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Nantwich residents call on council help to ban travellers from Barony Park

Nantwich residents call on council help to ban travellers from Barony Park

Residents called on councillors to take action after the latest case of travellers illegally setting up camp on Barony Park in Nantwich.

Families on Park View and surrounding streets have complained about anti-social behaviour of travellers, including fires being set alight, indecent exposure, and criminal damage.

April 6, 2017
Prostate Cancer Support Group to run testing event in Nantwich

Prostate Cancer Support Group to run testing event in Nantwich

Leighton Hospital Prostate Cancer Support Group will hold an annual testing session at Nantwich Civic Hall on Saturday April 8.

Testing will be carried out between 10am and 1pm by taking a sample of blood by trained phlebotomists.

April 6, 2017
Crewe Engineering & Design UTC new building nears completion

Crewe Engineering & Design UTC new building nears completion

Crewe Engineering & Design UTC is to open a new building ready for an intake of students in September.

The expansion will offer a new modern learning environment designed to motivate and inspire students at the new centre.

April 5, 2017
Free transport for South Cheshire College students under new scheme

Free transport for South Cheshire College students under new scheme

Students travelling to study at South Cheshire College from September 2017 will receive free transport in a new sustainability scheme.

All 16-19 year old students enrolled on a full-time course will be eligible to access free transport throughout the academic year.

April 4, 2017
65,000 cigarettes found dumped in South Cheshire lane

65,000 cigarettes found dumped in South Cheshire lane

A haul of 65,000 illegal cigarettes has been found dumped in a lane in South Cheshire.

Cheshire East Council’s trading standards team wants the public to help track down those who dumped the haul in a field off Clay Lane, Crewe.

April 3, 2017
Developers welcome care home scheme for former Nantwich pub

Developers welcome care home scheme for former Nantwich pub

Developers have welcomed the approval of plans to build a 60-bed care home on the site of the Red Lion pub in Nantwich.

Renewland Developments Ltd has secured planning permission from Cheshire East Council, on behalf of LNT Care Developments.

April 3, 2017
Nantwich MP Edward Timpson to run London Marathon for Army Benevolent Fund

Nantwich MP Edward Timpson to run London Marathon for Army Benevolent Fund

Crewe and Nantwich MP Edward Timpson is to run the London Marathon to raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund and Muscular Dystrophy UK.

Mr Timpson is training for a race which he has completed 12 times since starting in 1988.

April 2, 2017
South Cheshire and West Cheshire Colleges merge to create 11,000-student FE body

South Cheshire and West Cheshire Colleges merge to create 11,000-student FE body

South Cheshire College and West Cheshire College have today formally merged to create a new FE College for Cheshire.

The newly formed college, which will have an annual turnover of £40m with more than 11,000 students and 1,300 apprentices, will retain the existing brands of South Cheshire College and West Cheshire College at its campuses in Crewe, Ellesmere Port and Chester.

March 31, 2017
40 Crewe and Nantwich pupils enjoy Reaseheath graduation

40 Crewe and Nantwich pupils enjoy Reaseheath graduation

Forty pupils from Crewe and Nantwich primary schools enjoyed a taste of what it is like to graduate.

The youngsters attended an amazing graduation ceremony at Reaseheath College in Nantwich.

March 30, 2017
Nantwich Elim Church fitted with public access defibrillator

Nantwich Elim Church fitted with public access defibrillator

Nantwich Elim Church and the Regents Park Business Centre is to become a community of lifesavers.

The site off London Road has been fitted with a public access defibrillator (PAD) and awarded a CPR training kit by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

March 28, 2017
Van driver seriously hurt in A500 crash near Shavington

Van driver seriously hurt in A500 crash near Shavington

A van driver had to be cut free after being seriously injured in a collision with a HGV on the A500 near Shavington.

The accident forced the closure of the Barthomley bypass section for several hours between Shavington and the M6 junction 16.

March 28, 2017
Two men killed in A525 collision between Nantwich and Whitchurch named by police

Two men killed in A525 collision between Nantwich and Whitchurch named by police

A motorcyclist and pedestrian have been named following a fatal collision on the A525 between Whitchurch and Nantwich.

Walter Stanley Dobrowolski, 67, from Ellerdine, Telford, and Roy Ernest Bundy, 79, from Chester, were pronounced dead at the scene following the incident on Nantwich Road, Broughall.

March 28, 2017
2,000 riders join Cheshire Cat Sportive event in Paul Mooney’s memory

2,000 riders join Cheshire Cat Sportive event in Paul Mooney’s memory

By Jonathan White
More than 2,000 riders took part in the ‘Cheshire Cat Sportive’ cycling event in memory of former Nantwich student Paul Mooney.

Participants were able to park and register at the nearby South Cheshire College, then move to the start/finish line.

March 27, 2017