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Nantwich wins top county award for ” Best Kept Station”

Nantwich wins top county award for ” Best Kept Station”

Nantwich Railway Station has been named Cheshire’s Best Kept Station at the Cheshire Best Kept Stations Awards.

And nearby Wrenbury Station five minutes down the line won the Art Project Award.

February 14, 2025
Poultry keepers in South Cheshire warned over bird flu

Poultry keepers in South Cheshire warned over bird flu

Poultry keepers in South Cheshire are being warned to keep their birds indoors under new Avian Influenza restrictions from Sunday.

Cheshire will fall under avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) housing measures from February 16, along with Merseyside, Herefordshire, Lancashire and Worcestershire.

February 14, 2025
New wellness centre opens in Burland, near Nantwich

New wellness centre opens in Burland, near Nantwich

A new wellness centre has opened in the village of Burland near Nantwich.

Sian Williams is the driver behind The Wellspring & Yew wellness centre located at The Yard.

February 14, 2025
Muller Property seeks to build 133 new homes in Audlem

Muller Property seeks to build 133 new homes in Audlem

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Muller Property Group is looking to submit a planning application for approximately 133 homes in Audlem.

Muller wants to build the homes on land to the west of Moorsfield Avenue.

February 14, 2025
Nantwich Police issue “travelling criminal” warning

Nantwich Police issue “travelling criminal” warning

A Nantwich police chief has issued a warning over a rise in “travelling criminals” targeting the town.

Sgt Matt Stonier said there has been a rise in shoplifting thefts around the town, particularly in supermarkets.

February 14, 2025
Nantwich councillors back plan for trial closure of town centre roads

Nantwich councillors back plan for trial closure of town centre roads

Nantwich Town councillors have agreed to plans for a “soft closure” of two key town centre roads for a day.

The idea to close Pillory Street and Hospital Street is to allow for studies on the impact it has on air pollution, local business, pedestrian footfall.

February 13, 2025
Cheshire Police to provide education on knife crime danger

Cheshire Police to provide education on knife crime danger

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire Police is looking at providing educational programmes focussing on the dangers and harm of knife crime.

The Police and Crime Commissioner’s plan includes a proposal to “commission educational programmes where appropriate to tackle the scourge of knife crime and other serious violence”.

February 13, 2025
Shavington Village Festival show “Rapunzel” to hit stage

Shavington Village Festival show “Rapunzel” to hit stage

By Jonathan White
Shavington Village Festival Committee’s 2025 pantomime Rapunzel is about to hit the stage.

The show, written by Tom Whalley, will mark the 45th anniversary of Shavington’s village pantomime tradition.

February 13, 2025
Cheshire East admits “issues” with A500 surface dressing works

Cheshire East admits “issues” with A500 surface dressing works

Highways bosses at Cheshire East Council have finally admitted there are “issues” with the surface dressing along the A500 Shavington Bypass.

It follows hundreds of complaints from motorists about loose gravel smashing windscreens and denting vehicles since the works were done last summer.

February 13, 2025
Village schools over-subscribed as new Nantwich primary delayed

Village schools over-subscribed as new Nantwich primary delayed

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nantwich rural schools are becoming over-subscribed but a new primary school which should have opened in September 2024 and was delayed for a year still hasn’t been built.

Planning permission was granted in June 2023 for the new 210-pupil Kingsbourne Academy on the Kingsley Fields development.

February 12, 2025
REVIEW: “Myra’s Story” at Crewe Lyceum Theatre

REVIEW: “Myra’s Story” at Crewe Lyceum Theatre

By Claire Faulkner
It’s not very often a theatre production has such an impact on me that it leaves me speechless, but Myra’s Story at The Lyceum on Tuesday night did just that.

Written by Brian Foster, Myra’s Story shares the life of a homeless alcoholic who begs for change from passing strangers on the streets of Dublin.

February 12, 2025
Three charged with drug offences in Nantwich

Three charged with drug offences in Nantwich

Three people have been charged with drug offences in Nantwich following an investigation by Crewe Proactive CID.

A 45-year-old woman, a 43-year-old man, and a 17-year-old boy were all arrested on Monday (February 10) at an address on Station View, Nantwich.

February 12, 2025
Sign earlier in week at Elwood Way junction

Nantwich roadworks causing major delays set to be extended by four weeks

A programme of roadworks causing major delays at one of Nantwich’s busiest junctions looks set to be extended by another FOUR weeks.

Works have been taking place at the junction of Newcastle Road and Elwood Way since January 20.

February 12, 2025