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120 traders sign up to Nantwich Food & Drink Festival 2013

120 traders sign up to Nantwich Food & Drink Festival 2013

Organisers of this year’s Nantwich Food & Drink Festival are urging more local businesses to come forward and join in the event. More than 120 different traders have already pledged to get involved during the three-day festival which brings £2 million into the town.

July 16, 2013
Nantwich’s Wellington Road closed as United Utilities sewer works begin

Nantwich’s Wellington Road closed as United Utilities sewer works begin

A busy route in and out of Nantwich is now closed for eight weeks as major drainage works get under way. Wellington Road is now closed off between Station Road and Parkfield Drive.

July 16, 2013

Young girl injured in accident outside Nantwich primary school

A young girl was injured when she was in collision with a car outside a Nantwich primary school. The youngster, believed to be aged 7 or 8, was hit by the wing mirror of a car outside Pear Tree Primary in Pear Tree Field, Stapeley.

July 15, 2013
Cheshire Cat in Nantwich to stage birthday charity fundraiser

Cheshire Cat in Nantwich to stage birthday charity fundraiser

A popular venue in Nantwich is laying on a celebration birthday party to help raise money for Parkinson’s. Bosses at The Cheshire Cat on Welsh Row are organising a series of events between July 19 and 21.

July 15, 2013
Hack Green Secret Bunker in Nantwich earns TripAdvisor award

Hack Green Secret Bunker in Nantwich earns TripAdvisor award

One of Nantwich’s top attractions has scooped a prestigious Certificate of Excellence 2013 from TripAdvisor. Hack Green Secret Secret Nuclear Bunker is now among the top performing 10 per cent of all businesses worldwide on TripAdvisor.

July 15, 2013
Nantwich children face spine-tingling library reading challenge

Nantwich children face spine-tingling library reading challenge

There’s a spine-tingling adventure waiting for children at Nantwich Library this summer. The Beam Street venue is inviting children to take part in the 2013 Summer Reading Challenge.

July 15, 2013
Funky Monkey Cafe plans Family Fun Day in Nantwich

Funky Monkey Cafe plans Family Fun Day in Nantwich

Funky Monkey Cafe in Nantwich is staging a fund-raising Family Fun Day this weekend. The free entry event, on Saturday July 20, will help to raise vital funds for AT Society.

July 15, 2013
Town’s rare Roman artefacts go on display at Nantwich Museum

Town’s rare Roman artefacts go on display at Nantwich Museum

A selection of artefacts dug up during the Kingsley Fields excavation in Nantwich have gone on display at the town’s museum. The Roman dig was carried out in 2002 by Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit, funded by developers Bellway Homes.

July 15, 2013
Malbank School pupils clock up YET success in Nantwich

Malbank School pupils clock up YET success in Nantwich

Nantwich pupils have clocked up another success – in an initiative to design timepieces for a local retailer. Youngsters at Malbank School and Sixth Form College ticked all the right boxes in YET ( Young Emerging Talent) initiative set up by teacher Claire Magee.

July 15, 2013
Nantwich butcher is cut above after winning top meat prize

Nantwich butcher is cut above after winning top meat prize

A Nantwich butcher sliced through the opposition to win at the Premier Meat Products Competition 2013. H Clewlow Butchers, of Pepper Street, was named top dog in three classes at the awards which recognise the best in the meat industry.

July 12, 2013
Highfields Primary School in Nantwich to host summer fayre

Highfields Primary School in Nantwich to host summer fayre

Friends of Highfields School in Nantwich are staging their traditional summer fayre this weekend. The PTA group for the school on Cumberland Avenue is hoping for more sunny weather as a busy barbecue is planned.

July 12, 2013
Bickerton Village Hall near Nantwich takes part in “Our Big Gig”

Bickerton Village Hall near Nantwich takes part in “Our Big Gig”

A village hall near Nantwich is the venue for a concert as part of the national “Our Big Gig” initiative. Bickerton Village Hall, which is to stage the concert this Sunday July 14, is one of several venues across Cheshire taking part.

July 11, 2013
St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice fundraiser offers free 5-night holiday

St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice fundraiser offers free 5-night holiday

Nantwich residents are being urged to help raise money for St Luke’s Hospice – with a chance of bagging a free holiday. The hospice, which treats patients across Nantwich and South Cheshire, has teamed up with Alsager Ladies Circle and The Warren, Abersoch.

July 11, 2013