Nantwich Words & Music Festival is marking its tenth year by launching an anniversary poetry anthology.
Organisers say the anthology will feature a collection of poems submitted to the festival’s popular poetry competition in the past decade, judged by renown poets like Kim Moore (pictured).
A Nantwich woman who ditched her HR job to launch her dream Greek food business has won a national award – less than 12 months later!
Greece-born Sofia Modiati launched Greka Foods with her husband Ian in September last year, with the aim of bringing a taste of the Mediterranean to South Cheshire.
Four major Nantwich housing development applications are on a “high risk” list of 12 impacted by the manipulated air quality scandal, Cheshire East Council has revealed.
Developments at Stapeley Gardens, Kingsley Fields, Audlem Road/Broad Lane, and Queens Drive are all on the list the council has been forced to review after external investigators uncovered ‘deliberate’ manipulation of air quality test results.
The former Redsands children’s home in Nantwich has been sold, Cheshire East Council has confirmed.
The centre, off Crewe Road, has been derelict for years, attracting vandalism and costing the council in maintenance and repairs.
Nantwich Choral Society is on the hunt for fresh musical talent as part of a £600 national competition.
The ‘Nantwich Carol Composition’ contest offers bumper cash prizes and the chance for established and emerging composers to hear their work performed before a packed audience at St Mary’s Church in December.
Work is underway on an £11 million scheme to build new accommodation for students at Reaseheath College in Nantwich.
Construction firm Seddon is building 200 bedrooms in five blocks of six, eight and 10-bedroom new-build townhouses on the campus.
Police have warned villagers near Nantwich of a suspicious ‘whistling’ man seen in Peckforton a few days before an attempted house burglary.
Offenders tried to break into a house in the village earlier today (August 8), causing damage to a door.
Top fashion chain Joules is set to open its new Nantwich store this week.
The company has converted the former HSBC bank on the corner of High Street and Hospital Street into its latest store, which opens at 9.30am on Thursday (August 10).
Schools in and around Nantwich will benefit from an extra £1 million buildings grant awarded to Cheshire East Council.
Nineteen schools and children centres have been successful in securing extra funding, including Millfields Primary, Audlem St James, Malbank High and Nantwich and Rural Children’s Centre.
A lorry driver was rescued by fire crews after a heavy goods vehicle overturned on the A534 near Nantwich
The incident blocked Woodhey Hall Lane in Faddiley just before 8am today (August 8).
Stalls open from 1pm. Children’s Model Boat Race starts at 2:30pm. Duck Race starts at 3:15pm. Duck Race tickets = £1 each. The event is organised by members of the Wistaston Community Council. The main sponsors are Wistonia Electrical & Security Ltd.
Young Crewe and Nantwich footballers saw their dreams come true when they walked out at a packed Wembley Stadium.
The Crewe FC players enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take part as one of seven teams in the parade at The FA Community Shield 2017 game between Arsenal and Chelsea.
A 20-year-old man has been charged with five burglaries carried out in Nantwich and nearby villages in a 12-day period.
John Boy McDonagh from Charnock Place, Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent, was charged following an investigation by Crewe detectives.
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