Human Interest

Campaigners step up fight against plans for Nantwich Children’s Centre

Campaigners step up fight against plans for Nantwich Children’s Centre

Campaigners fighting to reverse plans for four Sure Start children’s centres in South Cheshire have vowed to continue their fight.

Protesters gathered outside a Cheshire East Council scrutiny committee calling for the council to stop the de-designation of Nantwich children’s centre on Dog Lane, and those in Knutsford, Sandbach and Broken Cross.

May 26, 2016
South Cheshire bus driver scoops £6.1 million Lotto jackpot

South Cheshire bus driver scoops £6.1 million Lotto jackpot

A South Cheshire bus driver could soon be making his final stop – after scooping a £6.1 million Lotto jackpot!

Grandad Kevin Jones, from Crewe, found out he’d won the National Lottery draw on May 18 during a rush-hour shift.

May 25, 2016
Doggy Day Out families gather in Nantwich for Elle’s Wishes

Doggy Day Out families gather in Nantwich for Elle’s Wishes

Hundreds of families gathered in Nantwich with their beloved pooches to enjoy the Doggy Day Out fundraising event.

Nantwich Marina hosted the event, organised by Redshift Radio, to help raise funds for Elle’s Wishes and Crewe & Nantwich RSPCA.

May 25, 2016
Nantwich schools and groups urged to tap into community champion

Nantwich schools and groups urged to tap into community champion

Nantwich schools, clubs and groups are being encouraged to tap into a supermarket’s community champion.

Rachel Lewis, based at Morrisons, has been helping scores of organisations through the company’s community scheme.

May 24, 2016
Nantwich head hits out at ‘punitive’ fines for parents amid High Court ruling

Nantwich head hits out at ‘punitive’ fines for parents amid High Court ruling

A Nantwich headteacher has hit out at the use of “punitive” fines for parents who take their children out of school for holidays.

Mary Hennessy Jones, head at Pear Tree Primary in Stapeley, spoke after a High Court ruling backed Isle of Wight parent Jon Platt for refusing to pay a £120 fine after he took his daughter out last year.

May 23, 2016
Young artists and scribes honoured at Nantwich Museum

Young artists and scribes honoured at Nantwich Museum

Young Nantwich artists and scribes were honoured at the town’s museum as winners of an art and handwriting competition.

A record 860 entries from nine local primary schools were received by organisers, Rotary Club of Nantwich.

May 21, 2016
Nantwich in Bloom organisers launch bid for national title

Nantwich in Bloom organisers launch bid for national title

Nantwich businesses are being urged to throw their weight behind Nantwich in Bloom as the town goes for gold in the national floral contest.

Britain in Bloom judges have named the town Best in the North West for the past two years and organisers of the local effort hope to make it a hat-trick this summer.

May 19, 2016
Hats off to Nantwich police in switch to hard caps

Hats off to Nantwich police in switch to hard caps

It’s hats off to bobbies on the beat in Nantwich – officers will now be wearing hard caps instead.

All Cheshire officers will now wear the unisex caps after a six-month trial in Northwich and Chester – the first force in the UK to make the chang

May 19, 2016
Nantwich pensioner, 78, relives terror of bus shelter smash

Nantwich pensioner, 78, relives terror of bus shelter smash

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A Nantwich pensioner has described the moment she thought she was going to die when a bus crashed into the glass shelter she was sitting in.

Terrified Lilian Shard, 78, was waiting at Nantwich bus station to go home to Faddiley when a double decker ploughed into the shelter.

May 17, 2016
Rotary helps Nantwich youngsters enjoy free Chester Zoo visit

Rotary helps Nantwich youngsters enjoy free Chester Zoo visit

Nantwich school pupils enjoyed a free day out at Chester Zoo – thanks to local Rotarians.

Youngsters at Nantwich Primary Academy, formerly Wyche Primary, took advantage of the Rotary Club of Nantwich’s sponsorship of the zoo’s ‘Living with Tigers’ programme.

May 17, 2016
More than 10,000 flock to Reaseheath Family Festival

More than 10,000 flock to Reaseheath Family Festival

More than 10,000 people poured into Nantwich to enjoy the carnival atmosphere of Reaseheath College’s Family Festival.

The action-packed festival, which offered hundreds of activities and displays, attracted visitors from several counties and caused a storm of appreciation on social media.

May 16, 2016
Nantwich Cllr Arthur Moran celebrates 30 years’ service

Nantwich Cllr Arthur Moran celebrates 30 years’ service

Friends, colleagues and dignitaries gathered in Nantwich to pay tribute to Cllr Arthur Moran who has served the town for 30 years.

Hundreds attended a special celebration for Cllr Moran at Nantwich Civic Hall.

May 14, 2016
Passengers injured after bus smashes shelter at Nantwich bus station

Passengers injured after bus smashes shelter at Nantwich bus station

Two elderly bus passengers had a lucky escape when a bus hit and destroyed a glass shelter they were in at Nantwich bus station.

The incident happened when a double decker bus was pulling in to the station on Beam Street.

May 13, 2016