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Reaseheath student project hailed by British Horse Society

Reaseheath student project hailed by British Horse Society

A project by Reaseheath College equine students in Nantwich to identify safe off road routes for horse riders has been recognised with a British Horse Society (BHS) national award.

The students plotted more than 300 bridleways or footpaths with bridleway rights in Staffordshire which could be lost if not officially re-recorded on new maps by 2026.

December 28, 2020
Flood Alert for River Weaver as snow warning issued for Cheshire East

Flood Alert for River Weaver as snow warning issued for Cheshire East

A Flood Alert has been issued for the river Weaver catchment area in Nantwich, Crewe, Winsford and Northwich areas.

Heavy rain from Storm Bella after previous rain over the past week has left levels very high in Nantwich, flooding footpaths close by.

December 27, 2020
MP welcomes £14 million of Future High Streets money for Crewe

MP welcomes £14 million of Future High Streets money for Crewe

Crewe & Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan has welcomed more than £14 million of Future High Streets Fund money for Crewe.

The Government has announced a multi million pound investment as part of its attempt to “level up” across the country.

December 26, 2020
Cheshire East moves into ‘very high alert’ Covid tier 3

Cheshire East moves into ‘very high alert’ Covid tier 3

Cheshire East has today (December 26) moved into tier 3 – the Covid ‘very high alert’ level.

The change came into effect at a minute past midnight, in the early hours of Boxing Day.

December 26, 2020
MPs welcome £11.8 million funding for Cheshire Police

MPs welcome £11.8 million funding for Cheshire Police

Eddisbury and Crewe & Nantwich MPs Edward Timpson and Kieran Mullan have welcomed additional £11.8 million funding for Cheshire Police in 2021-22.

Home Secretary Priti Patel announced policing will receive up to £15.8 billion in 2021-22 – an increase of £636 million on last year.

December 24, 2020
Woman, 80, sentenced over road death of friend near Nantwich

Woman, 80, sentenced over road death of friend near Nantwich

An 80-year-old woman who admitted causing a collision near Nantwich that resulted in the death of a close friend has been sentenced.

Maire Gibson appeared at Crewe Magistrates’ Court Yesterday (December 23) where she was banned from driving for 12 months.

December 24, 2020
Cheshire East to move into Tier 3 from Boxing Day

Cheshire East to move into Tier 3 from Boxing Day

Cheshire East is to move into tier 3 – the Covid ‘very high alert’ level.

The change will apply from one minute past midnight, in the early hours of Boxing Day, Saturday 26 December.

December 23, 2020
Police find body in search for missing South Cheshire man

Police find body in search for missing South Cheshire man

Police officers searching for a missing man have found a body in a wooded area in Crewe.

The body has been formally identified as Jordan Lawton.

December 23, 2020
Wistaston youngster battling rare cancer sees Christmas wish come true

Wistaston youngster battling rare cancer sees Christmas wish come true

A Christmas wish has come true for a remarkable Wistaston boy whose brave fight against cancer prompted a massive fundraising drive for his treatment.

Eleven-year-old Georgy Capener was diagnosed with the highly malignant Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, following a fall in a friend’s garden on Easter Sunday in 2018.

December 22, 2020
Wrenbury canal liftbridge - new boater control pedestal and Darren Spann

Historic canal lift bridge in Wrenbury upgraded in £150,000 project

The historic canal lift bridge in Wrenbury, near Nantwich has undergone a £150,000 upgrade to give it modern safety controls.

The work has taken two months to complete and means easier operation for boaters on the Llangollen Canal.

December 22, 2020
Cheshire College students provide 300 hampers for families in need

Cheshire College students provide 300 hampers for families in need

Cheshire College students have joined forces with businesses to support local learners and their families over the Christmas break.

They have pulled together more than 300 hampers full of essential food items and toiletries.

December 22, 2020
GP practices begin roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine in Cheshire communities

GP practices begin roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine in Cheshire communities

Groups of GP practices in South Cheshire have started rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine in local communities.

Initially focusing on protecting those at highest risk, it follows the launch of the vaccination programme in hospitals on December 8.

December 22, 2020
Millfields Primary School children go green fingered to create garden

Millfields Primary School children go green fingered to create garden

Green-fingered primary school pupils in Nantwich have created a vegetable garden thanks to a £1,250 grant.

Year 6 youngsters at Millfields Primary have worked their site manager Mr Cornes to create the garden.

December 20, 2020