Human Interest

Two exhibitions due to close at Nantwich Museum

Two exhibitions due to close at Nantwich Museum

The “Paintings and Drawings of Dorothy Bradford” exhibition in Nantwich Museum ends on Saturday May 26. It illustrates the favourite subjects of the artist who lived in the town in the later years of her life before she died in 2008, aged 90.

May 16, 2012
Cheshire rescuers enter last day in search for John Lawton

Cheshire rescuers enter last day in search for John Lawton

Cheshire Search and Rescue volunteers are entering their final day in the hunt for missing marathon runner John Lawton. Fifteen members of the Cheshire SAR team have been out in Greece for five days to boost the search for the 62-year-old from Alsager.

May 15, 2012
New Nantwich Mayor Cllr Graham Fenton sworn in

New Nantwich Mayor Cllr Graham Fenton sworn in

Nantwich’s new Mayor was sworn in at a ceremony in Brookfield Hall in front of dozens of people. Cllr Graham Fenton was unanimously voted in by Nantwich Town councillors to take over from outgoing Mayor Cllr Arthur Moran.

May 15, 2012
Nantwich athlete’s Miss England and Team GB hopes

Nantwich athlete’s Miss England and Team GB hopes

A young Nantwich athlete is heading for an amazing national double. Sprinter Hayley Jones hopes to qualify for Team GB’s London Olympics squad – and land a place in the finals of Miss England!

May 15, 2012
Nominations open for new Cheshire Police Commissioner post

Nominations open for new Cheshire Police Commissioner post

Nominations for the new powerful £75,000-a-year Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner position are now open. The post-holder, elected on November 15, will be in charge of holding Cheshire Constabulary to account for the way it polices Nantwich and other towns.

May 14, 2012
Nantwich town car parks free on Jubilee Bank Holidays

Nantwich town car parks free on Jubilee Bank Holidays

All council car parking in Nantwich will be free on the Diamond Jubilee Bank Holidays. Cheshire East Council has decided to suspend car parking charges on all its carparks in Nantwich and other towns.

May 11, 2012
Stapeley Parish Council seeks new community hall team

Stapeley Parish Council seeks new community hall team

Council chiefs are looking for volunteers to help run a new community hall in Nantwich. Stapeley Parish Council is taking over the lease of the new community hall on Pear Tree Field from Cheshire East Council.

May 11, 2012
St Luke’s Hospice chief issues stark warning as donations plummet

St Luke’s Hospice chief issues stark warning as donations plummet

Exclusive Hospice chiefs in Cheshire have warned they face future cutbacks if they can’t reverse a dramatic drop in donations. St Luke’s Hospice, which treats patients from Nantwich, Crewe, Audlem, and Alsager, could see a £200,000 shortfall this year.

May 9, 2012
14 Cheshire Search and Rescue volunteers join hunt for John Lawton

14 Cheshire Search and Rescue volunteers join hunt for John Lawton

A team of 14 search and rescue volunteers from Cheshire are flying out to Greece on Friday to join the hunt for missing marathon runner John Lawton. Cheshire Search and Rescue (SAR) revealed that donations have flooded in which will help fund the trip.

May 9, 2012
Nantwich Museum to stage Diamond Jubilee poetry competition

Nantwich Museum to stage Diamond Jubilee poetry competition

Nantwich Museum have announced two poetry competitions, one for adults and one for the children of Nantwich schools. The competitions are being run as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

May 7, 2012
Cheshire rescue team’s fund appeal to join search for John Lawton

Cheshire rescue team’s fund appeal to join search for John Lawton

Rescue volunteers from Cheshire are ready to fly out to Greece and help in the hunt for missing marathon runner John Lawton. The 62-year-old, from Alsager, has not been seen since Sunday April 8 when he disappeared while competing in the Taygetos Challenge 2012, near Kalamata.

May 3, 2012
Cheshire East Council backs CarFest North at Cholmondeley Castle

Cheshire East Council backs CarFest North at Cholmondeley Castle

Council chiefs have welcomed the move to bring Chris Evans’ CarFest North to Cholmondeley Castle, near Nantwich. Thousands are expected to attend the festival of cars, music and food in the castle grounds on September 8 and 9.

May 2, 2012
Pocket globe sells for £18,000 at Nantwich auction

Pocket globe sells for £18,000 at Nantwich auction

A Crewe man enjoyed a surprise windfall when an antique pocket globe found in his parents’ home sold for £18,800 at a Nantwich auction. The celestial and terrestrial globe, less than three inches in diameter and dated from 1710, was the star sale at the Peter Wilson auction.

April 30, 2012