Archive for September, 2018

South Cheshire health chief issues advice amid rise in teenage depression

South Cheshire health chief issues advice amid rise in teenage depression

A South Cheshire health expert has issued advice on how to spot depression in teenagers as thousands return to school and college this week.

Dr Nichola Bishop, of NHS South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group, spoke out after latest research shows almost one in four young people will experience depression before they are 19.

September 3, 2018
Crewe & Nantwich RUFC player scoops national award at Twickenham

Crewe & Nantwich RUFC player scoops national award at Twickenham

Crewe & Nantwich RUFC ladies captain Mollie Latham has scooped the National Rugby Awards Female Player of the Year at Twickenham!

Mollie was shortlisted for the award after her amazing achievements in leading the Vagrants ladies team as well as her wider role in the club.

September 3, 2018
Man found with £900 drugs in underpants in Willaston is jailed

Man found with £900 drugs in underpants in Willaston is jailed

A man found in a taxi in Willaston near Nantwich with £900 worth of Class A drugs in his underpants, has been jailed.

Lee Marr, 29, from Liverpool, appeared at Chester Crown Court where he was jailed for more than five years after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.

September 3, 2018
Crewe & Nantwich RUFC 2nds beaten 14-24 by Liverpool

Crewe & Nantwich RUFC 2nds beaten 14-24 by Liverpool

Crewe & Nantwich RUFC 2nds kicked off their season with a narrow defeat at home to Liverpool Collegiate 2nds at the Vagrants.

The game started badly for Crewe with turnover ball from the kick off and a series of drives from the Collegiate pack allowing their fly-half to cross unopposed kick to make it 5-0 after just three minutes.

September 3, 2018
Scooter owners flock to Nantwich for Dabber Scooter Club event

Scooter owners flock to Nantwich for Dabber Scooter Club event

By Jonathan White
Hundreds of scooter owners flocked to Nantwich for a get-together organised by Dabbers Scooter Club.

The 10th anniversary of “Smell The 2 Stroke” event took place at The Railway Hotel in Nantwich, during the final day of the Nantwich Food Festival.

September 2, 2018
Woore CC 1sts beaten heavily by league leaders Bagnall Norton

Woore CC 1sts beaten heavily by league leaders Bagnall Norton

By Roger Horwood
Bagnall Norton CC swept to back to back promotions with a comprehensive win over Woore CC, the only team who in theory could have overtaken them.

Woore remain in second position, but a second consecutive defeat leaves them just three points ahead of third placed Sandyford with three matches remaining.

September 2, 2018
Nantwich Town slump to 4-0 defeat away at South Shields

Nantwich Town slump to 4-0 defeat away at South Shields

Nantwich Town are licking their wounds after being thumped 4-0 away at South Shields.

Dave Cooke’s team suffered a second consecutive defeat in the Evo-Stik Premier League, and now lie 14th after being top after three games.

September 2, 2018
Orphaned seal pup at RSPCA Stapeley Grange marks start of ‘seal season’

Orphaned seal pup at RSPCA Stapeley Grange marks start of ‘seal season’

An orphaned seal pup has arrived at RSPCA Stapeley Grange in Nantwich, marking the start of the ‘seal season’ for the centre.

The common seal pup, nicknamed Godfrey, arrived at the animal charity’s Stapeley Grange wildlife centre after being rescued from a beach in Cumbria.

September 2, 2018
Family’s fundraising Sandstone Trail in memory of Nantwich lecturer

Family’s fundraising Sandstone Trail in memory of Nantwich lecturer

Three generations of the same family tackled the 34-mile Sandstone Trail in memory of a Nantwich lecturer who died from dementia aged just 69.

Simon Goodwin’s family were joined by friends and dogs on the two-day walk in August to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK.

September 2, 2018
Russian State Opera to perform at Crewe Lyceum Theatre

Russian State Opera to perform at Crewe Lyceum Theatre

The Russian State Opera will be performing Madama Butterfly at Crewe Lyceum Theatre later this month.

The highly acclaimed production returns for a UK tour, with music by Giacomo Puccini, and will be staged in South Cheshire on September 29.

September 2, 2018
Thousands enjoy the sun at Nantwich Food Festival

Thousands enjoy the sun at Nantwich Food Festival

Thousands of people have packed in to Nantwich town centre over the last 24 hours to enjoy the annual Nantwich Food Festival.

The sun has certainly shone on the event’s organisers as the warm weather has produced bumper crowds for the popular three-day festival.

September 1, 2018