Illegal dog fighting is still rife in parts of Cheshire, latest RSPCA statistics show.
In the last four years, there have been 151 complaints of dog fighting in the county reported to the animal welfare charity.
Two concerts by Shires Symphonic Wind Orchestra have raised more than £1,000 for Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity Everybody Knows Somebody dementia appeal.
The concerts were held in the Leighton Hospital Treatment Centre and a week later at St Andrew’s Church in Crewe.
Children paid a visit to elderly residents at Richmond Village Nantwich as part of a project to bring the generations together.
Youngsters have been dropping in one residents at the retirement village off London Road to join in a range of activities.
Secondary school pupils rose to the occasion when competing in a Junior Cake-Off competition run by Reaseheath College in Nantwich.
Teams from schools across the region were challenged to bake and decorate a cake with a Spring theme which showcased their skills with sugar paste and buttercream.
The British Hen Welfare Trust team in Cheshire is on track to rehome the 1,000th hen of 2019 at their collection event this weekend (April 7).
So far this year, the team has helped send more than 940 hens off to pet homes, and save them from slaughter.
Almost 10,000 people in South Cheshire were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last year, health chiefs have revealed.
Now doctors are urging people to make urgent lifestyle changes or face risking life-threatening health problems.
Police are appealing for information after a driver failed to stop at the scene of a collision in Shavington.
The incident happened at 8.55am on Sunday March 24 on Newcastle Road, opposite the White Hart pub.
Three senior appointments have been announced at Cheshire Police and Cheshire Fire and Rescue.
Julie Cooke has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief Constable at Cheshire Constabulary.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
The full list of candidates for next month’s Cheshire East Council elections have been confirmed.
Voters will head to the polls on Thursday May 2 to decide who they want to represent them on the borough council for the next four years.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Work will begin this month on an £8.5 million project to refurbish 21 of Cheshire’s ageing fire stations.
But Nantwich station on Beam Street will be one of the last to undergo the work, not until 2023-24.
Armed robbers are being hunted by police after they held convenience store staff at knifepoint during a raid.
Two men approached the McColl’s shop on Gainsborough Road in Crewe, say police.
Youngsters from three Nantwich schools donned their hard hats on a new housing development as part of a time capsule competition!
Year 4 pupils at Highfields Academy, St Anne’s Catholic Primary School and Acton C of E Primary School were challenged to fill a capsule which could be buried on the site of the new Tesni Homes development on Welshman’s Lane.
A new non-emergency ambulance contract for Cheshire will see more staff based locally and boosting standards of care, say health chiefs.
NHS commissioners have awarded a five-year contract to West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS).
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