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Coordinating pieces: Creating a cohesive modern living space

Coordinating pieces: Creating a cohesive modern living space

To create an imposing modern home, the key aspect is the successful selection of elements that complement each other.

Expressive, laconic lines and balanced accents characterize contemporary interiors.

May 28, 2025
Ray Doyle

Nantwich CC 1sts reach last 32 of National Club Champs

A brilliant opening stand of 137 was the foundation of a Nantwich CC success that took the first team into the last 32 of the ECB National Club Championship.

Ray Doyle’s team will now take on Cheshire County Cricket League rivals Didsbury for a place in the last 16 after beating Wolverhampton CC by six wickets at Whitehouse Lane.

May 28, 2025
Councillors call for action on “sinking” Mill Street in Nantwich

Councillors call for action on “sinking” Mill Street in Nantwich

Town councillors have backed calls for action to make Mill Street in Nantwich safer and stop it from “sinking”.

They want to impose weight limits on delivery vehicles using the road which is partly pedestrianised at the top end.

May 28, 2025
LETTER: How will “Crewe West” development regenerate the town?

LETTER: How will “Crewe West” development regenerate the town?

Dear Editor,
Please find letter addressed to Harworth Estates:

“I have received your flyer regarding bringing forward proposals for a mixed use residential development that will, “Support sustainable growth for Crewe”

May 28, 2025
The GOAT team - Sam H, Jono, Gary and Sam R

New sports bar and restaurant GOAT to open in Nantwich

A new sports bar and restaurant called GOAT is to open in Nantwich.

And those behind the concept say it will be a “game changer for Nantwich’s food and sports scene”.

May 28, 2025
Annual charity football match raises thousands for cancer charity

Annual charity football match raises thousands for cancer charity

By Jonathan White
A fifth annual charity football match at the Mornflake Stadium has helped raise thousands of pounds for cancer charities.

Crewe Alexandra FC hosted the “Andrew Scoffin Memorial Match” in honour of their former stadium announcer and lifelong fan.

May 28, 2025
Cheshire East vows to make biggest investment in transport network

Cheshire East vows to make biggest investment in transport network

Cheshire East Council bosses say they will make their “biggest investment in 10 years” in a bid to improve the much-criticised state of local roads and the transport network.

The authority has announced Investment plans which will see more than £53 million spent on improving the condition of the borough’s highways and infrastructure.

May 28, 2025
Cheshire East Council - Delamere House, Crewe 1 (Google)

CEC planners set to approve eco burial ground in Shavington

Cheshire East Council is next week expected to give the go-ahead for coffin burials to take place at an ecological burial ground at Shavington, writes Belinda Ryan.

Santune Meadows is a natural burial site which already has permission for urn interments.

May 27, 2025
Final Very Best in Stand Up show of season in Nantwich

Final Very Best in Stand Up show of season in Nantwich

Four more top comedy acts are heading to Nantwich for the last Very Best in Stand Up show before the summer break.

Nantwich Civic Hall will play host to hilarious acts on Friday June 6 – the last show until September.

May 27, 2025
Body found in canal thought to be of Hankelow man, 69

Body found in canal thought to be of Hankelow man, 69

A body found in the canal near Nantwich is believed to be that of a man from Hankelow area, police have said.

The discovery was made near Bridge 80 on the Shropshire Union Canal close to Overwater Marina on Saturday (May 24).

May 27, 2025
St Anne's Lane derelict site to become car park

New Public Footpath dedicated on Mill Island in Nantwich

Nantwich town councillors have welcomed a formal dedication of a new public footpath on Mill Island in the town.

The route is now officially recorded as Nantwich Public Footpath No. 34.

May 26, 2025
Nantwich woman’s 630-mile coastal trek for St Luke’s Hospice

Nantwich woman’s 630-mile coastal trek for St Luke’s Hospice

A Nantwich woman is tackling a 630-mile coastal trek to raise funds for St Luke’s Hospice.

Tracey Warren has set off on the adventure of a lifetime — walking the entire 630-mile South West Coast Path to raise vital funds for the hospice that has supported her family through the toughest of times.

May 26, 2025
LETTER: Stop the greedy grab for our green fields

LETTER: Stop the greedy grab for our green fields

Dear Editor,
I am furious and deeply alarmed by Harworth Group Plc’s outrageous proposal to construct a sprawling housing development – deceitfully named ‘Crewe West’- on the precious green fields of Wistaston, not Crewe as they so conveniently suggest.

May 26, 2025