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Beam Street re-opens after 18-week footway improvement works

Beam Street re-opens after 18-week footway improvement works

Town centre roads in Nantwich were re-opened today after an 18-week closure to allow for footway improvement works.

But the planned re-surfacing of Beam Street, as pledged in the initial Cheshire East Council scheme, have so far not taken place.

October 24, 2022
South Cheshire firm Bakkavor teams up with charity to help families

South Cheshire firm Bakkavor teams up with charity to help families

South Cheshire employer Bakkavor has teamed up with Chance Changing Lives to provide meals for the community amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Bakkavor Pizza and Bread Crewe has provided around 6,500 flatbreads to four food redistribution partner charities – Chance Changing Lives, The Port Vale Hubb, The Salvation Army Stoke and Irons Foods Banks.

October 24, 2022
Nantwich floral designer crowned one of UK’s best florists

Nantwich floral designer crowned one of UK’s best florists

A Nantwich floral designer is coming up roses after being accepted as a full member of the exclusive Good Florist Guide.

Jacqui O is the latest to hit the gold standard of floristry joining the only merit-based guide in the world for florists.

October 24, 2022
Aldi launches recruitment drive across Cheshire for Christmas

Aldi launches recruitment drive across Cheshire for Christmas

Aldi bosses say they are looking to recruit to around 330 new jobs in Cheshire ahead of the festive period.

The supermarket chain – with stores in Nantwich and Crewe – says it is gearing up for its biggest-ever Christmas.

October 23, 2022
Nantwich man’s scale-model of WW1 Model T ‘Crewe Tractor’ wins award

Nantwich man’s scale-model of WW1 Model T ‘Crewe Tractor’ wins award

By Jonathan White
A Nantwich man has won an award for his hand-built scale-model of a ‘Crewe Tractor’.

Gerald Newbrook, 77, from Blakelow, has based his model on the Crewe Tractor which was originally made in Crewe Locomotive works in 1916 and 1917.

October 23, 2022
CEC to spend £150,000 on more EV car charging points

CEC to spend £150,000 on more EV car charging points

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has secured more than £150,000 from the government to install electric vehicle charging points in its towns.

Work is expected to start on installing the infrastructure in towns across the borough within the next few months.

October 22, 2022
Nantwich Food Awards celebrate town’s best eateries

Nantwich Food Awards celebrate town’s best eateries

Some of Nantwich’s best eateries were celebrated at a Nantwich Food Awards ceremony at the Civic Hall last night.

Hundreds packed in to the hall as the winners in several categories were honoured on stage.

October 22, 2022
Cheshire East councillor’s stark warning on children and adult services funding

Cheshire East councillor’s stark warning on children and adult services funding

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Children and adult services are so underfunded that Cheshire East Council will have to abandon roadworks and waste collection to pay for them without government cash, a councillor has warned.

That was the stark warning from chair of Cheshire East Council’s children and families committee as she backed a call from Crewe councillor Laura Smith (Lab) for wealthy tax avoiders to pay their fair share.

October 21, 2022
Serious accident closes A51 at Hurleston near Nantwich

Serious accident closes A51 at Hurleston near Nantwich

A serious three-vehicle accident has closed the busy A51 today at Hurleston near Nantwich.

One woman has been taken to hospital with serious but not thought to be life-threatening injuries.

October 21, 2022
The Northern Belle on the outward leg at Lunds

Nantwich-based luxury train Northern Belle voted Best in Britain

A posh train which has its head office in Nantwich has been voted the Best in Britain – and ninth in the World.

The 1930s Pullman-style Northern Belle pipped other famous luxury trains like Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer and India’s Maharajah Express.

October 21, 2022
Utility firms not turning up blamed on delayed A530 re-opening

Utility firms not turning up blamed on delayed A530 re-opening

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Utility firms failing to turn up for essential work added to delays to the A530 Middlewich Road closure and can’t be forced to pay compensation, a councillor has said.

Middlewich Road, which has been closed between Pyms Lane and Smithy Lane since May, was due to re-open this month.

October 21, 2022
Nantwich Choral Society celebrates 50 golden years of music

Nantwich Choral Society celebrates 50 golden years of music

Nantwich Choral Society is planning a full programme of events as it embarks on a milestone anniversary year.

It is 50 years since the society formed as a local authority evening class.

October 20, 2022
Police appeal for witnesses to Wistaston burglary

Police appeal for witnesses to Wistaston burglary

Police are appealing for witnesses to a house burglary in Wistaston

The incident happened at around 8.15pm on Sunday (October 16) when offenders broke into an address in Charlcote Crescent and stole jewellery.

October 20, 2022