A mystery donor has left an antique banjo to Nantwich’s local Shelter shop – which could fetch £500 at auction!
Staff at the Beam Street store were stunned when they discovered how much the musical instrument could be sold for at auction later this week.
By Jonathan White
Thousands of families packed in to Nantwich town centre to enjoy a festive-filled Christmas Lights switch-on
Chris Radford from The Cat 107.9 FM community radio compered the event with Trees Alive! mingling among the audience.
Young people are being encouraged to ‘kick on’ into a racing career in a new project on Cheshire’s thriving horse racing industry.
‘Racing Through Education’ has been launched by Cheshire Racing Hub to promote careers available in the industry to secondary school pupils, college students and veterinary undergraduates.
Police have issued a CCTV image of a man wanted in connection with criminal damage at Nantwich Civic Hall.
Officers are probing an incident which led to £1,500 worth of damage caused at the Civic Hall on Market Street.
An insurance comparison website lists Crewe and Nantwich area as having the highest number of drink and drug drive offenders in the UK.
The data refers to the number of people in the CW postcode area who have visited the company’s website for a comparison quote in the past 12 months.
Police are again advising shoppers in Nantwich to be wary of purse thieves.
Officers from Crewe Local Policing Unit issued the warning following a number of incidents in local supermarkets.
Government Minister George Eustice will be at Reaseheath College in Nantwich next week at a major food conference.
And Defra is expected to make a key announcement at the event on the Government’s plan to encourage public procurement.
A developer’s bid to build 104 houses in Nantwich, which was supported by Brine Leas School, has been refused by Cheshire East Council.
Wainhomes North West wanted permission to build 104 homes off Audlem Road, and free up extra land for Brine Leas for future expansion.
Councillors are being advised to throw out plans for 170 homes on land in Willaston, Nantwich.
The bid by Richborough Estates on land north of Moorfields, is due to be considered by Cheshire East Council’s Strategic Planning Board tomorrow (November 18)
Pupils at Nantwich Primary Academy supported Children in Need by holding a bake sale.
The youngsters have been busy baking and decorating Pudsey cupcakes, wearing silly socks and Pudsey ears, and also having a Pudsey Bear raffle.
A government ruling on the controversial Muller Homes housing application for Stapeley in Nantwich has been delayed once more.
Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Local Communities, was due to give his ruling on or before November 17.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity is a third of its way to raising £1 million for a new life-saving MRI scanner.
The appeal was launched to provide Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with a new scanner to cope with raising demand.
Nantwich Sainsbury’s collected more than £9,500 during its annual British Legion Poppy Appeal.
The total of £9,514.91 is the highest ever at the store.
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