Human Interest

Former Miss England from Nantwich to release album

Former Miss England from Nantwich to release album

A former Miss England from Nantwich has released an EP after collaborating with Jose Feliciano and Irish group Clannad.

Natasha Hemmings, 23, hopes the release will launch her musical career while she completes her final year at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

February 13, 2019
More than 100 attend Overwater Wheelybus officially launched

More than 100 attend Overwater Wheelybus officially launched

More than 100 people attended the official launch of the Overwater Wheelybus in Audlem near Nantwich.

The Wheelybus is a project led by Rodney Cottrell and wife Christine, who have operated the Audlem Lass, the Overwater Wheelyboat and now the Overwater Wheelybus over the past eight years.

February 10, 2019
St Luke’s Hospice Patient Comfort appeal reaches £32,000 target

St Luke’s Hospice Patient Comfort appeal reaches £32,000 target

St Luke’s Patient Comfort appeal has reached its target raising £32,000 to improve patient comfort at the South Cheshire hospice.

Donations will be used to buy items on the Nurses’ Christmas Wish List for the hospice.

February 10, 2019
White Horse in Nantwich forced to reduce operating hours

White Horse in Nantwich forced to reduce operating hours

Nantwich pub The White Horse has been forced to reduce its operating hours after undergoing a licence review, town councillors were told.

The pub on Pillory Street has applied for a variation of its premises licence following the review sparked by complaints from residents in the town.

February 8, 2019
Nantwich headteacher urges parents to sign funding petition

Nantwich headteacher urges parents to sign funding petition

A Nantwich secondary headteacher has called on parents to sign a national petition to help schools like his secure better funding.

David Cole, head of Brine Leas Academy, says his school is one of the worst off in Cheshire East.

February 7, 2019
Bus passengers in South Cheshire could receive lower fares under new scheme

Bus passengers in South Cheshire could receive lower fares under new scheme

By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Bus passengers could soon face lower fares and simpler ticketing rules thanks to a project being developed across the north.

Cllr Don Stockton, cabinet member for environment, told members at Cheshire East Council cabinet meeting that “smart ticketing” is due to be rolled out on local buses over the next two years.

February 7, 2019
Outbreak of equine flu started at South Cheshire yard

Outbreak of equine flu started at South Cheshire yard

An outbreak of equine flu which has led to British horse racing meetings being cancelled, started at a yard in South Cheshire.

There are fears over the impact of the outbreak on next month’s Cheltenham Festival, and potentially the Grand National at Aintree in April.

February 7, 2019
Council Tax to rise by 2.99% to fund more services, says Cheshire East

Council Tax to rise by 2.99% to fund more services, says Cheshire East

Householders in Nantwich and Crewe face a further 2.99% rise on the Council Tax bills from April, it has been agreed.

Cheshire East Council says the rise is needed to help fund more frontline services.

February 5, 2019
Missing cat reunited with owner five years later in Nantwich

Missing cat reunited with owner five years later in Nantwich

A cat who went missing from her family home five years ago has now been reunited with her owner thanks to RSPCA staff in Nantwich.

Lucy, a black and white short haired cat, went missing from her home in Crewe in 2014.

February 5, 2019
South Cheshire woman jailed for running over two victims in revenge attack

South Cheshire woman jailed for running over two victims in revenge attack

A South Cheshire woman who deliberately ran over two other women as part of a revenge attack has been jailed.

Kim Venables, of Elizabeth Street, Crewe, was sentenced to nine years and nine months in prison at Chester Crown Court yesterday (February 4).

February 5, 2019
Ambulance service to provide non-emergency transport for South Cheshire patients

Ambulance service to provide non-emergency transport for South Cheshire patients

By Stephen Topping
An ambulance service has been handed extra funding to provide non-emergency transport for South Cheshire patients – less than a year after it agreed to end its original contract.

South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group will be one of six in Cheshire, Warrington and the Wirral to benefit after a new five-year contract to West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS), which begins on April 1.

February 4, 2019
Polish delegation seal twinning agreement with visit to Nantwich

Polish delegation seal twinning agreement with visit to Nantwich

A five-person delegation from Dzierzoniow in Poland visited Nantwich to formalise the Friendship Agreement between the two towns.

The agreement was first put in place by the demised Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council back in 2005.

February 1, 2019
New road safety cameras to be installed on Cheshire junctions, say police

New road safety cameras to be installed on Cheshire junctions, say police

New generation safety cameras are being installed at junctions in Cheshire to reduce the number and severity of collisions in the county.

The roadside cameras detect vehicles that go through red lights as well as those that break the speed limit at junctions.

February 1, 2019