Archive for August, 2015

Nantwich Mayor urges residents to boost town market trade

Nantwich Mayor urges residents to boost town market trade

Nantwich Mayor Andrew Martin has urged residents to “shop local” during a visit to the town’s market.

Cllr Martin visited Nantwich Market traders to find out how business is.

August 14, 2015
Brine Leas School students achieve best ever A level results

Brine Leas School students achieve best ever A level results

A level students at Brine Leas in Nantwich have achieved the school’s best ever results.

Many students have surpassed their target grades, with some moving on to study a wide range of courses at top universities.

August 13, 2015
Malbank Sixth Form achieve 99% A level pass rate

Malbank Sixth Form achieve 99% A level pass rate

Staff and students at Malbank Sixth Form College in Nantwich are celebrating after A level results showed 99% overall pass rate at A2.

There were top results across many departments with art maintaining performances seen in previous years where they were ranked in the top five departments in the UK.

August 13, 2015
Tarporley Sixth Form break A level records with stunning results

Tarporley Sixth Form break A level records with stunning results

Students broke A-level records at Tarporley Sixth Form College with 64% awarded top A Level grades, A*-B.

Today’s results show students outperformed targets with 35% of all grades awarded being at the very highest level of A*/A.

August 13, 2015
Wulvern’s pledge over fly-tipping signs and CCTV outside “Flash” home

Wulvern’s pledge over fly-tipping signs and CCTV outside “Flash” home

Wulvern Housing chiefs have pledged to remove signs and CCTV from scrap metal collector Michael “Flash” Meakin’s Nantwich property if fly-tipping stops.

Thousands of residents have protested at Wulvern after they installed signs and a camera outside Mr Meakin’s home on Gerard Drive.

August 13, 2015
Nantwich Town groundsman Pete Temmen pitches in with top FA award

Nantwich Town groundsman Pete Temmen pitches in with top FA award

Nantwich Town groundsman Pete Temmen has been awarded the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Groundsman of the Year by the FA.

Pete was presented with the award at a high profile event held at St Georges Park, the home of England’s national teams in Staffordshire.

August 13, 2015
Nantwich Food Festival set to break all records, say organisers

Nantwich Food Festival set to break all records, say organisers

The countdown to the Nantwich Food Festival is on, with organisers expecting more than 40,000 visitors for the three-day event next month.

The town will be flooded with flavours and aromas from around the world during the festival, from September 4-6.

August 13, 2015
Superfast broadband launched in Faddiley and Brindley

Superfast broadband launched in Faddiley and Brindley

More than 85 properties in Faddiley and Brindley near Nantwich can now connect up to Superfast broadband.

It comes after Connecting Cheshire funded a new fibre broadband cabinet in the local telephone exchange area.

August 12, 2015
Nantwich Singers invite public to join in Gilbert and Sullivan event

Nantwich Singers invite public to join in Gilbert and Sullivan event

Nantwich Singers are to stage a one-off event for Gilbert and Sullivan lovers!

The group’s new musical director Alison Phillips is inviting fans to sing HMS Pinafore with them at an afternoon workshop.

August 12, 2015
Ex Man United legend Mickey Thomas at Nantwich Town event

Ex Man United legend Mickey Thomas at Nantwich Town event

Former Man Utd, Everton and Wales Legend Mickey Thomas will be guest speaker at Nantwich Town’s Sportsman Dinner next month.

Thomas, who also played for Wrexham during an illustrious career, will be at the Weaver Stadium on September 17.

August 12, 2015
Michael Flash Meakin, scrap metal collector

Thousands angry at Wulvern “threat” to Nantwich metal man, Flash

Thousands of people have signed a petition supporting Nantwich scrap metal collector, Michael “Flash” Meakin.

The petition was launched after Wulvern Housing posted signs around his property on Gerard Drive warning him about fly-tipping and threatening to prosecute.

August 11, 2015
Meet the Beatles to perform at Nantwich Civic Hall

Meet the Beatles to perform at Nantwich Civic Hall

The UK’s most authentic Beatles tribute band will perform at Nantwich Civic Hall on September 11 at 7.30pm.

Meet the Beatles are seen as one of the finest tributes to The Beatles.

August 11, 2015
Audlem war veteran, 99, invited to VJ Day commemorations

Audlem war veteran, 99, invited to VJ Day commemorations

A 99-year-old veteran who served in Burma and now lives in South Cheshire, is to take part in the national VJ (Victory over Japan) Day 70th anniversary commemorations in London.

Former army captain Bert Molsom, a resident at Morris Care’s Corbrook Park Nursing Home in Audlem, will attend the event with his son, also Bert, this Saturday August 15.

August 11, 2015