Cheshire Blades FC hold family fun day in Willaston
Cheshire Blades FC held a family fun day at its base in Willaston, Nantwich.
The free event took place at the rear of the Peacock Hotel, off Crewe Road.
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Hundreds enjoy South Cheshire Model Engineering Society open day
By Jonathan White
Families and youngsters enjoyed the South Cheshire Model Engineering Society annual open day.
The free event took place on their premises at the rear of the Peacock Hotel, Crewe Road, Willaston.
South Cheshire friends cycle 850-mile Rhine for Bloodwise
By Jonathan White
Two South Cheshire friends are to cycle the length of the River Rhine in aid of Bloodwise charity.
Ben Reinhardt, from Crewe, and Jim Forkin,from Willaston, are spending September cycling the full river length of 860 miles.
South Cheshire Model Engineering Society Open Day
The South Cheshire Model Engineering Society 2015 Open Day will be held on Saturday September 5.
The event, which draws big crowds, will run from 11am until 5pm at the society’s tracksite behind The Peacock Hotel, on Crewe Road, Willaston.
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.
Willaston and Wistaston call for HGVs to be moved off A534
Councillors are calling for HGVs to be taken off the busy A534 Crewe/Nantwich Road through Willaston and Wistaston.
Margaret Simon, Jacquie Weatherill and Sarah Pochin want to see lorries removed from road after its speed limit was reduction from 40mph to 30mph.
Hundreds battle it out in World Worm Charming Championships
By Jonathan White
Scores of teams battled it out at the 36th World Worm Charming Championships in Willaston, near Nantwich.
The championships saw participants in each of the 144 plots battling for 30 minutes to collect as many worms as possible from a 3×3 metre piece of land.
Willaston Neighbourhood Plan will help fend off developers
A new Willaston Neighbourhood plan could help the village fend off “unsustainable” development, claims Cheshire East Council Leader Michael Jones.
The council has backed Willaston’s effort to adopt a Neighbourhood plan which enables residents to have a say in the development they want where they live.
SATs exams pupils in Nantwich given breakfast boost
Nantwich pupils have been given a helping hand during their SATs exams this week – by a local supermarket.
Rachel Lewis, community champion at Nantwich’s Morrisons store, has been visiting primary schools to give out free breakfasts.
Cheshire East elections: Sarah Pochin wins Willaston and Rope seat
By Kirsty Rollings
Voters in Willaston and Rope Ward made a bold statement with their appointment of first time candidate Sarah Pochin.
Conservative candidate Pochin took the seat from outspoken UKIP candidate Brian Silvester in a comfortable victory in the Cheshire East Council elections.
Call for crackdown on HGV drivers breaching Willaston lorry ban
Residents in Willaston are calling for action to stop trucks using the village as a rat run.
A ban on HGVs driving on the narrow roads through Willaston was introduced 12 years ago.
Inspectors set new Local Plan deadline for Cheshire East Council
Cheshire East has until end of July to submit more evidence in its fight to get a Local Plan recognised.
The new deadline has been set by planning inspectors to take account of the general and local elections.
Arriva Buses reinstate Willaston weekend service after campaign
A campaign to save late evening bus services through the village of Willaston has been successful.
Villagers and councillors raised fears after Arriva Buses announced a plan to withdraw weekend evening services for the number 84 bus between Crewe and Nantwich, which serves Willaston.
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