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UK obesity awareness tour visits Nantwich and Crewe

UK obesity awareness tour visits Nantwich and Crewe

A UK tour by a team promoting National Obesity Awareness Week visited Nantwich and Crewe today (January 17).

Dean Sidley and Lucy Miller organised a mobile roadshow to travel from Dorset up through the country.

January 17, 2015
Holly Holy Day’s “Battle of Nantwich” to pull in thousands of visitors

Holly Holy Day’s “Battle of Nantwich” to pull in thousands of visitors

Thousands of people and hundreds of soldiers are set to descend on Nantwich for Holly Holy Day.

The annual event, this Saturday January 24, celebrates the Battle of Nantwich of 1644 – a key battle during the English Civil War.

January 17, 2015
Nantwich cattle dealer jailed for breaching national TB orders

Nantwich cattle dealer jailed for breaching national TB orders

A Nantwich cattle dealer who repeatedly ignored disease control regulations has been jailed for four months.

Anthony Ronald Kirkham, of Ridley Farm, Bunbury, re-offended just three days after receiving a suspended sentence for similar breaches in May 2013.

January 16, 2015
Police hunt alleyway robber who attacked man, 19

Police hunt alleyway robber who attacked man, 19

Police are hunting a robber who attacked a 19-year-old man in a South Cheshire alleyway.

The victim was dragged to the ground and had his MP3 player and mobile phone stolen in the incident on Flag Lane, Crewe.

January 15, 2015
Nantwich pupils win in “Knock Knock” stranger awareness campaign

Nantwich pupils win in “Knock Knock” stranger awareness campaign

Pupils at two Nantwich schools have designed award-winning posters aimed at alerting residents to dangers of doorstep crooks and strangers.

Youngsters at St Anne’s Catholic Primary and Stapeley Broad Lane Primary were recognised in a competition run by Cheshire East Council’s Trading Standards team.

January 15, 2015
Family pays tribute to cyclist killed in A530 collision with coach in Nantwich

Family pays tribute to cyclist killed in A530 collision with coach in Nantwich

The family of a cyclist who died after being in collision with a coach on the A530 Middlewich Road in Nantwich, have today paid tribute to him.

Grandfather Robert Betteley, 59, died despite desperate efforts by paramedics to save him after the crash outside the entrance to Alvaston Hall Hotel yesterday (January 13).

January 14, 2015
Nantwich Town Council freezes council tax precept for 2015-16

Nantwich Town Council freezes council tax precept for 2015-16

Nantwich Town Council has frozen its council tax amount for 2015/16.

It means the amount paid by a Band D property owner to Nantwich Town Council will remain at £89.74.

January 14, 2015
Cyclist dies after bus collision on A530 Middlewich Road in Nantwich

Cyclist dies after bus collision on A530 Middlewich Road in Nantwich

A cyclist has died after being in collision with a bus on the A530 Middlewich Road in Nantwich.

Police say it happened on the busy road just outside the entrance to Alvaston Hall Hotel.

January 13, 2015
Nantwich Civic Hall toilets revamp will bring relief to councillors!

Nantwich Civic Hall toilets revamp will bring relief to councillors!

Nantwich Civic Hall bosses hope the venue’s toilet troubles will be at an end soon.

The hall, now run by Nantwich Town Council, is to finally undergo a £81,000 project to repair and revamp its crumbling loos.

January 13, 2015
Parents angry over two-year Nantwich primary school car park delay

Parents angry over two-year Nantwich primary school car park delay

Angry parents at a Nantwich primary school have slammed a two-year delay over a new car park which should resolve traffic dangers children face every day.

They say youngsters walking to and from Stapeley Broad Lane Primary are dicing with death along the busy A529 Audlem Road at peak drop-off and pick-up times.

January 13, 2015
South Cheshire PDSA shop launches clothes appeal

South Cheshire PDSA shop launches clothes appeal

A South Cheshire charity shop wants residents to clear their closets of unwanted clothes and donate them to help treat sick and injured pets.

PDSA’s charity shop on Delamere Street in Crewe is on the hunt for ladies, men’s and children’s clothing.

January 12, 2015
Nantwich teenager turns Brine Leas project into a life-saver!

Nantwich teenager turns Brine Leas project into a life-saver!

A Nantwich teenager is doing a school project with a difference – to save lives.

Brine Leas Academy student Harrison Lunt is taking an Extended Project Qualification to fund more life-saving defibrillators for his fellow pupils and staff.

January 12, 2015