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Canal volunteers adopt five-mile stretch for “Towpath Gardens” project

Canal volunteers adopt five-mile stretch for “Towpath Gardens” project

A team of volunteers have clubbed together to adopt a section of canal near Nantwich.

Members of Shropshire Union Middlewich Branch Adopters (SUMBA) have adopted a five and a half mile stretch of the canal from Barbridge in Nantwich to Church Minshull.

November 12, 2014
Free parking in Nantwich for Christmas weekend shoppers

Free parking in Nantwich for Christmas weekend shoppers

Parking charges on council-run car parks in Nantwich will be scrapped on three Saturdays before Christmas.

The move is designed to boost trade in Nantwich during the peak festive shopping period.

November 12, 2014
Nantwich in Bloom honoured by town council for North West Gold award

Nantwich in Bloom honoured by town council for North West Gold award

Representatives from Nantwich In Bloom were recognised for their gold-winning status at last night’s town council meeting.

Nantwich were awarded Gold for ‘Best Town’ in the North West In Bloom awards last month, for their horticulture contribution.

November 11, 2014
Nantwich Luncheon Club fears after Cheshire East unveils Gables sell-off plan

Nantwich Luncheon Club fears after Cheshire East unveils Gables sell-off plan

Elderly residents in a popular lunch club have vowed to remain as “sitting tenants” amid fears their base at The Gables is to be sold off by Cheshire East Council.

More than 50 members of the town’s popular Luncheon Club have been told that Cheshire East is putting their Beam Street base up for sale.

November 11, 2014
Elvis to perform Christmas Lights switch-on in Nantwich town square

Elvis to perform Christmas Lights switch-on in Nantwich town square

Nantwich families will be all shook up this month when Elvis himself switches on the town’s Christmas Lights.

Paul Larcombe, one of the world’s top Elvis impersonators, will be the guest of honour at the Nantwich town Christmas Lights switch-on on November 22.

November 11, 2014
Brine Leas pupils in Nantwich create own poppy field

Brine Leas pupils in Nantwich create own poppy field

Youngsters at a Nantwich high school have created their own “poppy field” as part of Remembrance Day celebrations.

The year 7 students from Brine Leas Academy created the field during a residential stay at the Menai Centre, in Wales.

November 10, 2014
Thousands in Nantwich and Crewe attend Remembrance Sunday services

Thousands in Nantwich and Crewe attend Remembrance Sunday services

By Jonathan White
Thousands of people turned in across Crewe and Nantwich to pay their respects on Remembrance Sunday.

Parades and services were held in both Crewe and Nantwich town centres as families remembered those who have fallen in conflict over the last 100 years.

November 9, 2014
TV comedian Alan Carr to play Crewe Lyceum on 2015 UK tour

TV comedian Alan Carr to play Crewe Lyceum on 2015 UK tour

Comedian and TV personality Alan Carr will play Crewe Lyceum Theatre during his UK tour in 2015.

The BAFTA and British Comedy Award winning comedian will be in South Cheshire on Saturday March 14.

November 9, 2014
Nantwich school governor’s special Remembrance Day tribute

Nantwich school governor’s special Remembrance Day tribute

Remembrance Day will take on a special poignancy for a governor at a primary school near Nantwich when three generations of his family mark the 100th anniversary of World War One.

Fred Wright, chair of the governors at Sound Primary, will remember the fallen, including his own uncle and nine other pupils from the small rural school.

November 7, 2014
Shavington man among 12 arrested and charged in Cheshire drugs raids

Shavington man among 12 arrested and charged in Cheshire drugs raids

A man from Shavington near Nantwich has been charged alongside 11 others after a series of dawn raids across Cheshire.

Two other men and a woman from Crewe weere also among the 12 people who appeared in court today (November 7) charged with conspiracy to supply controlled drugs.

November 7, 2014
Former teacher, 71, jailed for sexually abusing boys in South Cheshire

Former teacher, 71, jailed for sexually abusing boys in South Cheshire

A pensioner and former teacher who indecently assaulted boys at a school in South Cheshire in the 1970s, has been jailed.

Keith Cavendish-Coulson (pictured) pleaded guilty to 42 counts of indecent assault at Chester Crown Court and was today (November 6) sentenced to 6 years and 9 months.

November 6, 2014
South Cheshire friends plan ‘Moustache Bash’ for St Luke’s Hospice

South Cheshire friends plan ‘Moustache Bash’ for St Luke’s Hospice

Two South Cheshire friends are organising a charity “Moustache Bash” in aid St Luke’s Hospice.

Now Nick Hughes-Jones and Dan McGarry have issued a plea for the community to get behind them and snap up tickets for the event.

November 6, 2014
Malbank students in Nantwich to join The Last Post project

Malbank students in Nantwich to join The Last Post project

Pupils from a Nantwich school will be joining in The Last Post national initiative to honour those who died in World War One.

Malbank School and Sixth Form College will stage one of 200 community-led events between November 4 and 18 where the iconic ceremonial call will be played on different instruments.

November 5, 2014