A firefighter owes his life to his 13-year-old Nantwich son who gave him CPR and the kiss of life during a dramatic incident at sea off Anglesey.
Young Joe Rowlands, of Snowcrest Place, Stapeley, was kayaking in Ynys Dulas off Lligwy beach with his dad Paul when their sit-on kayak started taking on water.
Cheshire East Council road chiefs say there has been a “sharp decline” in compensation claims for pothole damage – and that 95% of claims are rejected.
They also believe the decline is due to the authority’s “co-ordinated and robust evidence-based approach to prevention, as well as repairs”.
The family of a soldier killed in World War One will be at Malbank School in Nantwich for a moving memorial ceremony, 100 years after his death.
A War Memorial outside the school on Welsh Row details the death of Private Griffiths, who was a former Malbank pupil, during the Great War.
A Nantwich driver whose car was badly damaged by this massive 4ft-long pothole, said he was refused compensation because Cheshire East Council told him the road was fine!
Kevin Tew’s car suffered nearly £150 damage when it plunged into this 5in deep, 18in wide “bunker” on a bend on Main Road in Weston.
Hundreds of local families flocked to Reaseheath College in Nantwich to welcome newly born lambs into the world.
And Reaseheath’s sheep flock put on a spectacular show, with 10 ewes producing 24 lambs within hours of the opening of the lambing sheds.
Police and fire crews were called to a vehicle blaze in a field in Nantwich.
The incident happened shortly after 6.30pm last night (March 5) off Crewe Road.
MP for Crewe and Nantwich Laura Smith praised staff and students at the new Crewe UTC.
The first cohort of students are working hard at the new college where they use high tech facilities and equipment including the workshop, virtual reality engineering, mechatronics and the new Joseph Locke building.
Police are hunting vandals who went on a wrecking spree on a Nantwich road, smashing up several vehicles.
Yobs jumped on a number of cars, smashing windscreens and damaging bodywork, on Birchin Lane in the early hours yesterday (March 3).
More than 94% of applicants have secured first choice secondary school places in Cheshire East, the authority has said.
It’s a rise of 0.5% on last year’s figure and nearly 11% better than the 2017 national average of 83.5%.
A fire cadet unit is being relaunched for budding lifesavers at Nantwich Fire Station on Beam Street.
Sessions for 12 to 17-year-olds who want to learn the skills of a firefighter and gain qualifications while making new friends, begin again on April 4.
A 76-year-old woman fell victim to a distraction theft in Nantwich town centre, police have warned.
The elderly victim was approached by a man and woman in the Home and Bargain store on Beam Street, who engaged her in conversation before leaving.
A Nantwich photographer has been shortlisted in the Outdoor Photographer of the Year.
It crowns an excellent year for Paul Compton, who runs Nantwich Events Photography with his wife Denise.
The major road which links to the Crewe Green roundabout will close for most of this Sunday (March 4) to allow the safe removal of roadside vegetation.
The Haslington bypass A534 will close from 9am to 3.30pm.
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