Hankelow & Hatherton

Village church in Nantwich shares in £390,000 national payout

Village church in Nantwich shares in £390,000 national payout

A popular church in a Nantwich village is to share in a £390,000 funding payout from the National Churches Trust.

Hankelow Methodist Church is one of 29 churches and chapels in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to benefit from the latest grants.

December 15, 2015
Nantwich Police to tour villages offering free bike security

Nantwich Police to tour villages offering free bike security

Nantwich police will be visiting local villages this weekend to offer free bike security.

PCSO Nicholas Jarvis will also be available for residents to raise concerns and views on law and order.

September 18, 2015
Audlem cyclist completes 4,000-mile coastal Britain ride in 44 days

Audlem cyclist completes 4,000-mile coastal Britain ride in 44 days

A South Cheshire cyclist has pedalled a staggering 4,000 miles in a Tour of Britain coastal ride challenge.

Eric Wilkinson, a member of Audlem Cycling Club, completed the ride unsupported in just 44 days at an average 90 miles per day.

August 18, 2015
Audlem ladies tackle first football match in aid of NWAA

Audlem ladies tackle first football match in aid of NWAA

A team of ladies near Nantwich are donning football boots for the first time – to raise money for North West Air Ambulance.

The women will be taking on established local league side Audlem FC in their first ever game of football this Sunday August 16 at Audlem playing field.

August 14, 2015
Audlem war veteran, 99, invited to VJ Day commemorations

Audlem war veteran, 99, invited to VJ Day commemorations

A 99-year-old veteran who served in Burma and now lives in South Cheshire, is to take part in the national VJ (Victory over Japan) Day 70th anniversary commemorations in London.

Former army captain Bert Molsom, a resident at Morris Care’s Corbrook Park Nursing Home in Audlem, will attend the event with his son, also Bert, this Saturday August 15.

August 11, 2015
Plan to turn Doddington Hall near Nantwich into luxury hotel

Plan to turn Doddington Hall near Nantwich into luxury hotel

Historic Doddington Hall near Nantwich could be turned into a luxury 5-star hotel by owners, the Delves-Broughton family.

Plans submitted to Cheshire East include restoring and converting the grade 1 listed hall off the A51 into a 120-room hotel, creating 60 new jobs.

June 25, 2015
Police hunt Nantwich thieves who swipe digger, bike and post boxes

Police hunt Nantwich thieves who swipe digger, bike and post boxes

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.

May 12, 2015
Man, 37, dies after slurry pit fall near Nantwich

Man, 37, dies after slurry pit fall near Nantwich

A man who fell into a slurry pit near Nantwich has died.

The incident happened on land at a farm off Hollingreen Lane, in Brindley, near Nantwich.

March 26, 2015
Eddisbury MP Stephen O’Brien to quit and take UN job

Eddisbury MP Stephen O’Brien to quit and take UN job

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.

March 10, 2015
MP Edward Timpson backs rejection of solar park near Nantwich

MP Edward Timpson backs rejection of solar park near Nantwich

Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson believes a decision to reject plans for a 28,000-panel solar park near Nantwich was the right one.

Markus Wierenga, of Green Switch Developments Ltd, had applied to build the solar park on land at Hatherton Lodge Farm, on Hunsterson Road, Hatherton.

February 19, 2015
Decision due on 28,000-panel solar park plan for Nantwich

Decision due on 28,000-panel solar park plan for Nantwich

Plans to build a massive solar park on farmland near Nantwich will go before councillors this week.

Markus Wierenga, of Green Switch Developments Ltd, has applied to build the solar park on land at Hatherton Lodge Farm, on Hunsterson Road.

February 16, 2015
£218,000 lottery grant to fund Community Agents in Nantwich villages

£218,000 lottery grant to fund Community Agents in Nantwich villages

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.

February 1, 2015
Nantwich headteacher issues feeder school warning over intake numbers

Nantwich headteacher issues feeder school warning over intake numbers

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.

January 29, 2015