St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice is to stage its nerve-shredding Fire Walk Challenge to help raise vital funds. The hospice is looking for daring fundraisers from South Cheshire to complete two-hours training before walking 15ft barefoot, over red-hot wood embers reaching a scorching 800°F.
A Nantwich golf club event helped to raise more than £1,000 in honour of a young boy badly injured in a skiing accident. Teams taking part in the Brook Hill Foundation Am-Am at Brookfield Golf Club in Hankelow helped to raise £1,153.
A brass band of 30 musicians from across Britain including two ex-Nantwich pupils, has completed an amazing Three Peaks Challenge. Ex Brine Leas pupils Ian and Sarah Raisbeck were among those who conquered the challenge complete with instruments.
Organisers of the Mind Body & Spirit Event in Nantwich have unveiled a line up of international speakers and workshops. A huge array of clairvoyants and exhibitors will be at the show in Nantwich Civic Hall this weekend September 7 and 8.
Nantwich-based community radio station The Cat has launched its 2014 community awards. The station wants residents to send in nominations for those deserving recognition for dedication, charity fundraising or community work in Crewe and Nantwich.
More than 20 Nantwich Litter Group volunteers targeted areas off Beam Street in their latest crackdown on the town’s litterbugs. Volunteers young and old covered a wide area off Beam Street from Manor Road to Volunteer Fields and routes in between.
By Jonathan White Hundreds of scooter owners from across Britain cruised into Nantwich for a get-together organised by the Dabbers Scooter Club. The “Smell The 2 Stroke” event took place at the town’s The Railway Hotel on the corner of Pillory Street and Station Road.
More than 18,000 potholes on Nantwich roads have been repaired so far in 2013, according to Cheshire East Council figures. And 50,000 repairs across the borough have been carried out since January as part of a major funding injection.
Nantwich residents are invited to the Macmillan Cancer Unit at Leighton Hospital for coffee and cake as part of a national fundraising day. The Macmillan team is taking part in Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday September 27.
The Wellington Road sewer scheme in Nantwich has been delayed because engineers found an old sewer not on their records. United Utilities had hoped the busy route would re-open on September 10 after an eight-week closure for major drainage works.
A parish council in Nantwich is to hold a public debate so residents can air views on topical issues. Stapeley Parish Council is staging the event as it prepares for a public inquiry into the controversial Muller Property “Nantwich South” planning application.
Three friends from a Nantwich village celebrated their 50th birthdays – by raising vital cash for a local Scout group. Rick Carter, Ade Peever and Giles Semper teamed up to hold a joint party at The Swan Inn, in Wybunbury.
A busy route in and out of Nantwich will be closed for a further three weeks due to delays to a United Utilities sewer scheme. Wellington Road was due to re-open on September 10 after an eight-week closure for major drainage works.
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