By Jonathan White
Hundreds enjoyed the 36th annual ‘Marbury Merry Days’ two-day traditional country fair near Nantwich.
The fair, organised by St Michael & All Angels Parochial Church Council, was held next to the church and Marbury Big Mere, near Wrenbury.
Nantwich Police are hunting thieves who stole a motorbike, a JCB digger and two post boxes!
The series of thefts in villages near Nantwich have sparked appeals for help.
By Kirsty Rollings
Voters in Willaston and Rope Ward made a bold statement with their appointment of first time candidate Sarah Pochin.
Conservative candidate Pochin took the seat from outspoken UKIP candidate Brian Silvester in a comfortable victory in the Cheshire East Council elections.
Two orphaned baby hares rescued by carers in Nantwich have leapt into a new life at Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s headquarters.
The pair of leverets were found by members of the public and handed in to the RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre, on London Road.
Wrenbury villager Jessie King was given a rousing celebration to mark her 100th birthday.
The centenarian was stunned when bellringers at St Margaret’s Church rang the bells in her honour while Wrenbury Primary schoolchildren sang “happy birthday” on her doorstep.
Council bosses have defended Nantwich headteachers for issuing a warning letter to parents about children playing 18-rated computer games.
The letter, sent by Nantwich Education Partnership, tells parents that they could be reported to police or social services if pupils reveal they are allowed to play adult-rated games.
Nantwich’s devastated farming community has paid tribute to Andrew Huntbach, who died after falling into a slurry pit.
Mr Huntbach was pulled clear of the pit by colleagues at Hollin Green Farm on Hollingreen Lane, between Aston and Audlem.
The Great British Bake Off competitor Diana Beard will be in Nantwich to judge a local baking contest.
Beard has been invited to judge The Friends of Wrenbury Primary School’s own Bake Off Competition.
Eddisbury Conservative MP Stephen O’Brien is to step down and take up a top job at the United Nations.
Mr O’Brien, who has represented the constituency which includes many villages around Nantwich since 1999, will be in charge of humanitarian affairs and emergency relief at the UN.
Villagers and councillors in Willaston have welcomed re-surfacing plans on two key roads.
Wistaston Road and Wybunbury Road, two main routes through the village, will undergo work to repair potholes and uneven surfaces.
Drivers will be hit as emergency works are carried out on a collapsed sewer on a busy road in Wrenbury, Nantwich.
Cheshire East Council has closed Wrenbury Heath Road from the junction with Sound Lane to the junction with New Town Road.
Cheshire Community Action has been awarded £218,000 over three years to provide more Community Agents for rural villages around Nantwich.
The Community Agent schemes aims to help those who don’t live near a town centre and find it hard to access services or the internet.
A headteacher in Nantwich has warned that feeder school pupils may not be guaranteed a place in future because of pressure on admission numbers.
Andrew Cliffe, who runs Brine Leas Academy, is having to raise their normal year 7 entry figure of 215 to 240 – resulting in two extra classes.
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