By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Labour kicked off its election campaign in Crewe and Nantwich by wheeling in one of the big guns as it fights to snatch back the seat from the Conservatives.
Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry was in Crewe yesterday (Tuesday) to support local parliamentary candidate Connor Naismith, who is hoping to overturn a Conservative majority of 8,508.
Officers investigating a fatal collision on the A500 in Weston are appealing for witnesses or those with dashcam footage to come forward.
The incident happened near the Meremoor Moss roundabout at the junction with the A500 and the A531 at around 6.10pm on Saturday (May 25).
Youngsters at a Nantwich primary school enjoyed a special visitor when Paralympic swimmer Oliver Hynd called in.
Oliver, who has an MBE, visited Stapeley Broad Lane School to share his inspiring story of triumph over adversity.
Cheshire East Council is to stage a briefing session for all candidates standing for Crewe & Nantwich in July 4 General Election.
Candidates and their agents are invited to the session on May 31 in Macclesfield Town Hall.
Nantwich Museum has celebrated the town’s salt-making history by making salt in the square by the traditional method of evaporating brine.
Visitors viewed the boiling of local brine similar to that taken from Nantwich’s Old Biot salt spring, which for centuries supplied the brine which the town’s prosperity was built on.
Police are appealing for help to find a South Cheshire man with links to Nantwich who has been missing for 10 days.
Jason Holbrook, originally from Crewe, has not been seen since 2pm on Wednesday May 15.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is one of 26 councils to receive a share of a £1 million government pot to tackle fly-tipping and help protect communities.
The grants have been awarded to support various schemes to crackdown on criminals who dump rubbish in towns and the countryside.
Nantwich home care provider Right at Home South Cheshire has given the town’s “Growing for Health Community Garden” a bloomin’ nice boost!
The award-winning firm has donated a “Rose Arch” to the garden on the Brookfield Allotments site.
Police say they are probing the deaths of two Riverside cygnets in Nantwich amid fears of foul play.
The baby swans are a popular sight along the river each year.
A man has been charged in connection with a serious assault in Nantwich, police say.
Nathan Johnson was arrested on Saturday (May 18) in relation to an incident on Welsh Row in which a woman was allegedly attacked.
A miniature railway in Nantwich is set to expand after receiving financial help from a local care provider.
Members of the Nantwich Miniature Railway Group (NMRG) have been looking to raise money through Crowd Funding to expand the steam train track at Nantwich Methodist Church.
A member of Wych-Malbank Rotary Club in Nantwich became a Good Samaritan after hearing an urgent plea from a local resident in need.
The resident was desperate and unable to afford carpets to cover his bare floorboards due to suffering from ill health.
Community leaders are calling on Nantwich residents to back plans to reintroduce a direct bus service between the town and Leighton Hospital.
Cheshire East proposals include restructuring the existing 70, 72 and 73 bus services between Nantwich, Wrenbury and Audlem, and cutting sections to make possible a new direct link to Leighton Hospital.
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