Train enthusiasts have welcomed a new addition to their team after enjoying a bumper summer season at the Peacock Railway in Willaston.
South Cheshire Model Engineering Society, which runs the attraction, has welcomed more than 1,000 visitors this summer after extending opening hours to Wednesdays during August.
Young members of the Nantwich Youth and Community Centre enjoyed a memorable day at Chester Zoo – thanks to funding from criminals!
The trip, the first outreach event since the centre re-opened, was paid for through Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner Dan Price and the SWAP Fund (Proceeds of Crime Act).
A probe into the latest pollution incident in the River Weaver in Nantwich is continuing as local politicians call for strong action.
It has emerged one farmer was recently questioned under caution, but this was in connection with a separate pollution incident, said the Environment Agency.
Friends and family of a popular young Nantwich man who died in a motorbike accident in Willaston have paid tribute to him.
Josh Stockton, 22, died after a collision with another vehicle on the A534 Crewe Road on Wednesday night (September 3).
Tilly’s in Bunbury have launched their “Chatty Table” as a way of tackling loneliness in the village and surrounding area.
The launch was attended by Cheshire East Mayor Cllr David Edwardes, local Eddisbury MP Aphra Brandreth, and Ward Cllr Becky Posnett.
The Nantwich Food Festival 2025 competition winners have been unveiled.
Festival visitors and local businesses took part in two competitions during the festival, including the “Nantwich Bake-Off” and the “Best Shop Window Display”.
by Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Three hundred homes could built in Crewe town centre instead of a leisure park which Cheshire East Council shelved due to rising costs.
The council is currently in talks with an unnamed developer over proposals to build the 300 homes on the former Royal Arcade site.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council is forecasting a £3.1 million overspend this year – in addition to the planned use of £25.3 million exceptional financial support.
The figures are revealed in the first financial review of 2025/26 (FR1) and are based on the council’s income, expenditure and known commitments as at the end of June 2025.
Staff at the popular Running Bear shop in Nantwich are urging fellow runners to join a major fundraising effort in aid of a dad battling cancer.
The “Run4Will” event will take place at the store on Oatmarket to help Will Tucker who was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer last September.
The opening of the long-awaited Reaseheath Bypass in Nantwich looks set to be delayed until October.
Residents say they have been told by contractors that the road is now set to open in October at the earliest, despite Cheshire East Council previously stating it would be open by the end summer.
Tens of thousands of food lovers crammed in to Nantwich town centre over the weekend as once again the Food Festival was hailed a huge success.
Many exhibitors sold out of produce and needed to re-stock well before the end of Festival Saturday.
Tributes have been paid by friends of Nantwich teenager Jonty Evans on the anniversary of his tragic and mysterious death.
The 16-year-old was reported missing after a night out in Nantwich during Food Festival 2024.
Fire crews from Nantwich and Crewe were called out to tackle a blaze in a bathroom at a house in Blakenhall.
The fire broke out at around 4.20pm on Friday (August 29) at a property on Mill Lane.
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