Fire crews spent an hour battling a chimney blaze at a house in Aston, near Nantwich.
The fire broke out at around 6.50pm last night (April 13) at a property on Wrenbury Road in the village.
Crewe & Nantwich RUFC Ladies are celebrating after reaching the final of the Women’s Intermediate Plate competition.
The Vagrants side travelled to Streatham-Croydon in the semi-finals and came away with a fine 15-0 triumph.
Plans for 41 homes on the outskirts of Wrenbury near Nantwich have been rejected by a planning inspector after a two-day appeal.
Gladman Developments appealed against the Cheshire East Council decision to refuse permission for the houses on a green field site, claiming the authority could not demonstrate a five-year supply of housing land.
South Cheshire firm TBM Rail has beaten off stiff competition to win a Product Innovation Award at a prestigious national railway awards.
The firm, on Marshfield Bank Business Park in Crewe, invested three years developing a slimline power socket with USB slots to help rail operators improve services for passengers.
A Nantwich woman will be plunging new depths this summer – when she ski dives from 10,000ft in aid of terminally ill children.
Nikki Diamond, from Aston, usually goes the extra mile as part of her role as head of complex care at Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
By Stephen Topping
Cheshire East Council has more employees earning more than £100,000 than any other local authority in the north west, new figures have shown.
The TaxPayers’ Alliance has published its Town Hall Rich List for 2018 – showing the number of employees that received more than £100,000 in 2016-17.
A Nantwich woman now living in Paris has published her first book of short stories.
Former Nantwich and Acton Grammar School pupil Nicky Gentil has published “The Jazz-Girl, the Piano, and the Dedicated Tuner”.
By Stephen Topping
Cheshire East councillors are urging the Government to close a loophole allowing cross-border taxi hiring in an effort to protect children.
New legislation in 2015 made cross-border taxi hiring easier, so vehicles licensed by other councils can lawfully work in Nantwich and Crewe without meeting Cheshire East Council’s requirements.
Popular psychic Sally Morgan is touring for the 10th consecutive year and is set to spook her South Cheshire fans at Crewe Lyceum on May 21.
Her tour “Kisses to Heaven” builds on her years of experience as one of the UK’s most popular touring medium.
Solicitor advocate Keith Cutler has marked 10 years in the commercial department of leading Nantwich solicitors Hibberts.
Keith, now based in the company’s Crewe office, has spent time in the Nantwich and Tarporley offices and is known for building strong relationships with his loyal client base.
Tarporley racing driver Tom Oliphant narrowly missed out on a points finish during a “positive” first weekend in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.
Oliphant fought on the fringes of the top ten during the opening rounds at Brands Hatch on Sunday.
By Stephen Topping
More than 20,000 homes with planning permission are yet to be built in Cheshire East – with some dating back as far as 2010.
Cheshire East Council has granted planning permission for 20,441 homes that are currently unbuilt.
Workers at Bentley Motors in Crewe have backed industrial action over plans to close their defined pension scheme, union bosses have said.
Unite union members at the luxury car maker’s South Cheshire headquarters took part in a consultative ballot with a 98% result in favour of strike action.
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