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Dale Robson with Denzel and Welly

New group promotes dog-friendly Nantwich shops to prevent thefts

By Jonathan White
A new Facebook group called ‘Dog friendly shops in Nantwich and surrounding areas’ has been set up to help prevent dogs being left outside and at risk from thieves.

It comes after the high-profile case of Denzel and Welly, two black Labradors stolen from outside M&S on Beam Street in Nantwich on March 27.

April 7, 2021
Aerial view of Nantwich town centre, pic by Jonathan White

Cheshire East Council prepares for reopening of town centres

Cheshire East Council says it is preparing for the reopening of town centres like Nantwich and urging businesses to access support available.

All non-essential retail will reopen from Monday April 12, as well as restaurants, bars and cafes for outdoor table service and hair and nail salons, libraries, and gyms.

April 7, 2021
Four-year-old Nantwich stroke survivor’s 26-mile fundraiser

Four-year-old Nantwich stroke survivor’s 26-mile fundraiser

A four-year-old Stroke survivor from Nantwich has completed an amazing 26-mile challenge to raise charity funds.

Big-hearted Orlah Maudsley, from Barbridge, completed the final mile of her challenge on Thursday at Calveley Primary Academy near Nantwich.

April 6, 2021
Hack Green Secret Bunker secures Government grant to stay open

Hack Green Secret Bunker secures Government grant to stay open

Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker near Nantwich is to receive £75,324 in the second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.

The museum, off Coole Lane, Baddington, is one of around 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund.

April 6, 2021
Crewe to pilot country’s first dual use Covid-19 testing site

Crewe to pilot country’s first dual use Covid-19 testing site

Cheshire East Council is trialling a dual use Covid-19 testing site in Crewe – the first of its kind in the country.

From tomorrow, the existing walk-through testing site in Crewe will become dual use for two weeks from April 6-19

April 5, 2021
Nantwich pub boss spreads some Easter cheer with chocolate eggs!

Nantwich pub boss spreads some Easter cheer with chocolate eggs!

A big-hearted pub boss in Nantwich helped spread some ‘eggstra’ Easter cheer by leaving chocolate eggs around the town centre with post-it notes attached.

Adam Loxton, assistant manager at The Leopard on London Road, was inspired to place the eggs around town by his family.

April 2, 2021
Nantwich Museum appoints new chair of trustees

Nantwich Museum appoints new chair of trustees

Nantwich Museum has appointed Dr Trevor Evans, a former chemical engineer, as the new chair of the Board of Trustees responsible for running the facility in Pillory Street.

During his career, Dr Evans has managed professional bodies in both the UK and Australia.

April 2, 2021
Enzo in Nantwich to stage fundraiser for boy who lost leg to cancer

Enzo in Nantwich to stage fundraiser for boy who lost leg to cancer

Enzo bosses in Nantwich are staging a bake-off competition and raffle draw in aid of a young footballer who had to have his leg amputated because of a rare cancer.

The popular town centre coffee shop wanted to dedicate its bake-off contest tomorrow (April 3) to Ashton Hulme.

April 2, 2021
Three charged with theft of Nantwich dogs bailed until June 8

Three charged with theft of Nantwich dogs bailed until June 8

Three people arrested and charged in connection with the theft of two Labrador dogs in Nantwich have appeared at Warrington Magistrates’ Court.

All three – Malachy Doherty, 37, Mary Docherty, 28, and a 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, who were arrested in Stoke-on-Trent on Tuesday, were all released on conditional bail.

April 1, 2021
Fly-tipping hotspots in South Cheshire unveiled by FOI

Fly-tipping hotspots in South Cheshire unveiled by FOI

By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
More than two-thirds of Cheshire East fly tipping incidents last year took place in Crewe, new data shows.

The figures, released after a Freedom of Information request from the Local Democracy Reporting Service, show where the borough’s fly-tipping hotspots are.

April 1, 2021
NHS pay campaigners plan demo at Leighton Hospital

NHS pay campaigners plan demo at Leighton Hospital

NHS pay campaigners say they will return to Leighton Hospital this week as Covid restrictions are eased.

Members of Crewe’s Trades Union Council say they will return to the hospital tomorrow (April 1) with a socially distanced campaign to raise awareness “for a real and meaningful pay settlement for all NHS staff”.

March 31, 2021
Denzel and Welly

Three people including boy, 14, charged over dogs theft in Nantwich

Police say three people have now been charged by officers investigating dog thefts in Nantwich.

Officers arrested a man, woman and a teenage boy at a house in Stoke-on-Trent after recovering two stolen black Labradors which were taken from Nantwich town centre on Saturday.

March 31, 2021
Travellers moved from Barony Park in 24 hours in injunction’s first test

Travellers moved from Barony Park in 24 hours in injunction’s first test

Travellers who broke through new barriers onto Barony Park in Nantwich in breach of a court injunction were moved on shortly before 4pm today.

It was the first test of the new two-year injunction granted to Cheshire East Council last August.

March 30, 2021