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Leighton Hospital maternity unit crowned best in UK

Leighton Hospital maternity unit crowned best in UK

Nantwich mums-to-be and their families have access to the best maternity care in the country.

Leighton Hospital’s maternity unit was named “Midwifery Service of the Year” at an annual awards.

March 5, 2015
Green Party select ex Lib Dem to contest Eddisbury seat

Green Party select ex Lib Dem to contest Eddisbury seat

Green Party members have selected Dr Andrew Garman to stand in the Eddisbury constituency at the General Election.

Garman, 61, is semi-retired scientist and lives in Ashton Hayes village, in the north of the constituency.

March 5, 2015
New Scouts and Girlguiding groups to launch in Nantwich

New Scouts and Girlguiding groups to launch in Nantwich

By Kirsty Rollings
New Scouts and Girlguiding groups are being launched near Nantwich to help cope with rising demand.

The latest groups will be based at the newly refurbished Worleston Village Hall in Worleston.

March 5, 2015
Sequence dancers raise £1,000 for St Luke’s Hospice

Sequence dancers raise £1,000 for St Luke’s Hospice

Saturday Night Sequence Dancers in Nantwich have raised £1,000 for St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice at a charity dance at Malbank School.

Twice a year they hold a charity dance and donate money from the entry fee and raffle to a chosen charity.

March 5, 2015
Nantwich Cartoon Academy proves massive hit with youngsters

Nantwich Cartoon Academy proves massive hit with youngsters

A Nantwich cartoonist has been stunned at the popularity of his new Cartoon Academy workshops for youngsters.

Mark Wilcox has hosted a number of workshops for children aged between 4 and 11 at venues like Tastebud Cafe in Stapeley and Enzo coffee shop in Nantwich town centre.

March 4, 2015
Yorkshire Building Society staff go yellow for Marie Curie

Yorkshire Building Society staff go yellow for Marie Curie

Building Society staff in Nantwich will turn yellow to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care and its annual Great Daffodil Appeal.

The fundraising at Yorkshire Building Society, on High Street, is taking place tomorrow (March 4) with colleagues also holding a book sale and a name the teddy bear competition.

March 3, 2015
Nantwich hotels and taxi firms join Child Sex Exploitation campaign

Nantwich hotels and taxi firms join Child Sex Exploitation campaign

Hotels and taxi firms in Nantwich are being contacted by Cheshire Police as part of a campaign to target Child Sex Exploitation (CSE).

Police say they want to raise awareness among hotel staff and taxi drivers of the key signs and behaviours associated with victims of CSE.

March 3, 2015
Hundreds enjoy lambing weekend at Reaseheath, Nantwich

Hundreds enjoy lambing weekend at Reaseheath, Nantwich

Hundreds of families flocked to Reaseheath College in Nantwich over the weekend for the first of two lambing events.

Spring has arrived in the college’s lambing sheds with the arrival of the first newborns of the season.

March 3, 2015
Nantwich councillor slams council tax freeze claims by Cheshire East

Nantwich councillor slams council tax freeze claims by Cheshire East

A Nantwich councillor has criticised Cheshire East Council, claiming that “stealth tax” rises will counter any freeze in council tax rates.

Cllr Arthur Moran spoke out after Cheshire East announced a two-year freeze on council tax.

March 2, 2015
The Star Inn, Acton, latest Enterprise Inns pub to shut

The Star Inn, Acton, latest Enterprise Inns pub to shut

A second Enterprise Inns pub in Nantwich is closing, with The Star Inn in Acton the latest to shut.

Current publicans at The Star, on the A534 Chester Road, are moving on to a new pub in Little Bollington.

February 27, 2015
South Cheshire weight loss team raises £230 for MRI scanner appeal

South Cheshire weight loss team raises £230 for MRI scanner appeal

Staff from a South Cheshire weight loss centre have helped raise more than £230 for the MRI scanner appeal at Leighton Hospital.

Jeff and Becky Dean, Dean Sidley and Lucy Miller, of Crewe Weight Loss Centre, offered people health advice using a medical grade body composition scanner in return for a donation to the MRI Scanner Appeal.

February 27, 2015
Crewe and Nantwich dance students wow crowds at South Cheshire College

Crewe and Nantwich dance students wow crowds at South Cheshire College

Performing Arts students from Crewe and Nantwich had a spring in their step when they staged a series of action-packed dance shows at South Cheshire College.

The group of talented performers lit up the college’s Centre Stage Theatre for three days to showcase their talents.

February 27, 2015
Nantwich fireman rescues kitten stuck in tree for two days

Nantwich fireman rescues kitten stuck in tree for two days

A kitten was rescued by firefighters after it was stuck in a tree – for two days!

The terrified puss had clambered more than 30ft high in the tree on Barony Court, Nantwich.

February 26, 2015