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Nantwich female student, 18, wins UK construction plant award

Nantwich female student, 18, wins UK construction plant award

Talented Nantwich student Paige Carter has won one of the top awards in a competition to find the UK’s best construction plant apprentices.

The 18-year-old Reaseheath College student is the first female apprentice to win the title of ‘Apprentice of the Year’ at the Construction Plant-hire Association’s (CPA) Stars of the Future Awards.

July 4, 2015
Nantwich man, 54, guilty of child sex charges jailed for 4 years

Nantwich man, 54, guilty of child sex charges jailed for 4 years

A Nantwich man has been jailed for more than four years after being found guilty of sexual behaviour involving a 15-year-old child.

Andrew Robinson, 54, from Broomhall, near Sound, was convicted on five counts of inappropriate conduct with a child under the age of 16.

July 2, 2015
Nantwich Museum acquires 100-year-old cheese vat

Nantwich Museum acquires 100-year-old cheese vat

An early 20th century cheese vat is the latest acquisition for The Cheese and Dairy Room at Nantwich Museum.

Excited staff say the vat, made by W H Smith of Whitchurch around 1910, is a superb example of its type.

July 2, 2015
Photos capture lightning storm over Crewe and Nantwich

Photos capture lightning storm over Crewe and Nantwich

These stunning pictures show the thunder and lightning storm which rocked the skies above South Cheshire.

Local photographer Helen Williams captured the lightning in all its glory as it lit up the night sky over Crewe and Nantwich.

July 2, 2015
Cinnamon Trust seeks Nantwich volunteers for pet help

Cinnamon Trust seeks Nantwich volunteers for pet help

A charity which helps the elderly and terminally ill with their pets, is appealing for volunteers in Nantwich.

The Cinnamon Trust aims to keep owners and their pets together for as long as possible with the help of a national network of volunteers.

July 2, 2015
Willaston family honour daughter at CRY London walk

Willaston family honour daughter at CRY London walk

A family from Willaston took part in a fundraising walk organised by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in memory of their daughter.

Alison and Robert Howells, and son Joel, joined the Heart of London Bridges Walk for its ninth year in honour of daughter and sister Ceri, who died suddenly aged just 22.

July 1, 2015
Nantwich student’s defibrillators campaign spreads to Aston village

Nantwich student’s defibrillators campaign spreads to Aston village

A Nantwich firm has thrown its weight behind a student’s campaign to provide more life-saving defibrillators in the area.

Brine Leas pupil Harrison Lunt, 17, has taken his school project to a new height after successfully raising money to provide more defibs.

July 1, 2015
Police warning after two Stapeley homes burgled

Police warning after two Stapeley homes burgled

Police are warning homeowners in Nantwich to secure properties in hot weather after two houses were burgled in Stapeley.

Offenders forced open ground floor windows to enter the houses on Flowerscroft, on the Cronkinson development.

June 30, 2015
Nantwich pupils and staff skipping to British Heart Foundation beat

Nantwich pupils and staff skipping to British Heart Foundation beat

Pupils, staff and parents at a Nantwich school are skipping like crazy – as part of a new British Heart Foundation initiative.

Everyone at Wyche Primary and Nursery School has been practising over the last few weeks to take part in a BHF “Jump Off”.

June 30, 2015
Nantwich students and staff raise £20,000 for Macmillan Cancer

Nantwich students and staff raise £20,000 for Macmillan Cancer

Caring students and staff in Nantwich have raised a record £20,380 for Macmillan Cancer Support – with more to come.

Members of Reaseheath College’s Student Association presented a bumper cheque to the cancer charity at the student summer ball.

June 30, 2015
Young pupils in Nantwich enjoy Bear Grylls outdoor adventure

Young pupils in Nantwich enjoy Bear Grylls outdoor adventure

More than 20 budding ‘Bear Grylls’ at a Nantwich primary school had a taste of the great outdoors to raise cash for charity.

The resourceful youngsters at Sound and District Primary School used tarpaulin, fabric, string, tape and cardboard to make their own shelters for the night.

June 29, 2015
Malbank School pupils enjoy South Cheshire College taster day

Malbank School pupils enjoy South Cheshire College taster day

Pupils from Malbank School in Nantwich spent a day at South Cheshire College to see what they could be doing after leaving school.

Year 10 students turned their hands to hairdressing, hospitality and catering, health and social care and IT in the practical sessions.

June 29, 2015
Hundreds battle it out in World Worm Charming Championships

Hundreds battle it out in World Worm Charming Championships

By Jonathan White
Scores of teams battled it out at the 36th World Worm Charming Championships in Willaston, near Nantwich.

The championships saw participants in each of the 144 plots battling for 30 minutes to collect as many worms as possible from a 3×3 metre piece of land.

June 28, 2015