Crewe and Nantwich is to get a “double cash boost” to help blitz the area’s pothole-ridden roads. The Department for Transport (DfT) revealed Cheshire East’s share of a £103.5 million pot to deal with the damage caused by severe weather is £1.25 million.
A body believed to be that of missing man Jez Cox has been found by police in Nantwich. The body was discovered by officers in the Coole Lane area following an extensive search in and around the town.
A Nantwich councillor has called the closure of the local newspaper’s office a “big blow” for the area. Cllr Arthur Moran spoke out after Trinity Mirror revealed it is to close the Crewe and Nantwich Chronicle offices on Victoria Street, Crewe.
Members of Nantwich Litter Group bagged 30 sacks of rubbish during a litter blitz along the town’s canal. The volunteers targeted a section of the canal bank near the Telford Aqueduct.
Eight Nantwich-based students are to join environmental projects abroad as part of their summer training. The Reaseheath College students, on a conservation and wildlife course, will gain experience in eco-tourism, environmental and woodland management during a four-week work placement.
Nantwich Museum Trust has welcomed a new chairman to the organisation. Nick Dyer, 65, from Willaston, takes over the reins of the Pillory Street venue from outgoing chair Robert Stones.
Nantwich boutique Parkgate is holding a fashion show in aid of a charity supporting families with seriously ill children in hospital. The event is in honour of a customer who was supported by Sick Children’s Trust while her poorly baby boy was treated.
A Wistaston woman is putting herself through the pain barrier by running the London Marathon for Mind. Becky Rendall, 23, will tackle the 26-mile race on April 13, and is hoping to raise £2,000 to help the cause.
Police want help to trace a man missing from Nantwich for more than two weeks. Jez Cox (pictured), 49, was reported missing by family on March 6, but was last seen at an address on Park Road, Nantwich, on March 1.
Council chiefs have pledged to review the suspension of green waste collection services in Cheshire East in 2014-15. It comes as families across Nantwich have been able to put their green bins out for the first time in four months.
The Crewe and Nantwich Chronicle newspaper office is to close down amid plans by parent company Trinity Mirror. Journalists at the offices, on Victoria Street, Crewe, have been told the closure could take place as early as May.
The family of a teenager killed in a crash in Alpraham near Nantwich will learn what happened at an inquest next month. Student Sam Carson, 18, died at University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent after the accident on the A51.
The head chef at a Nantwich attraction will compete in the North West heat of the BBC’s “Great British Menu”. Mark Ellis, who works at Peckforton Castle, has been chosen as one of the three finalists for the North West heat.
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