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Award-winning ghost stories to be read at Nantwich Library

Award-winning ghost stories to be read at Nantwich Library

Nantwich Library is to host an event with the team behind “The Longest Night: Five Curious Tales” ghost stories book. The limited edition anthology has been produced by five award-winning authors.

November 14, 2013
Band concert at Brine Leas School will feature Willaston pupils

Band concert at Brine Leas School will feature Willaston pupils

A fund-raising concert is taking place at Brine Leas School in Nantwich in aid of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. The event features The Co-operative Junior & Beginner Wind Bands and pupils of Willaston Primary School.

November 14, 2013
Boxing night at Nantwich Civic Hall raises thousands of pounds

Boxing night at Nantwich Civic Hall raises thousands of pounds

Hundreds of boxing fans donned their black ties to enjoy the 34th annual dinner and boxing evening at Nantwich Civic Hall. Punters enjoyed nine ABA bouts between young fighters from amateur clubs across Cheshire and Merseyside.

November 13, 2013
Reaseheath College golf course in Nantwich to close for development

Reaseheath College golf course in Nantwich to close for development

Reaseheath College’s picturesque 9-hole golf course in Nantwich is to close – to make way for more buildings. Shocked golf club members were delivered the news in a letter from Reaseheath principal Meredydd David.

November 13, 2013
A530 cyclist killed near Nantwich named as Stewart Gandy – man arrested

A530 cyclist killed near Nantwich named as Stewart Gandy – man arrested

A cyclist killed in a collision with a lorry on the A530 near Nantwich has been named as Stewart Gandy. The 65-year-old, from Wistaston, was cycling towards Whitchurch near Aston when the crash happened.

November 13, 2013
Operation Christmas Child Nantwich church depot to reopen

Operation Christmas Child Nantwich church depot to reopen

Organisers of Operation Christmas Child in Nantwich are appealing for help to fill shoeboxes of gifts for needy youngsters. The project, run by Samaritan’s Purse, takes place across the country and returns to Nantwich after success last year.

November 13, 2013
Parents angry as Nantwich crossing “not in use” 3 weeks after opening

Parents angry as Nantwich crossing “not in use” 3 weeks after opening

A zebra crossing on a busy road outside a Nantwich primary school is still “not in use” – almost three weeks after it was installed. Parents who fought for the crossing near St Anne’s Primary on Wellington Road are calling for Cheshire East Council to take action.

November 13, 2013
Cyclist killed in lorry incident on A530 at Aston, Nantwich

Cyclist killed in lorry incident on A530 at Aston, Nantwich

A lorry driver involved in a collision on the A530 near Nantwich which killed a cyclist, failed to stop at the scene, say police. The crash happened close to Baddeley Bridge on Whitchurch Road in Aston.

November 13, 2013
Crewe and Nantwich music fans gear up for “Boxjam” charity gig

Crewe and Nantwich music fans gear up for “Boxjam” charity gig

Music fans across Crewe and Nantwich are gearing up for the annual charity gig “Boxjam” – with a mystery local act performing. The unnamed six-piece group have whipped up an air of ambiguity ahead of the event on November 17.

November 12, 2013
Councillor angry over Willaston homes plan after objections lost

Councillor angry over Willaston homes plan after objections lost

A councillor has blasted a decision to allow 21 new homes in a Nantwich village after public objections were “lost” by Cheshire East Council. The plans for 21 homes on Cheerbrook Road, Willaston, by Wainhomes (North West) were approved by the Strategic Planning Board.

November 12, 2013
Government earmarks £6.5m for A500 widening and Basford spine road

Government earmarks £6.5m for A500 widening and Basford spine road

Two major road schemes to improve the A500 from Nantwich to M6, and access to Crewe town centre, have been approved by the Government. More than £6.5 million will be spent widening the A500 single lane approach to junction 16, and on a new Basford West Spine road.

November 12, 2013
Detectives hunt burglars after three Nantwich homes raided

Detectives hunt burglars after three Nantwich homes raided

A sneak-in burglar stole goods from a Nantwich home on Remembrance Sunday – while the owner was still in the house. The thief walked in through an unlocked door at the property on Cherry Tree Court, in Stapeley.

November 11, 2013
Nantwich Bookshop owners star in new BBC “Million Dollar Intern” show

Nantwich Bookshop owners star in new BBC “Million Dollar Intern” show

The owners of Nantwich Bookshop feature in a story of their own as part of a new BBC reality series, Million Dollar Intern. Bookshop owners Steve and Denise Lawson were picked as one of a handful of businesses around the UK to star in the new series.

November 11, 2013