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Rail strike action to hit Nantwich Arriva Trains Wales services

Rail strike action to hit Nantwich Arriva Trains Wales services

Nantwich commuters face rail travel disruption when they return to work on Monday – with all Arriva Trains Wales services cancelled due to strike action.

A planned 24-hour strike by Arriva Trains Wales drivers, as part of a dispute over pay and conditions, looks set to go ahead.

January 2, 2016
Crewe and Nantwich drivers face rail bridge repair delays

Crewe and Nantwich drivers face rail bridge repair delays

Drivers across Crewe and Nantwich are being warned of major delays from January 4 due to repair works to a railway bridge.

Network Rail will begin a major repair project on A532 Hungerford Road bridge in Crewe.

January 1, 2016
Simon Byrne

Cheshire people rewarded in New Year Honours 2016

Cheshire’s Chief Constable and a university professor from Nantwich are among those rewarded in the New Year Honours 2016 list.

Professor Margaret McRae Whitehead, from the University of Liverpool, who lives in Nantwich, has been made a Dame Commander (DBE) for her services to public health.

December 31, 2015
Storm Frank damages homes and trees in Nantwich

Storm Frank damages homes and trees in Nantwich

A number of properties in Nantwich have suffered damage after Storm Frank battered the region.

The high winds blew down trees and ripped off roof tiles and lead flashing from houses.

December 30, 2015
Woman, 50, charged with Nantwich and Crewe burglaries

Woman, 50, charged with Nantwich and Crewe burglaries

A woman has been charged in connection with burglaries at homes of elderly people in Nantwich, Crewe and Alsager areas.

Tracey Skelton, 50, of Halton Drive, Crewe, has been charged with nine counts of burglary.

December 30, 2015
Hospital bosses in South Cheshire praise Christmas donations

Hospital bosses in South Cheshire praise Christmas donations

Nantwich Town and Crewe Alex stars took time out to from busy football schedules to deliver donations to a local hospital.

Players and staff from both clubs turned up at Leighton Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Unit with toys, games and gifts for young patients.

December 29, 2015
Christmas concerts help raise MRI scanner appeal funds

Christmas concerts help raise MRI scanner appeal funds

Christmas concerts held by a hospital choir have helped to raise vital funds for the local MRI Scanner Appeal.

The Nightingales, choir of the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust, performed two Carol Concerts in support of the appeal.

December 28, 2015
South Cheshire man jailed for 20 sex offences against boys

South Cheshire man jailed for 20 sex offences against boys

A South Cheshire man has been jailed for five years for a string of sexual offences while working as a volunteer at the Crewe Heritage Centre.

Rory Kenny, 52, pleaded guilty to 20 charges with his victims as young as 13.

December 23, 2015
Wulvern warns of bogus roofers targeting Nantwich residents

Wulvern warns of bogus roofers targeting Nantwich residents

Housing tenants in Nantwich are being warned about bogus callers after an incident in the town.

Wulvern Housing Group says two men called on a resident in Nantwich posing as Wulvern employees.

December 23, 2015
Mayor judges best dressed shop window in Nantwich

Mayor judges best dressed shop window in Nantwich

Mayor of Nantwich Cllr Andrew Martin has been out and about judging shop windows in the town that have dressed to impress this Christmas.

And Hope House on High Street was declared the winner with its volunteers creating an arctic scene full of Christmas cheer.

December 22, 2015
Probe into alleged sexual assault on Mill Island dropped by police

Probe into alleged sexual assault on Mill Island dropped by police

Detectives have dropped a probe into an alleged sexual assault on Mill Island in Nantwich.

Cheshire Police has been conducting an investigation in relation to the allegations that the assault had been committed in the early hours on Sunday (December 20).

December 22, 2015
Elle Morris is national face of Cystic Fibrosis Trust Christmas campaign

Elle Morris is national face of Cystic Fibrosis Trust Christmas campaign

Nantwich cystic fibrosis sufferer Elle Morris has achieved the latest of her 10 wishes – by becoming the face of a national campaign.

The nine-year-old, of Wrenbury Road, Aston, penned 10 wishes when her family discovered a life-saving double lung transplant carried serious risks.

December 21, 2015
Serious sexual assault on Mill Island, Nantwich – hunt for two men

Serious sexual assault on Mill Island, Nantwich – hunt for two men

Detectives are searching for two men as they investigate a serious sexual assault in Mill Island, Nantwich.

Police received reports of the incident, and identified and cordoned off the scene whilst the investigation got underway at approximately 2.50am yesterday (December 20).

December 21, 2015