By Kirsty Rollings & Sara Royle
Four councillors representing Nantwich on Cheshire East Council have retained their seats in the borough elections.
Peter Groves and Andrew Martin, both Conservative, triumphed in Nantwich South and Stapeley.
By Kirsty Rollings
Voters in Willaston and Rope Ward made a bold statement with their appointment of first time candidate Sarah Pochin.
Conservative candidate Pochin took the seat from outspoken UKIP candidate Brian Silvester in a comfortable victory in the Cheshire East Council elections.
Edward Timpson described his “relief” after being voted back in as MP for Crewe & Nantwich for another five-year term.
The Conservative MP won a tightly fought contest by securing 22,445 votes.
A community scheme to tackle town centre crime in Crewe and Nantwich has scooped a top award.
‘Stamp crime out of town’ (Scoot), a business crime partnership operating across Crewe and Nantwich for 13 years, has been given a Safer Business Award ‘with distinction’.
Two orphaned baby hares rescued by carers in Nantwich have leapt into a new life at Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s headquarters.
The pair of leverets were found by members of the public and handed in to the RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre, on London Road.
Zoe Van Cauter is just 18 years old. Tomorrow she will be standing for election to Cheshire East Council.
So why does a Wistaston teenager still at college in Nantwich want to enter the murky world of politics?
Our reporter Sara Royle went to find out more.
More than 50 general knowledge buffs took part in a British-themed quiz in Nantwich which raised a bumper £1,000 for hospice care.
The event, organised by insolvency specialists BCR, drew a record crowd of accountants, bankers and lawyers to Residence Restaurant on Mill Street.
A 12-year-old Nantwich pupil will be swimming across England’s biggest lake – to help raise funds for the Fire Fighters Charity.
And Cameron Thomson popped in to Nantwich Fire Station on Beam Street to tell fire crews about his challenge.
With polling day just days away, the four men fighting for the Crewe & Nantwich seat are turning up the heat.
Campaigning has been rigorous, public appearances numerous – here is your Nantwichnews guide to the four candidates before May 7.
A new Nantwich Lake Wildlife Conservation group has met with Edward Timpson to outline plans for the town’s beauty spot.
The group, led by Caron Hull, has also been in contact with Cheshire East Council, Nantwich Town Council, RSPCA at Stapeley Grange, and Cheshire East Highways.
Muller Property is to fight a Government ruling to throw out plans for a 1,100-home ‘Nantwich South’ village in Stapeley.
Councillors were told the news that the company has applied to have the case judicially reviewed by a judge in the High Court.
A Nantwich police officer is to face a charge of common assault after an incident in the town centre, says the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
PC Matthew James Ambrose, based at Nantwich police station, has been summonsed to appear at Manchester City Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday May 27.
A major road in and out of Nantwich will be closed for six days from May 11.
Scottish Power works mean London Road either side of the level crossing will be closed to all traffic from May 11 to 17.
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