A gang of Eastern European armed robbers tied and beat an 80-year-old granddad before stealing antiques and paintings worth more than £100,000. The victim suffered a brutal seven-hour ordeal in his own home on the Cheshire/Staffordshire border.
Pubs, shops and residents across Nantwich are celebrating as winners of the latest Nantwich in Bloom competition. Judges spent days visiting the scores of entries to the 2013 event which celebrates those who have gone the extra mile to add colour to their premises.
Youngsters of an Under 7s football team hope to be kings of their league – with a new kit from Peckforton Castle. The picturesque venue near Nantwich is the new sponsors of kits worn by players for Davenham Dynamos and Davenham Rangers.
An Army Officer from Nantwich who rescued a casualty while fighting off insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, has been awarded the Military Cross. Lieut William Boreham, 33, was on patrol when a soldier nearby stood on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and was severely injured.
Cheshire Police are investigating how one of their officers lost a taser gun cartridge during duties in the county. The search is on the for the cartridge, which police chiefs say is not harmful if left untampered.
Thousands of people are expected to descend on the Nantwich Spooktacular – one of the largest themed Halloween events in the region. Organisers of the night are laying on a range of activities during the event at Dorfold Park on Saturday October 26.
Tickets are selling fast for next week’s Nantwich Words and Music Festival which features a string of big names. Venues across the town are staging live performances by musicians and wordsmiths throughout the festival, October 7 to 13.
A woman has appealed for help to trace her half-sister from Nantwich that she has never met in 70 years. Diane Goodenough is keen to find out if her dad (pictured) Wilfred Ratcliffe’s daughter from a first marriage is still alive in South Cheshire.
Reaseheath College has been given the thumbs up by Ofsted inspectors over how it cares for younger students on campus. An Ofsted report into the Nantwich college gave it the highest accolade for support, development and care of 16-18 year old residential students.
This was the haul of rubbish found dumped under a hedge by stunned Nantwich Litter Group volunteers. Fly-tippers left a pile of garbage including wood, carpet, pans and other items under the hedge where litter pickers uncovered it.
A housebuilder helped raise cash for St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice – and gave the local bee population a boost. David Wilson Homes, currently building the Stapeley Gardens 150-home development in Nantwich, offered a free prize draw to Nantwich Food Festival visitors.
Volunteers are needed to help collect for the annual Poppy Appeal in Nantwich. This year, The Royal British Legion is calling on people to offer two hours of their time to help make 2013 appeal the biggest ever.
RPSCA chiefs are hoping to erect warning signs around Nantwich Lake after a popular young cygnet was attacked and killed by a dog. The cygnet and its parents have been a regular attraction around the lake and riverside over the summer.
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