Local Lawyers Swatted

 

Local solicitors found themselves on the wrong side of the long arm of the law today, when a armed police unit stormed their offices, following a 'tip off' about a firearm. 

The tip off turned out to be false and luckily both solicitors residing in the office were completely unharmed, along with a potential client.

Weatherfield Police are said to be 'looking into' whomever made the call, but we here at the Recorder wont hold our breath. However, the police also sent out a reminder that swatting, the act of making a false claim about a firearm, is a serious crime, which can lead to a life sentence, depending on the severity of the incident.

From the Ashes

 Like a Pheonix, the Weatherfield Recorder rises from the ashes. Quite literally! For those of you out there in Weatherfield who are unaware, our previous editor-in-chief, and owner, did a runner over ten years ago, after running up debts with some local loanshark. That loanshark then went on to burn down our offices on the Queens Shopping Precinct, close by to Freshcos.

What ensued was a prolonged ten year battle to gain control of the beleaguered newspaper company. Though the Gazette once held the rights to the Weatherfield, it seems our previous owner bought them back at some point in time. At this point you may be expecting that we indeed managed to regain the rights to the company, but alas, we didn't. However, we were permitted to use the name 'Weatherfield Recorder' for a local news online coverage site.

So here we are, in a small corner of Inkerman Street, next door to a disused public house, that has also seen its fair share of flames. However, with time, we hope to grow into the No.1 Weatherfield News site like we were so long ago!

To the future!

Bank Robbery in Weatherfield!

Weatherfield Police today confirmed that a old army veteran, Jim McDonald attempted to rob a large amount of money from the Lancashire & Flye building society, he was however foiled by a member of staff, who pressed the silent alarm.

A have-a-go-hero college student also tried to stop Mr. McDonald by hitting him with a chair. More news as it comes in.

In other news - Read this article in heatworld about soap storylines we'd love to see.

Coronation Street resident arrested for fraud

Mrs. Eileen Grimshaw of 11 Coronation Street was arrested on the charge of fraud yesterday, which she later pleaded guilty to.

It is understood that she stole £10,000 from Mr. Owen Armstrong, by signing her name on a cheque for the rebuilding of Underworld last year, though she did pay Mr. Armstrong back, Mrs. Grimshaw recived a caution for her actions

Builder Woes on Coronation Street

It seems the rebuilding of Mr. Dev Alahan's Corner Shop on Coronation Street has hit a blip, reports from a certain street resident claim "That Dev seems to have not been keeping up with his payments, I tell you now, I've not had any trouble paying him, mind I don't own posh apartments or kebab shops"

So as residents continue having to make the extra ten minute commute to Balaclava Terraces off-license for their wines and milk, we have to wonder, will D&S Alahan's Corner Shop actually manage to reopen?

Coronation Street reopens to traffic

Just over a month after the terrible tragedy that struck Coronation Street, the street has finally reopened to traffic and pedestrians., hopefully this will bring an end to the terrible congestion on Rosamund and Mawdley Streets.

In other news, police are searching for a Mrs. Claire Peacock who is believed to have evaded police capture after she assulted Ms. Tracy Barlow of No.1 Coronation Street.

Rosamund Street viaduct gets revamp

The viaduct on Rosmaund Street was closed off on Monday as GMPTE replaced the old railings which have stood there for over a decade, the new railings are more colourful and will make the area look more attractive, however there are no plans to do the same with the Viaduct Street viaduct.