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Nantwich Youth Community group bids for Youth Cafe

Nantwich Youth Community group bids for Youth Cafe

A mum in Nantwich has launched a campaign to open a Youth Cafe for teenagers in the town.

Helen Chesters started the Nantwich Youth Community group because she feels youngsters have been let down by councillors and funders.

April 29, 2015
Nantwich residents urged to sniff out cannabis farms after £3m raids

Nantwich residents urged to sniff out cannabis farms after £3m raids

Nantwich residents are being urged to sniff out cannabis farms in the town – after £3 million of the drug were seized by Cheshire Police in just three months.

Detectives say organised criminal gangs are using premises across Cheshire to cultivate the drug in local communities.

April 28, 2015
Nantwich couple open town’s first specialist hearing centre

Nantwich couple open town’s first specialist hearing centre

A Nantwich family has opened the town’s first specialist centre for hearing health.

Alan and Helen Jackson opened Nantwich Hearing Centre on the Cocoa Yard after discovering there was no dedicated audiology facility.

April 28, 2015
Nantwich student with Crohn’s Disease wins award for orchard

Nantwich student with Crohn’s Disease wins award for orchard

A Nantwich college undergraduate who is battling Crohn’s Disease, has won a national award with his flood plain orchard.

Daniel Ackerley, studying a Foundation Degree in Countryside, Conservation and Recreation at Reaseheath College, was a runner-up in The Conservation Foundation’s ‘Gardening Against the Odds’ Awards.

April 28, 2015
Cheshire fire rescue crew heads for earthquake-hit Nepal

Cheshire fire rescue crew heads for earthquake-hit Nepal

A team of firefighters from Cheshire is travelling to Nepal to help in search and rescue operation after an earthquake killed up to 4,000 people.

Six Cheshire staff and a rescue dog are joining a 67-strong International Search and Rescue Team.

April 27, 2015
Feature: Nantwich Foodbank provides thousands with a lifeline

Feature: Nantwich Foodbank provides thousands with a lifeline

Trussell Trust Foodbanks gave out three-day food packages 1,084,604 times in 2014-15.
But this staggering statistic is not one to be celebrated. Volunteers at Nantwich Foodbank would rather be out of a job.
Our reporter Sara Royle finds out more.

April 27, 2015
Edward Timpson completes London Marathon for MRI Scanner appeal

Edward Timpson completes London Marathon for MRI Scanner appeal

Crewe & Nantwich Conservative candidate Edward Timpson broke away from the election battleground to run the London Marathon for charity.

Mr Timpson completed his 11th London Marathon in a time of 3hrs 56mins 42secs, in aid of Leighton Hospital’s MRI Scanner Appeal.

April 27, 2015
Railway Hotel scoop Crewe Sunday league and cup double

Railway Hotel scoop Crewe Sunday league and cup double

The Railway Hotel in Nantwich secured a league and cup double after winning a tight Crewe FA Cup Sunday Final in extra time.

Opponents FC Semtex had taken the lead in the final through a Malcolm Bostock.

April 27, 2015
Nantwich Civic Hall running cost falls by £31,000

Nantwich Civic Hall running cost falls by £31,000

The cost of running Nantwich Civic Hall has fallen by £31,000, latest figures show.

The drop is good news for Nantwich Town Council, who took over the venue from Cheshire East Council three years ago.

April 27, 2015
Gardening guru Bob Flowerdew to give Nantwich talk

Gardening guru Bob Flowerdew to give Nantwich talk

Cheshire Wildlife Trust is to stage an evening with Bob Flowerdew in Nantwich next month.

Bob Flowerdew is well known to listeners of Gardeners’ Question Time and followers of Gardeners’ World.

April 27, 2015
Nantwich Town boss Parkinson’s “joy” at final game performance

Nantwich Town boss Parkinson’s “joy” at final game performance

By Richard Scott
Nantwich Town manager Phil Parkinson said his Dabbers side were a joy to watch in their final game of the 2014-15 campaign.

Parkinson admired his side’s performance at the Weaver Stadium as they drew 1-1 with play-off contenders Ilkeston.

April 27, 2015
Bunbury Watermill on air during National Mills Weekend

Bunbury Watermill on air during National Mills Weekend

Bunbury Watermill will be open with a difference during the National Mills Open Weekend May 9-10.

South Cheshire Amateur Radio Society (SCARS) will be setting up a temporary short-wave radio station, call sign GB4BM.

April 26, 2015
New Nantwich art gallery to exhibit local artists

New Nantwich art gallery to exhibit local artists

An art gallery in Nantwich is preparing to show a two-week exhibition of works by local artists Amanda Challoner.

The exhibition at Love Art Gallery on Pillory Street will run from May 9 to 23.

April 26, 2015