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Nantwich headteacher hails Britain’s Got Talent dance star AJ

Nantwich headteacher hails Britain’s Got Talent dance star AJ

A Nantwich headteacher has praised his dancing star pupil who is taking TV’s Britain’s Got Talent by storm. Brine Leas School’s AJ Pritchard and dance partner Chloe Hewitt have wowed the show’s judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon.

April 24, 2013
Peckforton Castle earns VisitEngland 2013 award nomination

Peckforton Castle earns VisitEngland 2013 award nomination

Peckforton Castle near Nantwich has been named as a finalist in the “Large Hotel of the Year” category of the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013. The venue will now go forward to an awards ceremony being held on May 20 at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford.

April 23, 2013
Nantwich Rotary Club grant boosts Alzheimer’s Society in Cheshire East

Nantwich Rotary Club grant boosts Alzheimer’s Society in Cheshire East

Nantwich Rotary Club has agreed to help fund a vital Cheshire support group for dementia sufferers. The funding boost comes as Alzheimer’s Society in Cheshire East celebrates the first year of its befriending service, Forget me Knot.

April 23, 2013
MP Timpson and wife swap London Marathon for Nantwich Triathlon

MP Timpson and wife swap London Marathon for Nantwich Triathlon

MP for Crewe and Nantwich Edward Timpson has swapped his usual London Marathon for the Nantwich Triathlon. And Mr Timpson and his wife Julia completed the Cheshire 10km Run in Queen’s Park in Crewe to help prepare.

April 23, 2013
Romanians jailed over railway cable theft in South Cheshire

Romanians jailed over railway cable theft in South Cheshire

Romanians who stole more than 200 metres of railway cable in South Cheshire and Staffordshire have been jailed for almost five years. Constantin Trahimov and Daniel Nicula, both 21, pleaded guilty to theft of cables at Wrinehill, near Nantwich, and Seighford, Stafford.

April 22, 2013
Wistaston villagers speak out at Gladman 330-house plan exhibition

Wistaston villagers speak out at Gladman 330-house plan exhibition

By Jonathan White Scores of villagers crammed into Wistaston Memorial Hall to view plans unveiled by Gladman Homes for 330 new properties. The public exhibition showed plans for the homes on land known locally as ‘Witter’s Field’, in Wistaston.

April 22, 2013
Fire damages popular Playworld centre in Shavington

Fire damages popular Playworld centre in Shavington

A blaze has damaged a  popular play centre in Shavington, near Nantwich. Crews from Nantwich and Crewe were called out to tackle the fire which broke out at Playworld on Newcastle Road.

April 22, 2013
Nantwich man guilty of illegal gas work for nearly eight years

Nantwich man guilty of illegal gas work for nearly eight years

A Nantwich man has been found guilty of putting lives at risk by illegally carrying out gas work at three homes. Duncan Johnstone, 52, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after he worked while pretending to be a registered gas fitter.

April 19, 2013
Nantwich fire crews and cadets to stage fund-raising car wash

Nantwich fire crews and cadets to stage fund-raising car wash

Nantwich residents are being urged to take their cars to their local fire station rather than the car wash this weekend. Firefighters, fire cadets and volunteers will be armed with buckets and sponges to help raise money for “The Fire Fighters Charity”.

April 19, 2013
Nantwich drug users warned after three PMA deaths in Cheshire East

Nantwich drug users warned after three PMA deaths in Cheshire East

Drug users in Nantwich are being warned after three deaths in Cheshire East linked to the Ecstasy-like drug PMA. Cheshire East Council and Cheshire Police issued the alarm after the drug was linked to the deaths of two women and a man in their 30s.

April 19, 2013
Nantwich runner finishes Boston Marathon moments before bomb horror

Nantwich runner finishes Boston Marathon moments before bomb horror

A Nantwich marathon runner told how he was lucky to be alive after competing in the ill-fated Boston Marathon. Glen Mason had just finished the race when the two bomb blasts rocked the city centre, killing three and seriously injuring hundreds more.

April 18, 2013
Nantwich Litter Group urges litter bugs to clean up streets

Nantwich Litter Group urges litter bugs to clean up streets

Nantwich Litter Group volunteers have called on residents to stop turning areas of the town into “grot spots”. The group is increasing in numbers, but needs more people to tackle the growing litter problem.

April 18, 2013
Wulvern Housing to open new £1.8million Nantwich apartments

Wulvern Housing to open new £1.8million Nantwich apartments

Building work on a new £1.8 million block of apartments in Nantwich has finished. Housing provider Wulvern has completed the three-storey development next to Nantwich railway station on Wellington Road.

April 17, 2013