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Wistaston pupils’ BBQ burgers prove hit at Cheerbrook in Nantwich

Wistaston pupils’ BBQ burgers prove hit at Cheerbrook in Nantwich

Enterprising pupils at a Wistaston school made their own burger – which is selling like hotcakes at a Nantwich farm shop! Youngsters at The Berkeley Primary School rose to the challenge to create a vegetarian BBQ product as part of Enterprise Week.

July 27, 2012
Families enjoy Reaseheath’s Maize Maze at Nantwich college

Families enjoy Reaseheath’s Maize Maze at Nantwich college

Families in Nantwich are enjoying the latest maize maze opened at Reaseheath College in time for the summer holidays. And as well the maize re-opening, the college has also opened its campus zoo to the public.

July 26, 2012
Sainsbury’s Nantwich raises £6,000 for St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice

Sainsbury’s Nantwich raises £6,000 for St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice

Supermarket staff and shoppers in Nantwich have helped to raise more than £6,000 for St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice. Employees and customers at Sainsbury’s on Middlewich Road raised the money through various stunts and events.

July 26, 2012
Nantwich Show Cheese Industry Award winner unveiled

Nantwich Show Cheese Industry Award winner unveiled

The British Cheese Board has awarded the prestigious Nantwich Show Cheese Industry Award to Craig Mitchell. Craig, operations manager at Lubborn Cheese in Somerset, takes the annual title awarded during the International Cheese Show at Nantwich’s Dorfold Park.

July 25, 2012
Cheshire police officer from Nantwich lands key Olympic role

Cheshire police officer from Nantwich lands key Olympic role

A Cheshire police officer has been seconded to a key role policing London’s Underground and rail networks during the Olympic Games. PC Anthony Hayhurst, 35, from Nantwich, will be working with the British Transport Police in the capital.

July 25, 2012
BIG Lottery fund lifeline for Nantwich domestic abuse victims

BIG Lottery fund lifeline for Nantwich domestic abuse victims

Victims of domestic abuse in Crewe and Nantwich have been given a lifeline in the form of £300,000 funding from BIG Lottery. The money for Crewe Women’s Aid, the longest standing domestic abuse organisation in Cheshire East, will got towards four new refuge spaces.

July 24, 2012
Snugburys unveil straw cyclist sculpture after Tour de France win

Snugburys unveil straw cyclist sculpture after Tour de France win

The talented straw sculptors at Snugburys in Nantwich have created their own tribute to an amazing year for UK cycling. This magnificent sculpture of a cyclist on a track was unveiled this week in the field by the A51 in Hurleston, Nantwich.

July 24, 2012
Nantwich “hero” Herbert Rowsell earns Walter and Ada Dutton Prize

Nantwich “hero” Herbert Rowsell earns Walter and Ada Dutton Prize

A stalwart of Nantwich’s community has been honoured with the Walter and Ada Dutton Prize. Herbert Rowsell was presented with the prize at the Nantwich Museum Volunteer Conference held at Peter Wilson’s Victoria Gallery.

July 24, 2012
Motorists injured after A530 road smash in Aston, Nantwich

Motorists injured after A530 road smash in Aston, Nantwich

Several people were injured and a major road closed off after an accident in Nantwich. It happened at the Wrenbury Road junction with the A530 Whitchurch Road on Sheppenhall Lane in Aston, Nantwich.

July 23, 2012
Nantwich dairy farmers join the growing milk price protest

Nantwich dairy farmers join the growing milk price protest

Hundreds of dairy farmers from Nantwich and South Cheshire have joined in the protests over milk prices. The farmers have been demonstrating outside processing firms calling on fairer prices for their milk.

July 23, 2012
Reaseheath College triumphs again at RHS Flower Show, Tatton

Reaseheath College triumphs again at RHS Flower Show, Tatton

Reaseheath College’s florists celebrated after being awarded a silver-gilt medal at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park. The Nantwich students were rewarded for their display in the floral design studio.

July 23, 2012
Nantwich nursery stages graduation for pre-school youngsters

Nantwich nursery stages graduation for pre-school youngsters

Youngsters at a Nantwich nursery were seen off to school in style when staff staged their very own graduation. Dozens of pre-school children at Roundabouts, based in Willaston, enjoyed the event as they prepare to move up to primary school.

July 23, 2012
Nantwich “Societies Spectacular” is a town square hit

Nantwich “Societies Spectacular” is a town square hit

By Claire Faulkner Nantwich Town Square was packed as visitors enjoyed the first “Societies Spectacular” in summer sunshine. The event, organised by Cllr Stuart Hutton, introduced people to the range of clubs, organisations and societies in the town.

July 22, 2012