Work has started on a hospital extension that will see more patients in Nantwich and Crewe being able to access eye care services.
The project, a joint venture between Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) and Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd, will see the Eye Care Centre at Leighton Hospital extended and further specialist staff recruited.
Campaigners fighting to reverse plans for four Sure Start children’s centres in South Cheshire have vowed to continue their fight.
Protesters gathered outside a Cheshire East Council scrutiny committee calling for the council to stop the de-designation of Nantwich children’s centre on Dog Lane, and those in Knutsford, Sandbach and Broken Cross.
A South Cheshire bus driver could soon be making his final stop – after scooping a £6.1 million Lotto jackpot!
Grandad Kevin Jones, from Crewe, found out he’d won the National Lottery draw on May 18 during a rush-hour shift.
An apprentice engineer at Bombardier’s Crewe works has been crowned Reaseheath College’s ‘Engineering Apprentice of the Year’.
Liam Barnett, 21, received his award from Bombardier General Manager Tony Webb at a workshop floor presentation in front of fellow apprentices and work colleagues.
Hundreds of families gathered in Nantwich with their beloved pooches to enjoy the Doggy Day Out fundraising event.
Nantwich Marina hosted the event, organised by Redshift Radio, to help raise funds for Elle’s Wishes and Crewe & Nantwich RSPCA.
Daring South Cheshire accountants were counting down when they plunged 10,000ft out of a plane – in aid of the MRI scanner appeal.
Eight employees from Alextra Accountants conquered the skies when the team completed skydives at Tilstock Airfield in Whitchurch.
Nantwich schools, clubs and groups are being encouraged to tap into a supermarket’s community champion.
Rachel Lewis, based at Morrisons, has been helping scores of organisations through the company’s community scheme.
Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College has earned national recognition for its 2015 performance by the Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT).
Latest statistics show the school is in the top 20% of non-selective schools nationally for high average grades achieved by students.
The inaugural Steampunk festival takes place in Crewe this weekend, which organisers say will help boost the local economy.
Free events, visiting attractions and exhibitions will be staged across the weekend, with shows at the Crosville Club and Lyceum Theatre during the evenings.
H Clewlow Butchers in Nantwich has been crowned UK Speciality Sausage champion.
The Pepper Street butchers scooped the honour in the UK final of the Butchers Q Guild 2016 BBQ Competition.
By Jonathan White
Wistaston Singers helped raise hundreds of pounds for local causes at a fund-raising concert in St Mary’s Church Hall, Wistaston.
Musical director Phil Houghton introduced each song and soloist, with Treona Holden the accompanist for the show.
A Nantwich headteacher has hit out at the use of “punitive” fines for parents who take their children out of school for holidays.
Mary Hennessy Jones, head at Pear Tree Primary in Stapeley, spoke after a High Court ruling backed Isle of Wight parent Jon Platt for refusing to pay a £120 fine after he took his daughter out last year.
A teenage girl has been charged in relation to the assault of a 14-year-old boy from Nantwich.
The 15-year-old, from Crewe, was arrested on Sunday May 1 following an incident in a field off Wall Lane, near to Nantwich Pool, on Saturday April 30.
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