Archive for July, 2015

Nantwich Very Best in Stand Up lines up top acts for new season

Nantwich Very Best in Stand Up lines up top acts for new season

The Very Best in Stand Up is gearing up for a return to Nantwich in five weeks – with a host of top stars lined up for a new season.

Live comedy fans will pack out Nantwich Civic Hall again when the new season kicks off on September 4.

July 27, 2015
Fairerpower earns sponsorship deal with Nantwich Town

Fairerpower earns sponsorship deal with Nantwich Town

Nantwich Town has teamed up with Fairerpower – the energy scheme launched by Cheshire East Council.

The sponsorship deal will see Fairerpower promoted on players’ shirts for the next two seasons.

July 27, 2015
Forecast improves for biggest ever Nantwich Show

Forecast improves for biggest ever Nantwich Show

Nantwich is gearing up for one of its busiest days of the year as the annual Nantwich Show comes to town.

Organisers say Nantwich Show ground at Dorfold Park is in a good condition, and the forecast is now looking good for Wednesday (July 29).

July 27, 2015
Nantwich Town hold AFC Fylde 1-1 in pre-season clash

Nantwich Town hold AFC Fylde 1-1 in pre-season clash

By Richard Scott
Phil Parkinson’s Nantwich Town continued their pre-season with a fine 1-1 draw at home to Vanarama National League north side AFC Fylde.

The Dabbers took the lead through Matty Kosylo before Dion Charles levelled midway through the first half.

July 26, 2015
Reaseheath College students wow RHS Flower Show judges

Reaseheath College students wow RHS Flower Show judges

Pupils and students enjoyed the limelight when they won prizes and appeared on Reaseheath College’s eye-catching garden at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park.

Thomas Atkinson, six, his seven year-old sister Beau, Poppy Beeson, eight, and seven year-old Ruby Deaville, who were dressed as ‘bug hunters’, posed on the garden with a giant aphid for photographers.

July 26, 2015
Over 85s in Nantwich to receive free telecare support

Over 85s in Nantwich to receive free telecare support

Over 85s living alone in Nantwich will get free telecare support while others could see charges for social care packages reduced, Cheshire East Council says.

Care charges and services were reviewed following a public consultation earlier this year under the new Care Act.

July 26, 2015
Annual Golf Day planned for Leighton Hospital MRI appeal

Annual Golf Day planned for Leighton Hospital MRI appeal

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity will host its third annual golf day to raise money for Leighton Hospital’s MRI Scanner Appeal.

The event will be held at Vale Royal Abbey in Whitegate, Cheshire, on Friday September 18.

July 26, 2015
Woman, 46, hit by train at Willaston level crossing

Woman, 46, hit by train at Willaston level crossing

A Nantwich woman injured in an incident with a train at Willaston level crossing, has suffered multiple fractures.

It’s believed the 46-year-old was struck by a train on the crossing, breaking her arm in several places.

July 25, 2015
New £7 million road linking A500 and Gresty Road to be unveiled

New £7 million road linking A500 and Gresty Road to be unveiled

The new £7million road linking the A500 at Shavington with Gresty Road in Crewe is to be unveiled on Monday (July 27).

The 0.7-mile Basford West Spine Road will be named Jack Mills Way, after the late train driver from Crewe who was attacked during the notorious Great Train Robbery in 1963.

July 24, 2015
Marsh Lane in Nantwich to close for  bridge repairs

Marsh Lane in Nantwich to close for bridge repairs

Busy Marsh Lane in Nantwich is to close for a week for a damaged bridge to be repaired.

The lane will be shut by Cheshire East Council either side of Ravensmoor Bridge between August 10 and 14.

July 24, 2015
Big Day Out set to be big hit on Nantwich Show ground

Big Day Out set to be big hit on Nantwich Show ground

This year’s Big Day Out in Nantwich is a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in aid of St Luke’s Hospice and Macmillan.

The event will be held at the Nantwich Show ground on Sunday August 2 from 11am to 4pm.

July 24, 2015
Wistaston teenager lands top US golf scholarship

Wistaston teenager lands top US golf scholarship

A Wistaston teenager has teed up a golf scholarship in the USA in a bid to make it big in the sport.

South Cheshire College sports student Lewis George is heading across the Atlantic to the University of Central Arkansas (UCA).

July 24, 2015
Nantwich solicitors tackle zip wire challenge for Hope Hospice

Nantwich solicitors tackle zip wire challenge for Hope Hospice

A team of partners from Hall Smith Whittingham Solicitors in Crewe and Nantwich scaled the heights for their local children’s hospice.

The team took on the height and speed of a zip wire challenge to help Hope House Children’s Hospices.

July 24, 2015