By Jonathan White
An inaugural charity football match held in memory of Nantwich man Peter ‘Fred’ Chandler has raised more than £1,400 for Prostate Cancer UK.
Friends, family, footballers and supporters gathered at Crewe FC’s Sports Pavilion for the first Peter ‘Fred’ Chandler Memorial Trophy, organised in memory of Peter ‘Fred’ Chandler, who died from prostate cancer in 2025.
The Friendly Mart store on High Street in Nantwich was among a number of outlets raided by police and trading standards today.
Cheshire Police carried out a number of warrants on premises as part of a crackdown on convenience stores suspected of being used for or engaged in criminal activity.
Residents across Nantwich and Crewe are set to receive new outdoor food waste “caddies” delivered as Cheshire East Council prepares for weekly food waste collections.
Thousands of the caddies will start to be delivered to residents from Monday July 6th ahead of the new service starting in September.
RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre in Nantwich has raised around £5,500 after hosting a successful summer fair.
The annual event hosted by the animal charity on London Road included live music for the first time.
Teachers, governors, parents, pupils and local councillors joined forces today to walk the controversial new “safe walking route” between Willaston and Malbank School – and it took them almost 70 minutes!
The route has been put together by Cheshire East Council to justify axing a free school bus which has operated between the village and its feeder secondary school almost three miles away in Nantwich.
A councillor has appealed for help to trace fly-tippers who dumped two lots of waste in rural lanes near Nantwich.
Cllr Janet Clowes, of Wybunbury Ward, is leading the appeal after these two incidents.
Hundreds of students stepped into the spotlight when Reaseheath College and University Centre in Nantwich hosted its annual Presentation of Awards events.
It began with a celebration of students who entered and were published in the national Young Writers Stranger Sagas competition.
A blaze on board a canal barge in Nantwich left one person injured.
Fire crews were called to the incident on the Shropshire Union Canal off Coole Lane, between Nantwich and Audlem.
Children and young people with educational needs in Crewe and Nantwich are to receive a £2.5 million funding boost as part of the Government’s Inclusive Mainstream Fund.
The money aims to give children a chance to attend their local school, early years and college and know they belong there.
BTCC racing drivers steered their way to visit Leighton Hospital patients and staff ahead of a busy race weekend at nearby Oulton Park.
The visit was part of the British Touring Car Championship’s ongoing community initiative.
A first-time show garden designer has achieved the highest accolade at this year’s Arley Hall Garden Festival.
Dani Harrington, of Canalside Garden Centre in Wrenbury, was awarded the prestigious Best in Show honour.
The French flag was raised above St Mary’s Church in Nantwich this week in honour of a group of visiting bellringers from Vernet-les-Bains.
The town, close to the Spanish border, is home to France’s only tower of English change-ringing bells.
Wistaston resident and regular Nantwich News contributor Jonathan White has marked 20 years of documenting life across South Cheshire.
Jonathan (pictured) wrote and published his first local news story at Wistaston Fete in June 2006.
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