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Nominations open for Nantwich Food Awards 2023

Nominations open for Nantwich Food Awards 2023

Nominations for the eight Nantwich Food Award categories can now be made by customers or businesses.

People can nominate their favourite business until June 14 to do so.

May 24, 2023
New End of Life Care “Education Hub” opens at Leighton Hospital

New End of Life Care “Education Hub” opens at Leighton Hospital

A new End of Life Care Education Hub has opened in South Cheshire offering training and support for anyone involved in end of life care.

Award winning charity EOLP has moved to new premises by Leighton Hospital after demand for education services outgrew their old facilities.

May 24, 2023
Crewe man jailed for 10 years for violent pub attack

Crewe man jailed for 10 years for violent pub attack

A 34-year-old man has been jailed for a violent attack on a pensioner and another man at a pub in Crewe.

Callum Brereton, from Eleanor Close, Crewe, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after admitting/being found guilty of a section 18 assault and ABH assault.

May 23, 2023
The RSPCA Chelsea Flower Show garden heading to Nantwich

The RSPCA Chelsea Flower Show garden heading to Nantwich

This is the stunning RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden which will be relocated to RSPCA Stapeley Grange wildlife centre in Nantwich this summer.

It’s hoped “The RSPCA Garden”, on display all week at the prestigious flower show, will inspire the next generation of animal champions.

May 23, 2023
Planet Doughnut to close its Nantwich store

Planet Doughnut to close its Nantwich store

Planet Doughnut are to close their Nantwich store from May 28, they have revealed.

The closure less than two years after it was opened on Pillory Street in September 2021.

May 22, 2023
New “Leg Club” launched for South Cheshire sufferers

New “Leg Club” launched for South Cheshire sufferers

A new “Leg Club” to support people with lower limb problems has been launched by Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP).

The club is run in the community to promote self-care and help with additional issues such as reducing feelings of social isolation.

May 22, 2023
87 residents without ID denied May 4 vote in Cheshire East

87 residents without ID denied May 4 vote in Cheshire East

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Eighty-seven residents turned up at polling stations in Cheshire East and were denied a vote because they didn’t have the correct photo ID.

Altogether 188 people had turned up without ID, but 101 had later returned with it and were issued with a ballot paper.

May 22, 2023
Cheshire officers work with KnifeSavers on life-saving training

Cheshire officers work with KnifeSavers on life-saving training

Cheshire Police have joined forces with not-for-profit organisation KnifeSavers as part of its approach to tackling knife crime in the county.

Officers from Crewe & Nantwich Local Policing Unit have partnered with the knife crime charity.

May 22, 2023
Reaseheath College tree planting marks Coronation

Reaseheath College tree planting marks Coronation

Reaseheath College horticulture students have planted a cherry blossom tree outside St Mary’s Church in Nantwich to mark the coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

The Prunus incisa ‘Mikinori’ is a small Fuji tree that is covered with bee-friendly pink flowers in Spring and develops colourful foliage in the Autumn.

May 20, 2023
Michael Flash Meakin, scrap metal collector

Nantwich councillors back “Flash” Meakin crowdfunded memorial

Nantwich town councillors have supported a plan to crowdfund a memorial to Michael “Flash” Meakin who died last month.

“Flash” was a well known and loved character in the town for more than 50 years, known as the man with the handcart collecting tin cans and scrap metal for recycling.

May 18, 2023
Stephanie Wedgwood elected new Mayor of Nantwich

Stephanie Wedgwood elected new Mayor of Nantwich

The new Mayor of Nantwich Stephanie Wedgwood was sworn in at the town council meeting in Nantwich Civic Hall tonight (May 18).

Cllr Wedgwood, born and bred in Nantwich, has taken over the chains as Mayor from Cllr Peter Groves.

May 18, 2023
Family pay tribute to man killed in Nantwich crash

Family pay tribute to man killed in Nantwich crash

The family of a 47-year-old man from Crewe who died following a collision near Nantwich have paid tribute to him.

Christopher Allen was taken to Royal Stoke Hospital with serious injuries after a collision on the Wettenhall Road, in Poole.

May 18, 2023
Man, 47, died in two-car crash at Poole near Nantwich

Man, 47, died in two-car crash at Poole near Nantwich

A man has died after a crash on Wettenhall Road in Poole near Nantwich earlier this week.

The 47-year-old from Crewe was taken to hospital after the incident near to the junction of Dairy Lane.

May 18, 2023