A blaze on a railway embankment in Willaston which caused disruption to rail and road traffic was caused deliberately, say fire chiefs.
The blaze broke out on parkland next to the railway embankment near Wybunbury Road in Willaston at around 5pm last night.
Transport for Wales have cancelled its Shrewsbury-Crewe rail services via Nantwich during the 2-day “red alert” heatwave next week.
The route is one of several which TfW are cancelling as the region is set to bake in soaring temperatures of up to 36-37 degrees.
Brine Leas School in Nantwich has maintained its “good” rating after the latest Ofsted inspection.
Inspectors visited the Audlem Road school in May.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust is looking for six new recruits to join its expanding team to bring wildlife back to the county.
Roles vary from an admin and accounts assistant to a digital marketing officer and to a land management officer.
RSPCA has warned it is expecting a spike in animal cruelty cases in Cheshire this summer.
New figures show the charity sees a sharp increase in cruelty cases in July and August.
The Nantwich Show celebrates its 125th anniversary when it returns on Wednesday July 27 at its new Reaseheath College.
This year it takes place behind Reaseheath Old Hall off Wettenhall Road and the theme is “Best of British”, celebrating 125 years of agriculture and land-based industries and communities.
School leaders across the Learning for Life Partnership (LFLP) in South Cheshire are celebrating strong SATs results.
Year 6 students from the Partnership – which includes Shavington and Wistaston – bucked the national trend, particularly in Reading, Writing and Maths.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has secured more funds towards the Gypsy and Traveller site at Middlewich and hopes to begin the tendering process for construction soon.
Planning permission was granted last August for the site to be developed on land off Cledford Lane.
A new outdoor classroom at Calveley Primary Academy looks set to prove a big hit with children.
That’s according to Nantwich Town Crier Dev Hobson, who dropped in at the primary school to officially open the new facility.
Students and staff from Reaseheath College and University Centre in Nantwich have raised more than £12,000 for Hope House Children’s Hospice.
Members of the college and university centre’s Student Association (SA) also made a substantial donation to Body Positive after a busy fundraising year.
A new young beaver has been spotted at Hatchmere Nature Reserve in Delamere – the first time beavers have bred in Cheshire in more than 400 years.
This young beaver – known as a kit – is the offspring of a pair of Eurasian beavers named Rowan and Willow.
A new charity dedicated to preventing violence towards women is stepping up its safety campaign on South Cheshire streets after the murder of a London law graduate walking home at night.
Organisers of the Alpha Omega Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Foundation said the murder of 35-year-old Zara Aleena illustrated the urgent need to make society safer for women out alone.
Council chiefs and contractors said they are “sorry” after we revealed one Wistaston mum’s traumatic journey to Leighton Hospital with her seriously ill baby.
We told how Dawn Nelson was left confused and in tears as she tried to negotiate the Middlewich Road road closures and diversions to reach the hospital late at night.
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