One-year cancer survival rates have improved in South Cheshire, latest statistics have shown.
A health partnership between the NHS, local authorities and Macmillan Cancer Support has seen major improvements.
Leighton Hospital bosses have unveiled a new MRI scanner after a two-year fundraising campaign.
The appeal was launched by Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity in March 2014 and has raised more than £960,000.
Bosses at Nantwich Health Centre have apologised to patients for ‘technical difficulties’.
But they insist the practice is open for appointments as normal, dismissing rumours on social media that it had to operate an “emergency only” policy last week.
Charitable students in Nantwich hope to raise more than £15,000 for local cancer research projects.
Reaseheath College has named North West Cancer Research as its chosen charity of the year.
By Jonathan White
Members of Nantwich Cycling Group (NCG) completed a 220-mile fund-raising charity cycle ride from London to Nantwich.
Eleven cyclists, along with two support crew, took part in the mammoth journey in aid of Wingate Children’s Centre in Wrenbury.
A Nantwich woman is battling to provide her young son a life-changing operation so he can fulfil his dream of playing football.
Charlene Harris’s nine-year-old son Zac has Cerebral Palsy and walking is a real struggle.
A young Nantwich girl has had her lovely locks shaved off to help raise money for Cancer sufferers.
Big-hearted Chloe Marvell’s decision to ‘brave the shave’ has netted almost £600 for Macmillan Cancer Support so far.
By Jonathan White
This is the moment exhausted members of Nantwich Cycling Group completed a 220-mile charity ride from London in one day.
Ten hardy pedallers rode from the capital to Nantwich to help raise funds for Wingate Children’s Centre in Wrenbury.
A Nantwich family completed the Heart of London Bridges Walk in aid leading charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).
Robert and Alison Howells became involved with the charity following the sudden death of their daughter Ceri in March 2014.
Nantwich mother-of-five Denise Thorley had her long locks lopped off to raise money for cancer sufferers.
The music teacher hoped to raise £500 for the Christie Hospital in Manchester – but has doubled that thanks to support from family, friends and piano pupils.
Work has started on a hospital extension that will see more patients in Nantwich and Crewe being able to access eye care services.
The project, a joint venture between Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) and Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd, will see the Eye Care Centre at Leighton Hospital extended and further specialist staff recruited.
By Jonathan White
A Halloween fundraising event at a South Cheshire house helped raise more than £1,000 for the charity Marie Curie.
Richard and James Stack dressed up their garden on Holland Street, Crewe, into zones consisting of a spooky living room and a gravestone garden.
A group of Soul music fans across the country are teaming up for a charity ride from Nantwich – in aid of Motor Neurone Disease.
Nine men, who call themselves “Lycra-clad Soul Boys”, will set off from Nantwich and pedal to Bristol this weekend.
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