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Nantwich Oxfam joins “Don’t Stop The Music” campaign

Nantwich Oxfam joins “Don’t Stop The Music” campaign

The Oxfam shop in Nantwich is urging residents to drop off unwanted musical instruments as part of a new UK-wide initiative.

Oxfam is involved in the “Don’t Stop The Music” campaign which aims to provide schoolchildren with instruments which may have been lying unused in people’s homes.

September 22, 2014
Two Nantwich teenage boys charged with bike and shop thefts

Two Nantwich teenage boys charged with bike and shop thefts

Two teenage boys from Nantwich have been arrested and charged with a series of thefts and break ins.

The youths, aged 16 and 17, were arrested in connection with a number of thefts of bikes from sheds at Nantwich homes.

September 21, 2014
Dealership team raises £1,000 at Cholmondeley Tough Mudder

Dealership team raises £1,000 at Cholmondeley Tough Mudder

A team of workers from a South Cheshire car dealership toughed it out in the Cholmondeley mud to raise £1,000 for charity.

They tackled the annual Tough Mudder challenge in the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle in aid of Children In Need.

September 21, 2014
New contact point fitted at Nantwich police station

New contact point fitted at Nantwich police station

A new police contact point has opened at Nantwich Police Station on Beam Street.

The contact point will provide members of the public a 24/7 access to frontline help desk and control room staff.

September 20, 2014
Renew Land Developments defend Welshmans Lane housing bid

Renew Land Developments defend Welshmans Lane housing bid

A developer has defended its bid to build houses on a narrow lane in Nantwich despite objections.

Renew Land Developments Limited has submitted a planning application to demolish Greenbank Cottage and build 19 new homes on land off Welshmen’s Lane, Nantwich.

September 19, 2014
Nantwich Town Council agree entertainment deal with Jazz Fest team

Nantwich Town Council agree entertainment deal with Jazz Fest team

Nantwich Town Council has agreed an entertainment deal with organisers of the Nantwich Jazz Festival to bring more entertainment to the Civic Hall.

Councillors hope the deal will see a varied range of shows at Nantwich Civic Hall in 2015/16.

September 18, 2014
Anger as plans unveiled for another 250 houses on green land at Willaston

Anger as plans unveiled for another 250 houses on green land at Willaston

A developer has submitted plans to build 250 houses on another piece of green land in Willaston, Nantwich, it emerged today.

The plan is for a 28-acre site bounded by Park Road in Willaston, the A51 Nantwich bypass between Cheerbrook and Peacock roundabouts, and the Crewe-Nantwich railway line.

September 18, 2014
Almost 60 Nantwich drink drivers arrested in 2014, new figures show

Almost 60 Nantwich drink drivers arrested in 2014, new figures show

Almost 60 drink drivers have been arrested in the Nantwich area in 2014, new figures show.

Cheshire Police say they have made 40 arrests in the town and 19 in the rural part of Nantwich Neighbourhhood Policing Unit.

September 18, 2014
Council bosses mount High Court challenge over Moorfields appeal in Willaston

Council bosses mount High Court challenge over Moorfields appeal in Willaston

Council bosses are to mount a High Court challenge over a planning inspector’s decision to allow 170 new homes in Willaston, Nantwich.

Cheshire East Council has decided to fight the ruling after Government planning inspector Alan Boyland upheld an appeal made by Bloor Homes to develop land at Moorfields, Willaston.

September 17, 2014
Nantwich real ale lovers raise funds for C.R.Y for Matthew appeal

Nantwich real ale lovers raise funds for C.R.Y for Matthew appeal

By Jonathan White
Real ale lovers were in heaven at a Nantwich pub’s fund-raising “festival of beer”.

There were 41 real ales on offer at the three-day event in The Globe Inn on Audlem Road.

September 15, 2014
Reaseheath College scores high marks in latest QAA report

Reaseheath College scores high marks in latest QAA report

Higher education students at Reaseheath College in Nantwich receive an excellent experience, according to a report.

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), HE’s equivalent of Ofsted, says quality of degrees offered by Reaseheath and the way they are delivered is worthy of commendation.

September 15, 2014
Cheshire Police to launch week-long crackdown on alcohol misuse

Cheshire Police to launch week-long crackdown on alcohol misuse

Cheshire Police have vowed to crackdown on alcohol misuse in Nantwich and other towns as part of a week-long initiative.

Officers will be carrying out activities all week including licensing checks and compliance of alcohol exclusion zones.

September 14, 2014
Nantwich Royal British Legion to host World War 1 concert

Nantwich Royal British Legion to host World War 1 concert

The Nantwich and District Branch of the Royal British Legion are hosting a World War 1 centenary commemoration.

The concert, featuring the Band of Cheshire Constabulary, is to be staged in the Nantwich Civic Hall from 7.30pm on October 5 to honour those who died locally and throughout the world.

September 13, 2014