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Nantwich and District Band issues plea for new members

Nantwich and District Band issues plea for new members

Nantwich and District Band has issued a plea for more members to join the group. The band, which celebrates its 30th anniversary next year, needs players for a range of brass, woodwind and percussion instruments, organisers say.

November 6, 2012
Nantwich primary school’s Halloween disco raises £200 for new equipment

Nantwich primary school’s Halloween disco raises £200 for new equipment

Pupils at a Nantwich primary school helped raise more than £200 for a new build project with a frightfully good Halloween disco. Youngsters at Sound and District Primary turned out in force to a themed fancy dress dance organised by the PTA.

November 6, 2012
Redshift Radio launches 28-day FM broadcast in Nantwich and Crewe

Redshift Radio launches 28-day FM broadcast in Nantwich and Crewe

Crewe & Nantwich community station RedShift Radio is back on FM airwaves across South Cheshire. The not-for-profit station is on a trial broadcast on 87.7FM from today (November 5) for the next 28 days.

November 5, 2012
Families enjoy 35th annual Wistaston Fireworks Display

Families enjoy 35th annual Wistaston Fireworks Display

Hundreds of Wistaston families had a blast at the village’s 35th annual Fireworks Display. The event included judging of the children’s best pumpkin and best fancy dress competitions, before a procession to the Eric Swan Sports Ground off Church Lane for the display.

November 5, 2012
Samaritan’s Operation Christmas Child to open first Nantwich depot

Samaritan’s Operation Christmas Child to open first Nantwich depot

The national Samaritan’s Purse initiative Operation Christmas Child is setting up its first Nantwich depot. This year, shoeboxes with small gifts for needy children across the world donated in Nantwich will be checked and sent off direct.

November 5, 2012
Nantwich “Book of Photographs” to be launched at town museum

Nantwich “Book of Photographs” to be launched at town museum

A book of photographs chronicling more than a century of life in Nantwich is to be launched at the town’s museum. Nantwich is the subject of the latest Britain in Old Photographs series of books, published by The History Press.

November 5, 2012
Nantwich radio station The Cat calls for community award nominations

Nantwich radio station The Cat calls for community award nominations

Nantwich-based radio station The Cat has launched its 2nd Community Awards and is calling for nominations. There are five categories including Long Service to the Community, Local Volunteer of the Year, Local Fundraiser of the Year, Achievement of the Year and Young Person of The Year.

November 3, 2012
Nantwich firemen stage charity car wash at Beam Street station

Nantwich firemen stage charity car wash at Beam Street station

Nantwich firefighters will be cleaning up tomorrow when they take part in a charity car wash. The part-time fire crews are offering to wash cars at Nantwich fire station on Beam Street in return for a donation to charity.

November 2, 2012
Nantwich South artist impression, unveiled back in 2012

Stapeley campaigners anger over “Nantwich South” support letters

Campaigners against plans for a 1,100-home “Nantwich South” scheme, have cast doubt on dozens of letters of support. Protect Stapeley say some letters claiming to back Muller Property’s plans which have been published on Cheshire East Council’s website may not be valid.

November 2, 2012
Youngsters enjoy Halloween across Crewe and Nantwich

Youngsters enjoy Halloween across Crewe and Nantwich

Youngsters and their parents dressed up in spookily good clothing to celebrate Halloween. These pictures show the fun had by children and their mums and dads at an event in Broughton Road, Crewe.

November 2, 2012
Remembrance Service for Leighton Hospital children who died

Remembrance Service for Leighton Hospital children who died

A remembrance service will take place next week to celebrate lives of children and babies born at Leighton Hospital. The annual service, organised by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT), is  at St Peter’s Church in Minshull Vernon on Saturday November 10 at 3pm.

November 2, 2012
Pensioner injured in A534 garden crash at Acton, Nantwich

Pensioner injured in A534 garden crash at Acton, Nantwich

A pensioner was taken to hospital after her car ploughed off a road in Nantwich and crashed into a garden. The 73-year-old woman was driving along the A534 through Acton from Nantwich when the accident happened on a sharp bend.

November 1, 2012
Nantwich students help fix rotary club’s Father Christmas float

Nantwich students help fix rotary club’s Father Christmas float

Nantwich students have been giving Santa a helping hand with his trusty transport. Joinery and carpentry students from Reaseheath College pooled their talents to restore a Christmas float for a local rotary club.

November 1, 2012