Nantwich homeowners face a near 2% hike in the police element of council tax to help fund 21 new officers. Cheshire’s new Police & Crime Commissioner John Dwyer (Pictured) is set to turn down the Government’s council tax freeze grant of 1%.
Supporters of the One in Eleven Appeal are in Nantwich this week to tell people about its vital fundraising work. They’ll be in the Nantwich branch of Yorkshire Building Society, High Street, to outline what the appeal hopes to achieve and its work so far.
The new Children’s Minister Edward Timpson joined in the celebrations as a Nantwich primary school buried a time capsule. The Crewe & Nantwich MP was invited by Millfields Primary and Nursery on Marsh Lane to bury the capsule to be opened in 100 years.
Staff at Nantwich Museum are flat out preparing for Shrove Tuesday! The Pillory Street venue is staging special Pancake Day sessions to help celebrate the annual event on February 12.
Lively youngsters can enjoy a new music and dance club in Nantwich. The MAD Academy is staging fun sessions at the Funky Monkey Cafe on Regents Park, off London Road, on Friday mornings.
A link to the planned HS2 railway has been welcomed by a South Cheshire rail passenger group boss. But John Coult, acting chair of the Crewe and Shrewsbury Passenger Association (CASPA), also warned against it overshadowing local rail improvements.
The cut and thrust of the live stand-up circuit at Nantwich Civic Hall is off to a fine start in 2013. From the moment host and compere Jonathan Mayor bounced (almost literally) onto stage, the audience was captured.
A key player for Nantwich Town has landed himself a Premier League transfer to Sunderland! Dabbers press officer Ashley Houghton, who has served the club for two years, has secured a dream job in the media department at the Stadium of Light.
Scores of protesters gathered in Nantwich town centre to demonstrate against a local abattoir at the centre of an investigation into abuse of horses. The Red Lion Abattoir, at Sound Heath near Wrenbury, is being probed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the RSPCA.
A Rose Queen has helped Leighton Hospital’s maternity unit by raising money for new kit to improve care given to newborn babies. Rebecca Elliott, 2012 Rose Queen for the village of Comberbach, chose the unit as her charity during her reign.
Primary school pupils in Nantwich were on their marks during one of the best sportshall athletics finals ever. Year 5 and 6 pupils from Pear Tree, Weaver and Stapeley Broad Lane went head-to-head with four others at South Cheshire College.
Villagers are being urged to air their views on planning and environment issues at a drop-in session in Shavington. The event is being organised by Shavington-Cum-Gresty Parish Council.
Nantwich Litter Group volunteers have been nominated in The Cat’s “Achievement of the Year” Community Awards 2013. It’s a worthy nomination for a group who regularly hold litter picks to clean the town’s streets.
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