Fire crews were called to tackle a tumble dryer fire at a property in Wardle, near Nantwich.
Householders had managed to drag the dryer into the garden from the house on Wardle Avenue at around 7am today (September 15).
Motorists are being warned of long diversions and disruption with the closure of the busy A51 at Wardle near Nantwich for up to 16 WEEKS.
The closure announced by Cheshire East Council is for major repair work to the road.
A number of Cheshire pubs have been awarded “COVID Community Hero status” for their work to support local communities throughout the pandemic.
The award is supported by a cross-party group of beer-loving MPs, including Eddisbury MP Edward Timpson.
A Tarporley youngster has won a Cheshire Wildlife Trust competition to come up with names for two beavers introduced back into the wild.
They will be called Rowan and Willow – despite some entries suggesting more comical names such as ‘Beaver McBeaverface’ and ‘Justin Beaver’!
A student from Tarporley who was diagnosed with advanced cancer the day before his 19th birthday, is set to walk 240 miles for two charities only a year after beginning his treatment.
Patrick Savage, 20, will walk from his university campus in London to The Christie hospital in Manchester where he was treated last year for Hodgkin’s lymphoma – a type of blood cancer.
Staff and parents at a small village school near Tarporley are celebrating a recovery plan which will help keep the school open.
Residents have campaigned to save Huxley CE Primary school and Cheshire West and Chester has now approved the recovery plan and the school is now ready for a new beginning.
A major breach of Shropshire Union Canal at Beeston near Nantwich was caused by heavy rains and floods from Storm Christoph.
These images from canal users show the extent of the breach which has closed the canal and towpath at Lock 10, Wharton’s Lock and Lock 11, Beeston Iron Lock.
An ambitious project to re-open Beeston and Tarporley Station has received the go-ahead and Government funding to progress to the next stage.
The Department for Transport has announced that Beeston and Tarporley Station Reopening Group have been successful in their bid to the Beeching Reversal “Ideas Fund”.
A woman was injured after a car crashed into a ditch in Tarporley.
Fire crews were called out to the incident at around 10am today (September 7) at Hickhurst Lane, Tarporley.
Cheshire fire crews had one of their busiest nights for years as a powerful storm swept across south and mid Cheshire last night.
Worst hit was the Tarporley, Beeston, Tattenhall and Malpas areas as lightning sparked fires and flood waters left cars submerged and buildings under water.
Fire crews were called to a chemical incident on a canal boat in Beeston near Tarporley.
Three fire engines attended, two from Chester and one from Nantwich, and the water incident unit from Powey Lane were called to the incident.
Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station could be reopened as early as December 2022, it emerged today.
It is one of 50 proposals submitted from around the UK to the Government’s “Restoring Your Railway Fund”.
Eddisbury MP Edward Timpson said schools in Calveley and Tarporley will benefit from Government funding to improve school facilities.
The constituency has been allocated a share of £434 million investment to expand classrooms, upgrade facilities and improve education across the UK.
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