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Nantwich schools and groups urged to tap into community champion

Nantwich schools and groups urged to tap into community champion

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.

May 24, 2016
Tarporley High School earns national recognition from SSAT

Tarporley High School earns national recognition from SSAT

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.

May 24, 2016
Steampunk Festival to boost South Cheshire economy

Steampunk Festival to boost South Cheshire economy

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.

May 23, 2016
H Clewlow Butchers crowned UK Speciality Sausage champion

H Clewlow Butchers crowned UK Speciality Sausage champion

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.

May 23, 2016
Wistaston Singers perform fund-raising concert for local causes

Wistaston Singers perform fund-raising concert for local causes

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.

May 23, 2016
Nantwich head hits out at ‘punitive’ fines for parents amid High Court ruling

Nantwich head hits out at ‘punitive’ fines for parents amid High Court ruling

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.

May 23, 2016
Teenage girl charged with assault after Nantwich pool incident

Teenage girl charged with assault after Nantwich pool incident

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.

May 23, 2016
Young artists and scribes honoured at Nantwich Museum

Young artists and scribes honoured at Nantwich Museum

Young Nantwich artists and scribes were honoured at the town’s museum as winners of an art and handwriting competition.

A record 860 entries from nine local primary schools were received by organisers, Rotary Club of Nantwich.

May 21, 2016
Nantwich Film Club hosts town’s first film festival

Nantwich Film Club hosts town’s first film festival

MP Edward Timpson and Nantwich Mayor Cllr Andrew Martin helped launch the town’s first film festival.

The event has been organised in association with the Nantwich Film Club and will be based at Nantwich Civic Hall.

May 21, 2016
Nantwich Town agree signing of Ibou Touray

Nantwich Town agree signing of Ibou Touray

Nantwich Town have made their first signing in preparation for the 2016-17 campaign.

Ibou Touray is a powerful and athletic left back, who can also play in the left midfield position.

May 19, 2016
Nantwich in Bloom organisers launch bid for national title

Nantwich in Bloom organisers launch bid for national title

Nantwich businesses are being urged to throw their weight behind Nantwich in Bloom as the town goes for gold in the national floral contest.

Britain in Bloom judges have named the town Best in the North West for the past two years and organisers of the local effort hope to make it a hat-trick this summer.

May 19, 2016
Hats off to Nantwich police in switch to hard caps

Hats off to Nantwich police in switch to hard caps

It’s hats off to bobbies on the beat in Nantwich – officers will now be wearing hard caps instead.

All Cheshire officers will now wear the unisex caps after a six-month trial in Northwich and Chester – the first force in the UK to make the chang

May 19, 2016
Flower Festival returns to St Mary’s Church, Nantwich

Flower Festival returns to St Mary’s Church, Nantwich

St Mary’s Church in Nantwich is expecting thousands of visitors from to attend the Quinquennial Flower Festival.

The church will be brought to life with the heady scent of a carnival of flowers.

May 19, 2016