN
ewryPark,said:
“Wenever
usethelock
onthebedroom
doorsoIdidn’tth
inkofitas
apoten
tialissu
e.Irealised
quitequickly
thathe
wasn’t
abletoopen
thedoor
andI
knewitw
ouldbehard
toforce
itopensoIcalled
999.”Within20minutes,firefigh
tersused
a‘rabbit’device
topop
openthedoor
withoutputtingOliver
inany
danger.
Lucysaid:“H
ewascryin
gandwas
quiteupset
butassoon
ashesaw
the
firementhetears
driedup.Heloves
Firem
anSam
andhaslots
offire
enginetoys
andbooks.
“Thatday
hewaseven
wearin
ga
T-shirtw
ithafire
engineonit.W
etook
himoutto
seethefire
engineandthey
gavehim
ateddy
beardressed
asa
firemanwhich
hehascalled
Firem
anSam
Bear.”
Oliver’s
five-week-old
sister,Phoebe,
sleptthrough
thewhole
dramabut
formerDee106.3
newseditor
Lucy,29,
foundtheexperien
ceembarrassin
g.Shesaid:
“Iused
totalk
tothefire
fighters
allthetime.Itwasabit
embarrassin
gtomeet
them
inthat
situation
.”Firefigh
terAndySpen
cersaid:“T
he
littlelad
wasabittrau
matised
sowe
gavehim
oneofour‘trau
mateds’
which
wecarry
roundinthefire
engineandhesoon
cheered
up.”
Care
worker
admits
stealing
fromclien
tACAREworkerwhostolecash
fromabed-rid
dencancer
sufferer
wasgivencommunity
service
andordered
topay
costs.Angela
Davies,
39,of
BurnhamRoad,Lache,was
employedbyChesh
ireCounty
Councilasacareworkerto
lookafter
IanReid,64,ofSt
Oswald’sFlats.
MrReid
suffered
froma
numberofilln
esses,including
cancer,
andwasbed-rid
den.
ButDavies
wasfoundguilty
oftheft
after
whatdistrict
JudgeNick
Sanders
called
a“brea
choftru
st”.Shetook£160fromMrReid’s
wallet
onNovember22and
£120onNovember26lastyear.
Authorities
believ
edDavies
wasondutywhencashwent
missin
gandshewascaught
stealing£180onDecem
ber3
after
surveilla
nceequipment
wasinstalled
atMrReid’shome.
Thenotes,
which
hadbeen
treated
with
dye,were
later
foundinherpossessio
n.
Thecourtwasalso
askedto
considertwofurth
erthefts
of
£60onOctober14and£70on
October22,bringingthetotal
to£410,which
shebroughtinto
courttorep
ayMrReid.
Shewasordered
topay
additio
nalcosts
of£43and
carry
out120hoursof
voluntaryworkoverthenext
12months.
Davies,
visib
lyupset
during
proceed
ings,offered
no
explanationforthethefts,
otherthanshehad“su
ccumbed
totem
ptation”.
ByAlliso
nDickinson
ByRebeccaEdwards
FIREMANFAN:Oliver
Liddiardand
hismum
LucywithOliver’s
giftfromChester
firefighters.Picture
byHADYNIBALLhk100108fire-001.jpg
NEWSfile
Grou
pw
alks
tallCHESTERCityCouncilis
givingitsbacking
toa
newwalking
group.Thegroup
willbe
settingofffrom
Westm
insterPark
onwhatm
embers
hopewillbe
aregular
andpopular
event.Thegroup
hasbeen
organisedtoallow
peopleofallages
andabilities
togoonwalks
aroundtheir
community
inasafe
relaxedenvironm
entand
tosocialise
while
improving
theirhealth.
Forinform
ationcontactJam
esDuckers,
community
sportofficer,Chester
CityCouncilon
01244402273
ore-m
ailjam
Crash
esh
alttraffic
TRAFFICcam
etoastandstillon
theA55
southerlyby-pass
onThursday
morning
aftertwo
crashesduring
rushhour.
Five
carswere
involvedinacrash
onthe
eastboundcarriagew
aynear
theWrexham
Road
roundaboutat7.28am.Nobody
wasinjured.
Ablack
JaguarX-type
wasinvolved
inthe
collisionwithasilver
Ford
Focus,a
greyToyota
Aygo,a
blueVauxhallC
orsaand
agrey
Peugeot
306.Twocars
alsocollided
onthe
A55near
Eccleston.A
white
VauxhallA
stravan
anda
blackToyota
Supra
were
quicklymoved
offthecarriagew
ayand
nobodywasinjured.
Du
kes
Drive
work
WORKisdue
tobegin
onimprovem
entsto
Dukes
Drive,C
hester,aspartofa
scheme
backedbythe
Forestry
Commission.
LastyearChester
CityCouncilcarried
outworks
inthe
Dingle
includingdrainage,m
akinghazardous
treessafe
andclearing
vegetation.This
year,work
willfocus
onthe
entranceto
Dukes
Drive
withthe
removaloflaureland
rhododendrontoopen
upview
sinto
thewoodland
andencourage
woodland
edgespecies
toflourish.
Other
work
involvesmaking
treessafe
andimproving
footpathsbyclearing
overgrown
sycamores.
Theworks
willtake
afew
weeks
tocom
pletebutthere
shouldbelittle
ornodisruption
tothe
public.
Fire
camp
aignAFIREsafety
campaign
hashelped
reducekitchen
firesover
thefestive
season.Cheshire
Fireand
Rescue
Service’s
Your
Grill
Can
Killcam
paign,supportedbyTVchefA
ldoZilli,w
aslaunched
tohelp
underlinethe
dangersofleaving
cookers,grillsand
deepfatfryers
unattended.Early
indicationsshow
thenum
beroffires
startedinthe
kitchenwere
lowerthan
thesam
eperiod
in2006.
ChiefF
ireOfficer
Steve
McGuirk
said:“Thecam
paignhas
provedtobean
excellentwaytoget
oursafety
message
across.”
Steve
McGuirk
