People in Cheshire who have firearms are being urged to hand them in to police as part of a two-week surrender.
The firearms amnesty, from May 12-29, means all guns can be handed over anonymously at police stations throughout Cheshire.
Nantwich “community” heroes were honoured last night when the winners of the annual “Salt of the Earth” awards were unveiled.
In his final meeting before retiring as Mayor, Cllr Stuart Bostock presented some of the town’s unsung heroes with accolades.
The new Mayor of Nantwich Cllr Peter Groves has officially taken over the chains of office for 2022-23.
Cllr Groves was formally elected as the new Mayor of Nantwich to take over from Cllr Stuart Bostock at the annual Mayor Making Ceremony last night (May 12).
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
More than 170 families in Cheshire East have now offered a place in their homes to Ukrainian refugees.
Latest available figures released by Cheshire East Council – up to May 4 – show the number of residents who applied for the Homes for Ukraine Scheme increased by 33% in a week.
Former world darts champion Ted Hankey has been jailed after he admitted sexually assaulting a woman in Cheshire.
Hankey appeared at Chester Crown Court today (May 12) where he was sentenced to two years in prison.
A bid to reopen a Beeston and Tarporley railway station on the Crewe-Chester line has taken another step forward.
Members of the Beeston and Tarporley Station Reopening Group have delivered a Feasibility, and Preliminary Business Case submitted to the Dept for Transport
Major South Cheshire employers like Mornflake and Boughey Distribution have thrown their support behind the returning Nantwich Food Festival.
And other local businesses like Whitegates, Applewood and Snugburys have also backed the event.
Nantwich Museum staff have launched an appeal to find out more information on a prisoner of war camp near Tarporley.
They want more information about Racecourse Camp 74, which housed World War II Prisoners of War, after it recently received a hand-crafted document box.
Staff and volunteers at Leighton Hospital have marked its 50th birthday half a century to the day it was opened by the Queen in 1972.
Phil Malam, the Trust’s longest serving member of staff who started working at Leighton just days before the Queen arrived, cut the anniversary cake.
Staff at Nantwich Clinic are flying with their fundraising efforts for Parkinson’s UK!
In their latest challenge, they sped across Penrhyn Quarry in North Wales on the longest, fastest zipwire in Europe.
The owners of the popular Stapeley House Tea Room have had a real result – by moving to a new location at Nantwich Town FC!
They opened their new permanent outlet this week called “The Tea Lounge” at the club’s Optimum Pay Stadium off Waterlode.
Big-hearted staff at Nantwich farm shop Cheerbrook have lined up more summer fundraising challenges in aid of District Nurses.
The team have already raised more than £12,000 for the cause, after local nurses cared for shop owner Andrew Shufflebotham during his brave battle with cancer.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A Wardle company which built extensions without planning permission to house extra stock after sales plummeted during Covid, has been given approval for the new buildings.
TI Midwood applied to Cheshire East Council for permission for five extensions to existing buildings “to address urgent business protection measures brought about by Brexit and Covid”.
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