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Celebrity chef Nigel Haworth leads new dining pub project near Nantwich

Celebrity chef Nigel Haworth leads new dining pub project near Nantwich

Celebrity chef Nigel Haworth is to open a new dining pub in a village between Nantwich and Chester. Haworth hopes The Nag’s Head at Haughton Moss, near Tarporley, will become a famous dining experience, and has helped create 35 new jobs for the area.

May 10, 2014
Ex Crewe Alex star Nick Powell presents Shavington pupil awards

Ex Crewe Alex star Nick Powell presents Shavington pupil awards

Manchester United and former Crewe Alexandra star Nick Powell was back in South Cheshire to present awards at a Shavington school. Powell was invited to Shavington High School to reward pupils at their fourth annual “Shavington’s Got Talent” event.

May 8, 2014
First Crewe and Nantwich patients use new critical care unit

First Crewe and Nantwich patients use new critical care unit

The first Crewe and Nantwich patients have been treated at the newly unveiled operating theatres and critical care unit at Leighton Hospital. Patients in intensive care or on the high dependency unit have been transferred into the new £22.8 million facilities.

May 8, 2014
Pupils given life-saving defibrillator for Tarporley High School

Pupils given life-saving defibrillator for Tarporley High School

Pupils at a school near Nantwich have raised enough money to fund a life-saving defibrillator to be based on site. Tarporley High School students were given one final donation by First Responders in the village to afford the machine.

May 7, 2014
Nantwich Food and Drink Festival team’s plea for volunteers

Nantwich Food and Drink Festival team’s plea for volunteers

Organisers of the Nantwich Food and Drink Festival have issued a plea for volunteers to help at this year’s event. The three-day festival, in September, attracts thousands of people to the town.

May 7, 2014
Nantwich volunteers breath new life into Leighton Hospital garden

Nantwich volunteers breath new life into Leighton Hospital garden

Green-fingered volunteers across Nantwich and Crewe have helped transform a garden at Leighton Hospital. A team, which included students from Reaseheath College, spent a day weeding, pruning and painting at the coronary care unit garden.

May 6, 2014
Rogue South Cheshire driveways trader found guilty at magistrates

Rogue South Cheshire driveways trader found guilty at magistrates

Trading standards officers in Crewe and Nantwich sent out a stern warning to rogue traders after prosecuting a driveways businessman. Lee Potter, 34, of Eardswick Lane, Minshull Vernon, pleaded guilty to five offences of fraudulent trading under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations Act.

May 6, 2014
Nantwich based social media firm forges link with South Cheshire College

Nantwich based social media firm forges link with South Cheshire College

South Cheshire College has forged new links with a Nantwich-based social media marketing company. Momentum Factor Europe is to have a permanent base at the college’s Crewe campus, moving from its Stapeley office.

May 5, 2014
St Luke’s Hospice appeals for help to staff “Frock Stop” bus in Nantwich

St Luke’s Hospice appeals for help to staff “Frock Stop” bus in Nantwich

A hospice is on the hunt for helpers to staff a “Frock Stop” bus in Nantwich. St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice wants volunteers to help run the boutique housed in the hospice’s vintage Routemaster red double-decker bus.

May 2, 2014
RSPCA cattery in Nantwich issues plea over population control

RSPCA cattery in Nantwich issues plea over population control

By Lee Oliver Staff at a Nantwich cattery are pleading for new homes for abandoned or unwanted cats. Lee Stewart, manager of Stapeley Grange RSPCA centre on London Road, said the cattery is full because the population is spiralling out of control.

May 1, 2014
Cyclist saddles up to launch new cycling club in Nantwich

Cyclist saddles up to launch new cycling club in Nantwich

A keen cyclist is saddling up to launch Nantwich’s first dedicated Cycling Club. Darren Knights says Nantwich Cycle Group is for locals who just want to ride as a group and not on their own or with a traditional club.

May 1, 2014
Nantwich girl defied killer brain condition left undetected for four years

Nantwich girl defied killer brain condition left undetected for four years

A Nantwich girl who survived three brain haemorrhages – one which went undetected for four years – is defying the odds by running for charity to honour her carers.

Brave Ellie Calder, 20, has lived with a rare condition which can cause a haemorrhage any second of the day, for 13 years.

May 1, 2014
Nantwich school pays tribute to stabbed teacher Ann Maguire

Nantwich school pays tribute to stabbed teacher Ann Maguire

A school in Nantwich has been flying its flag half mast in honour of Ann Maguire, the teacher stabbed to death in her classroom in Leeds. Brine Leas Academy, on Audlem Road, wanted to pay its respects to the 61-year-old whose death has rocked the country.

April 29, 2014