A Nantwich teacher has received national recognition for using the innovative “flipped learning” with his pupils. Chris Waterworth, of Pear Tree Primary School in Stapeley, has featured in The Guardian and received praise from Ofsted.
More than a third of all assaults with injury in Cheshire are domestic abuse cases, startling police figures show. Domestic abuse accounts for 8% of all recorded crime in Cheshire.
The governing body at a Nantwich primary school is one of only six in Cheshire East to achieve a national award. Millfields Primary School and Nursery has been awarded the Governor Mark – a national Governors Association quality standard.
Three new venues will feature in the forthcoming Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival. Thousands are expected at the annual event, now in its 18th year, when it takes over Nantwich across the Easter weekend April 17-21.
Pupils at a Nantwich school celebrated Science Week with a visit from Kidzkitchen and a hospital engineer! Youngsters at Wyche Primary School blew up balloons with vinegar and bicarbonate soda; made their own butter; sucked up egg yolks with bottles and experimented with floating eggs.
A number of schools in and around Nantwich will be hit by the national teachers strike tomorrow (March 26). The latest list issued by Cheshire East Council shows several schools will either be closed or partially closed because staff will be involved in strike action.
Crewe and Nantwich is to get a “double cash boost” to help blitz the area’s pothole-ridden roads. The Department for Transport (DfT) revealed Cheshire East’s share of a £103.5 million pot to deal with the damage caused by severe weather is £1.25 million.
A Nantwich councillor has called the closure of the local newspaper’s office a “big blow” for the area. Cllr Arthur Moran spoke out after Trinity Mirror revealed it is to close the Crewe and Nantwich Chronicle offices on Victoria Street, Crewe.
Nantwich Museum Trust has welcomed a new chairman to the organisation. Nick Dyer, 65, from Willaston, takes over the reins of the Pillory Street venue from outgoing chair Robert Stones.
A Wistaston woman is putting herself through the pain barrier by running the London Marathon for Mind. Becky Rendall, 23, will tackle the 26-mile race on April 13, and is hoping to raise £2,000 to help the cause.
Police want help to trace a man missing from Nantwich for more than two weeks. Jez Cox (pictured), 49, was reported missing by family on March 6, but was last seen at an address on Park Road, Nantwich, on March 1.
The Crewe and Nantwich Chronicle newspaper office is to close down amid plans by parent company Trinity Mirror. Journalists at the offices, on Victoria Street, Crewe, have been told the closure could take place as early as May.
The head chef at a Nantwich attraction will compete in the North West heat of the BBC’s “Great British Menu”. Mark Ellis, who works at Peckforton Castle, has been chosen as one of the three finalists for the North West heat.
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