This was the scene at Nantwich Lake earlier today when a car somehow ended parking IN the water!
Onlookers watched on as the silver Peugeot car drove off the end of a platform and ended with its front end dangling off into the shallow waters.
Staff at the Age UK shop in Nantwich are calling on the local community to sign up as a volunteer to help raise much-needed funds for the charity’s work with older people.
The appeal comes as part of Volunteer’s Week (June 2-8) which celebrates people who give up their time to volunteer and inspires others to get involved to make a difference.
A cat who was abandoned with his mum and littermates in a bin bag and dumped by the roadside, starred in one of Channel 4’s “Narrow Escapes” episodes about living on a narrowboat near Nantwich.
Hugo, a black and white male cat, was rescued by the RSPCA 15 years ago when he was found tied-up in a bin bag on the roadside in Surrey.
Willaston councillors say they have fought off a challenge to take over fields bordering their allotment site off Crewe Road.
It’s believed the challenge was related to a housing developer’s plan to build 220 houses, although this has not been confirmed.
The Beam Heath Trust is to hold this year’s claims day in Nantwich on June 25.
Residents who believe they have claims for a payment are invited to attend the town’s parish hall between 3pm and 4.30pm, or between 6pm and 7pm.
Residents have warned of more traffic chaos after Muller unveiled plans for another 400 houses at their site in Stapeley, Nantwich.
Muller Property Group wants to build a second phase of its Maylands Park site and have posted flyers through hundreds of letterboxes this week.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council should consider increasing the council tax rate on empty homes to help boost its coffers and help the housing crisis, a councillor has said.
Cheshire East currently charges the full amount of council tax for properties that are empty for between one and five years, 200% for those empty between five and 10 years and 300% for any that have been vacant for more than 10 years.
Nantwich councillors have backed plans to help local boxing club Jabbin Dabber expand into more venues across the town.
The club, based on Welsh Row, is keen to use facilities like Nantwich Civic Hall and the Nantwich Youth Community Centre (NYCC) to stage boxing events and activities.
A number of burglaries in and around Nantwich have sparked a police warning for homeowners.
Local officers released a list of burglaries and attempted break-ins reported to them between May 1 and May 31.
A man from Shavington has been charged in connection with sex offences.
Trevor Sewell was arrested at around 8.40pm on Friday (May 30) at an address in Shavington.
A car fire which started on a driveway in Alpraham near Nantwich spread to a second vehicle and a nearby house.
The incident happened shortly before 11pm on Friday night (May 30) at a property on Chester Road.
Three Nantwich pupils have been having a right laugh – and raising hundreds of pounds for charity into the bargain!
Highfields Academy youngsters Zachary Lawson, Max Hastings and Oliver Taylor (all aged 11) have been encouraging fellow pupils to “get giggling and get giving” for the Alzheimer’s Society.
Work on a new primary school in Nantwich is to get underway with an opening date set for September 2026.
Construction work will start on Monday (June 2nd) on Kingsbourne Academy primary school, a new, 210-pupil school on the Kingsley Fields housing development.
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