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Studio hosts “Cheshire Cat Disco – The Early Years” event in Nantwich

Studio hosts “Cheshire Cat Disco – The Early Years” event in Nantwich

By Jonathan White
Disco lovers stepped back in time to enjoy “The Cheshire Cat Discotheque – The Early Years” in the Retro room at Studio Nantwich.

The event gave the audience the chance to relive times from the 1970s and 1980s with two of the original The Cheshire Cat DJs from the early years.

February 23, 2020
Nantwich Town battle to goalless draw away at Lancaster City

Nantwich Town battle to goalless draw away at Lancaster City

Nantwich Town retained their play-off league spot after a battling 0-0 draw away at third-placed Lancaster City.

The Dabbers are in fifth place in Bet Victor Northern Premier Division – and will be ruing missed chances to secure victory.

February 23, 2020
Aaron Burns returns to Nantwich Town on dual registration

Aaron Burns returns to Nantwich Town on dual registration

Former Nantwich Town favourite Aaron Burns is returning to the club on a dual registration.

Burns, who made the club’s Team of the Decade, arrives back at Weaver Stadium on dual-registration terms with Northwich Victoria.

February 22, 2020
Building fire in Nantwich started in light fitting

Building fire in Nantwich started in light fitting

A fire in a building in Nantwich was started by a faulty light fitting, say Cheshire fire crews

The fire broke out in a property on Monks Lane in Nantwich at around 5pm on Thursday (February 20).

February 22, 2020
Nantwich Players Studio staging one-act plays

Nantwich Players Studio staging one-act plays

By Claire Faulkner
Nantwich Players Studio are presenting two one act plays for this weekend only.

The double feature of Cliff’s Edge by Paul Beard and Girl in The Machine by Stef Smith demonstrates The Players on going ability to produce strong and creative theatre.

February 22, 2020
Two Nantwich house burglaries linked, warn police

Two Nantwich house burglaries linked, warn police

Detectives warned Nantwich residents today after saying two house burglaries in the town within hours of each other are linked.

The first happened on Birchin Lane while the householders were still asleep upstairs.

February 21, 2020
Cllr Sarah Pochin

Cheshire East councillors fall out in Mayor appointment row

By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East councillors broke with convention to appoint a mayor who has not served as deputy – leading to a Conservative councillor leaving her seat on the Tory benches.

In line with previous years, Conservative Cllr Steven Edgar was expected to be confirmed as Cheshire East Council’s mayor for 2020-21 having served as deputy this year.

February 21, 2020
Hope for fairer parking charges under new Cheshire East budget

Hope for fairer parking charges under new Cheshire East budget

By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Councillors are hoping fairer parking charges will be rolled out across Cheshire East after approving the council’s new budget for 2020-21.

The budget includes plans for a fresh parking strategy that is expected to see CEC rake in an extra £1.5 million by the end of 2021-22.

February 21, 2020
Nantwich nursery helps raise £3,000 for Australian bushfire victims

Nantwich nursery helps raise £3,000 for Australian bushfire victims

A Nantwich nursery joined others in the same group to help raise more than £3,000 for victims of the Australian bushfires.

Youngsters at Elmscot Day Nursery in Nantwich pitched in with £127.16 raised for WIRES Wildfire Rescue.

February 21, 2020
Nantwich Film Club to screen FREE “Sorry We Missed You” movie

Nantwich Film Club to screen FREE “Sorry We Missed You” movie

Nantwich Film Club are to stage a FREE viewing on Monday February 24 of the movie “Sorry We Missed You”.

The club says the free screening at Nantwich Civic Hall is “in an effort to increase awareness of people who might be struggling working in the gig economy”.

February 19, 2020
Review: The Spine at Crewe Lyceum Studio

Review: The Spine at Crewe Lyceum Studio

By Claire Faulkner
The Lyceum Studio space continues to bring new writing and contemporary theatre to Crewe this season.

The Spine is a play set within a football academy and follows three young players as they dream of reaching the premier league.

February 19, 2020
Big rise in fines handed to Cheshire East parents for taking term-time holidays

Big rise in fines handed to Cheshire East parents for taking term-time holidays

By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Thousands of fines have been handed out to Cheshire East parents for taking their children out of school at term-time following a landmark court ruling.

Figures obtained by the Knowledge Academy under the Freedom of Information Act show both Cheshire East and West councils dished out more fixed penalty notices (FPNs) in 2018-19 than in 2017-18.

February 19, 2020
Controversial Cheshire East gritting plan “called in” by councillors

Controversial Cheshire East gritting plan “called in” by councillors

Opposition Cheshire East councillors have “called in” a Cabinet decision to back plans to remove scores of rural roads off gritting routes.

More than 200 roads including many rural lanes in and around Nantwich will be taken off Cheshire East Council’s gritting routes from October under the revised Well-Managed Highway Infrastructure (WMHI) proposal.

February 19, 2020