A big-hearted Stapeley pupil has raised vital funds for Children in Need by running a ‘name that toy’ competition.
Pear Tree Primary youngster Oriana Preece used her drive and determination to make a difference by running the fund-raiser.
By Jonathan White
Local choirs entertained the audience at Wistaston Community Council’s annual ‘Christmas Concert’.
The concert featured Wells Green Choir led by Myra Wood, Shavington Academy Music Ensemble led by John Clarke, and Wistaston Church Lane Academy Choir led by Helen Collett and Victoria Palethorpe.
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Cheeky mooning gnomes in Wistaston who made international headlines, have made a Christmas comeback!
This family of friendly characters have taken up residence outside gnome fan Laurence Perry’s home on Westfield Drive.
Police want to speak to this man in connection with an attack on a doctor at Crewe railway station.
The horrific attack happened as the A&E doctor was getting off a train which had pulled into the station.
A woman in her 60s has been badly burned in a house fire in Crewe.
The incident happened at about 4pm yesterday (December 14) at a property on Eadie Grove, in the Bradfield Road area of the town.
Staff at the Nantwich branch of Yorkshire Building Society are supporting homeless young people this Christmas.
They are raising money as part of its charity partnership with End Youth Homelessness (EYH).
Nantwich Police have issued a warning after burglars targeted two properties in the area.
The incidents happened in the Wellington Road area and at a property in the village Hankelow, between Nantwich and Audlem.
The Government’s latest league tables for Nantwich primary schools have been published, rating schools on the improvement shown by pupils in reading, writing and maths.
The tables show the percentage of pupils achieving the expected standard by the end of Key Stage 2 (year 6), compared to where pupils were at the end of Key Stage 1 (year 2).
Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival organisers are pressing ahead with plans for next year’s event and hope to make it the ‘biggest and best yet’ in memory of its founder Phillip Martin.
Mr Martin, who was proprietor of The Crown Hotel, established the festival in 1996 and was well ahead with plans for Easter’s music programme when he died of a heart attack aged 65 in November.
Churches in Nantwich are teaming up once again to hold a Christmas Day Lunch for people who would otherwise be on their own.
And Street restaurant on Welsh Row is running a similar scheme for hard-up families after last year’s success.
The Cheese Room at Nantwich Museum has been redecorated and redesigned thanks to a grant from Nantwich estate agents Baker Wynne & Wilson.
Volunteers led by museum manager Kate Dobson cleaned and repainted the room and researched and designed new display boards and labels for a range of artefacts.
A sporty girl from Audlem has been named Everybody Junior Member of the Year 2017.
Audlem St James pupil Isabella Woods scooped the honour which rewards a 5-11 year-old Cheshire East resident who has shown dedication to health and activity.
Christmas has come early to friends in a Nantwich school choir and band after receiving a £1,000 donation towards their trip to Venice.
The money, donated by The County Group, means Brine Leas School Choir and its Concert Band, can look forward to a trip of a lifetime next summer.
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