Safety work has been carried out on the A500 footbridge at Willaston in Nantwich, after residents’ complaints. Broken street lights and a lack of gritting during dark, icy periods had left the bridge in a dangerous state, residents said.
The Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival is expanding with a family carnival theme on Easter Monday after securing more backers. Now its 16th year, the festival attracts thousands of music-lovers to the town from across the UK.
A Nantwich couple celebrated Valentine’s Day in their diamond anniversary year with a little help from their local supermarket. James and Kathleen Wootton, from Baddiley, were invited in to Sainsbury’s on Middlewich Road for a special Valentine’s lunch.
Drivers in Nantwich look set to lose a free parking facility as work is due to start on regenerating the former gasworks site on St Anne’s Lane. Cheshire East Council wants to carry out work on the land off Welsh Row, currently used by hundreds of people each day as a car park.
A Willaston group is among dozens of organisations to receive funding in the latest round of Cheshire East Council community grants. Willaston Community Opportunities Group (COG) has welcomed a £300 grant which will help fund two more local walk leaflets.
Scores of residents attended exhibitions in Nantwich to study plans for a controversial housing development in Stapeley. Many people are objecting to the Muller and Jones Homes proposal for 600 new homes and a village centre in an ambitious “Nantwich South” development.
A talented swimmer from Nantwich hoping to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics, has linked up with a college Fitness Academy to boost her performance. Charlotte Bradbury is hoping to compete in the 200m breaststroke event in London if she secures a place at final trials this month.
A Nantwich mum and her four children were left shaken after a van driver sped through red lights at a crossing, nearly knocking them down. Lorna Ellis believes the driver was on his phone and ignored the red lights as they crossed on Waterlode, close to Mill Street, Nantwich.
Nantwich Sainsbury’s store has teamed up with United Churches of Crewe to help homeless people in the area. Churches have joined forces throughout the winter to offer overnight accommodation and meals to people living on the streets.
Nantwich is planning to join in “The Big Lunch” Diamond Jubilee celebrations by staging a major event in the town on June 3. Councillors unveiled early plans to stage a Jubilee Civic Service and Parade in and around the town square and St Mary’s Church.
Developers came under fire from residents at a Nantwich Town Council meeting when they outlined their plans for a major housing scheme. Bosses from Muller and Jones faced a packed meeting with many residents voicing their anger and objection to the “Nantwich South” plan for hundreds of homes on Stapeley farmland.
A young Nantwich woman will be taking part in Combat Challenge’s first ever female cage fighting bout. Anya Lynette Hynes, of Wrenbury, will compete in the event at the four-star Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford on February 24.
Green campaign groups have hit out at housing development plans for Nantwich which they label “grossly excessive”. And they are now seeking “high level” meetings with Cheshire East Council in a bid to fight the proposals.
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