A 4,000-name petition calling for the Green Gap around Nantwich and Crewe to be protected, has been backed by local MP Edward Timpson. Campaigners launched the “Save the Green Gap” effort in Willaston two years ago to safeguard the area from excessive urban development.
Adventure sports students in Nantwich gave young pupils the chance to get closer to nature during an action-packed day. The 45 pupils, aged 9 to 11 years, were coached in a variety of outdoor activities at Reaseheath College’s gardens and classrooms.
Nantwich Players are spearheading a drive to develop a new arts and culture “vision” for the town. And the theatrical group believes a new venue with 140-160 seats could help cement the future for arts and performance in Nantwich.
Cheshire Fire chiefs have unveiled plans to change the way large areas of South Cheshire are covered by crews and appliances. Proposals, which aim to save up to £7 million over the next eight years, include a new station at Alsager and possibly adding a second station in Crewe.
Famous horse behavourist Monty Roberts packed out Reaseheath College in Nantwich when he gave a masterclass on equine training. More than 1,000 spectators watched as “the man who listens to horses” worked his magic on five untrained or problematic horses.
Angry residents blasted a developer’s traffic survey claims at a meeting to discuss the controversial “Nantwich South” plan. More than 50 people crammed into Broad Lane Methodist Church Hall in Stapeley, with most speaking against Muller Property bosses.
A hedge on Reaseheath College’s Nantwich campus has won a regional award because of its benefits to wildlife. The hedge took the 2012 Hedgerow and Tree Award in a Cheshire Landscape Trust annual competition awarded by the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
Campaigners against plans for a 1,100-home “Nantwich South” scheme, have cast doubt on dozens of letters of support. Protect Stapeley say some letters claiming to back Muller Property’s plans which have been published on Cheshire East Council’s website may not be valid.
Residents in Stapeley are being urged to attend a parish council meeting to discuss Muller Property Group’s controversial Nantwich South plans. The meeting, to be held on Thursday at Pear Tree Primary School, comes after Muller submitted its first two applications as part of a larger proposal to create a 1,100-home village on green fields.
Willing Nantwich Litter Group volunteers have been out in force again to clean up after the town’s litter louts. Working in small teams, 21 volunteers filled an incredible 22 binbags of rubbish in just one hour.
A Nantwich councillor has launched plans to lower energy costs for local residents. Town Cllr Stuart Hutton is urging people to sign up to a Collective Energy Bargaining Scheme.
A Willaston and Rope councillor convicted of breaching 11 fire safety regulations, will retain his position as an elected member. Cllr Brian Silvester was fined £45,000 after what fire chiefs said was one of the most serious breaches they’d dealt with.
Reaseheath College’s role in the UK’s food production industry has been applauded by Farming Minister David Heath. The MP visited the Nantwich campus as part of a fact-finding tour of rural communities and businesses in the north west.
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