Reaseheath College is gearing up for National Insect Week with a range of family activities. The events at the Nantwich college aim to raise awareness of British invertebrates and the need to conserve them.
By Jonathan White & Claire Faulkner Hundreds descended on Willaston to take part in the 33rd World Worm Charming Championships. More than 140 plots witnessed frantic activity for 30 minutes as teams tried to vibrate as many worms out of the ground as possible.
Nine volunteers from Cheshire Search & Rescue (SAR) have returned to Greece to renew the hunt for missing marathon runner John Lawton. John, from Alsager, went missing while taking part in the Taygetos Challenge near Kalamata on April 8 this year.
The 33rd World Worm Charming Championships take place in Willaston, Nantwich, tomorrow (June 23). And the current wet weather could see record numbers of worms charmed from the ground.
A driver who died in a car accident on Marsh Lane in Nantwich has been named locally as Rob Brereton, Mr Brereton’s wife Mandy was seriously injured in the accident when the car collided with a tree close to the junction with Queen’s Drive.
By Jonathan White Wistaston Village Fete attracted hundreds of people, despite it being held indoors for only the second time in its 32-year history. Rain forced the event organised by Wistaston Community Council indoors – but there was plenty of entertainment for the crowds.
Hundreds of people braved the rain to attend an historic annual event in a Nantwich village – the Wybunbury Pie Wakes. Nantwichnews writer Claire Faulkner joined the throngs, and took part in a tradition which dates back 200 years.
A South Cheshire company specialising in vintage events proved a big hit at the 12th Audlem Music and Arts Festival. Family-run Happy Heritage, based in Hankelow near Nantwich, introduced the a “Pop-Up 1920s Speakeasy” to the festival to give punters a taste of the roaring 20s.
An artist travelling the UK’s canals has been in Nantwich for the latest stage of his “Year of the Boat” project. Rob Pointon, 29, gave shoppers a glimpse of his work when he painted in the heart of Nantwich town centre.
More than 1,000 women braved the floods to take part in the St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice 2012 Midnight Walk from Crewe to Nantwich. The 13-mile stroll should raise thousands of pounds for the hospice which helps hundreds of people across South Cheshire.
A smashed car in which a young man died will feature at the Cheshire Police exhibit at the Cheshire Show. The vehicle was being driven in the county when it left the road and hit a tree, killing the driver.
A Nantwich charity champion enjoyed a Royal day to remember at the Queen’s Garden Party in Buckingham Palace. Olwyn Payton was nominated in recognition of her charity and community work in Crewe and Nantwich.
By Jonathan White The rain didn’t dampen the Jubilee spirit as people turned out in their hundreds for the Willaston Jubilee and Rose Queen Fete. The event was staged on the Letty Spencer Playing Fields in Wybunbury Road, Willaston.
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