Bunbury coffee shop Tilly’s scoops double success
Staff at coffee shop Tilly’s of Bunbury are celebrating a double success.
The independent village café, owned by local residents Paula and Andy Robinson, has received two prestigious honours.
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Concerns over plans to turn Willaston pub into children’s nursery
Residents in Willaston have aired concerns over plans to convert a former pub into a new children’s nursery.
Proposals have been submitted to Cheshire East Council to convert The Lamb on Wistaston Road into a nursery.
Bunbury Village Day hailed major success
Hundreds of villagers came out in force to celebrate another colourful Bunbury Village Day.
Organisers hailed the annual event another great success, attracting nearly 1,000 paying adults.
Global spotlight falls on Willaston Worm Charming spectacle
By Jonathan White
Hundreds of people flocked to Willaston Primary Academy for the 47th annual Willaston World Worm Charming Championships.
The quirky event, which has become one of Cheshire’s most unusual traditions, has been hosted in the village since 1980.
Pub near Nantwich to stage special charity night
A popular pub near Nantwich is staging a special charity event for two causes.
The Bhurty in Aston is teaming up with Steve Harding, who has fundraised for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) for many years.
Councillors vote to fight controversial plans for 75 homes in Stapeley
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors have voted to fight plans for 75 homes in Nantwich at appeal on highways grounds after hearing there’s “a ticking time bomb” caused by unplanned, piecemeal developments.
Nightingale Land wants to build the homes on fields off Broad Lane in Stapeley and to bulldoze a bungalow for access.
Future of village pub in Audlem in doubt as landlords leave
A couple who run the Lord Combermere pub in Audlem have announced they are leaving, throwing the future of the pub into doubt.
Rachel Tremblay and partner Cameron Cousens revealed last night that they are to leave after two and a half years running the venue.
Thousands attend Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes 2026
By Jonathan White
The 31st Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes attracted thousands of visitors to the village for a day celebrating local heritage, community spirit and family entertainment.
Organised by the Wybunbury Tower Preservation Trust, the event took place in warm, sunny weather and welcomed residents and visitors from across the region to the village near Nantwich.
INSPIRE 26 set to fill Bunbury church with art and flowers
The INSPIRE 26 art and flowers festival is set to take place in St Boniface Church in Bunbury later this month.
The event is being sponsored by Mornflake Oats, Okells Garden Centre and Mike and Dawn Dodds of Nantwich Market, and will take place from June 26th-28th.
Plans to bulldoze former kennels for new homes near Shavington
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East looks set to approve plans to bulldoze buildings on the site of a former kennels at Hough near Shavington to make way for eight homes.
The council’s planners are recommending the southern planning committee approves the development for land at Birchwood House on Birch Lane, despite it being in the open countryside.
Fire crews tackle blaze on open land in Hankelow
Fire crews tackled a blaze on open land off a lane in Hankelow near Nantwich.
The incident happened at around 6.30pm on Friday (May 29th) at an address off Longhill Lane.
Controversial Audlem homes plan by Muller refused by council
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Controversial plans for 116 homes in the open countryside at Audlem have been unanimously refused by Cheshire East’s strategic planning board.
Wistaston councillor brands 660-home plans “devastating” for village
A Wistaston councillor has branded the approval of plans for a huge 660-home development on green fields near the village “devastating” news.
Ward Cllr Margaret Simon and representatives from Wistaston Parish Council vociferously objected to the plans by Harworth Estates at the Cheshire East Council strategic planning board.
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