Human Interest

Highfields Academy youngsters get giggling in Alzheimer’s fundraiser

Highfields Academy youngsters get giggling in Alzheimer’s fundraiser

Three Nantwich pupils have been having a right laugh – and raising hundreds of pounds for charity into the bargain!

Highfields Academy youngsters Zachary Lawson, Max Hastings and Oliver Taylor (all aged 11) have been encouraging fellow pupils to “get giggling and get giving” for the Alzheimer’s Society.

May 30, 2025
Works starts on a new primary school in Nantwich

Works starts on a new primary school in Nantwich

Work on a new primary school in Nantwich is to get underway with an opening date set for September 2026.

Construction work will start on Monday (June 2nd) on Kingsbourne Academy primary school, a new, 210-pupil school on the Kingsley Fields housing development.

May 30, 2025
Nantwich youngsters in frame for art and handwriting awards

Nantwich youngsters in frame for art and handwriting awards

Nantwich youngsters were in the frame for awards when they were honoured in the rotary’s art and handwriting competition.

Children and families were present at Nantwich Museum to collect their awards from Nantwich Rotary Club President Elect James Sutton and Mayor of Nantwich Mary Slinn.

May 29, 2025
Councillors call for action on “sinking” Mill Street in Nantwich

Councillors call for action on “sinking” Mill Street in Nantwich

Town councillors have backed calls for action to make Mill Street in Nantwich safer and stop it from “sinking”.

They want to impose weight limits on delivery vehicles using the road which is partly pedestrianised at the top end.

May 28, 2025
The GOAT team - Sam H, Jono, Gary and Sam R

New sports bar and restaurant GOAT to open in Nantwich

A new sports bar and restaurant called GOAT is to open in Nantwich.

And those behind the concept say it will be a “game changer for Nantwich’s food and sports scene”.

May 28, 2025
Cheshire East vows to make biggest investment in transport network

Cheshire East vows to make biggest investment in transport network

Cheshire East Council bosses say they will make their “biggest investment in 10 years” in a bid to improve the much-criticised state of local roads and the transport network.

The authority has announced Investment plans which will see more than £53 million spent on improving the condition of the borough’s highways and infrastructure.

May 28, 2025
Cheshire East Council - Delamere House, Crewe 1 (Google)

CEC planners set to approve eco burial ground in Shavington

Cheshire East Council is next week expected to give the go-ahead for coffin burials to take place at an ecological burial ground at Shavington, writes Belinda Ryan.

Santune Meadows is a natural burial site which already has permission for urn interments.

May 27, 2025
St Anne's Lane derelict site to become car park

New Public Footpath dedicated on Mill Island in Nantwich

Nantwich town councillors have welcomed a formal dedication of a new public footpath on Mill Island in the town.

The route is now officially recorded as Nantwich Public Footpath No. 34.

May 26, 2025
Nantwich woman’s 630-mile coastal trek for St Luke’s Hospice

Nantwich woman’s 630-mile coastal trek for St Luke’s Hospice

A Nantwich woman is tackling a 630-mile coastal trek to raise funds for St Luke’s Hospice.

Tracey Warren has set off on the adventure of a lifetime — walking the entire 630-mile South West Coast Path to raise vital funds for the hospice that has supported her family through the toughest of times.

May 26, 2025
Body found in Shropshire Union Canal near Nantwich

Body found in Shropshire Union Canal near Nantwich

Police are investigating after a body was discovered in the Shropshire Union Canal near Nantwich.

The discovery was made close to the Overwater Marina between Nantwich and Audlem on Saturday (May 24).

May 26, 2025
Mokushla Theatre shows raise funds for Team Lewis Trust

Mokushla Theatre shows raise funds for Team Lewis Trust

A theatre company set up by a Nantwich mum in memory of her tragic son has helped to raise vital funds with two performances.

Mokushla Theatre Company staged a double-header performance of “Room 13” and “The Hartley Wedding” at two venues – Reaseheath Hall and Alsager Civic.

May 24, 2025
Nantwich man creates military uniforms for American Revolution events

Nantwich man creates military uniforms for American Revolution events

A Nantwich man has taken part in commemorations of the Battle of Lexington and Concord to mark the 250th anniversary since the start of the American Revolution.

Richard Marren, who founded re-enactment group the 23rd Regiment of Foot, Royal Welch Fusiliers, travelled to Boston for the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord – the first battle of the war in which the 23rd Foot fought.

May 23, 2025
Nantwich man to cycle 1,000 miles for Hope House Hospice

Nantwich man to cycle 1,000 miles for Hope House Hospice

A Nantwich man has saddled up to pedal on an epic fundraising challenge.

Ian Johnston set off last weekend to cycle more than 1,000 miles from Land’s End to John O Groats.

May 23, 2025