Village News

Shavington Primary PSA hosts summer festival fun

Shavington Primary PSA hosts summer festival fun

By Kirsty Rollings
Hundreds of people flocked to Shavington Primary School field for the annual Summer Festival.

Organised by the Parents and School Association (PSA), the festival offered food, music, stalls and fairground rides.

July 12, 2015
Willaston and Wistaston call for HGVs to be moved off A534

Willaston and Wistaston call for HGVs to be moved off A534

Councillors are calling for HGVs to be taken off the busy A534 Crewe/Nantwich Road through Willaston and Wistaston.

Margaret Simon, Jacquie Weatherill and Sarah Pochin want to see lorries removed from road after its speed limit was reduction from 40mph to 30mph.

July 8, 2015
Nantwich South artist impression, unveiled back in 2012

Blow for Stapeley campaign as Government reverses Muller Property ruling

New Local Government Communities Secretary Greg Clark has reversed a decision to dismiss Muller Property Group’s appeal over refusal for its “Nantwich South” development.

In March, Eric Pickles overruled a planning inspector and dismissed Muller’s appeal against Cheshire East Council, which had refused permission for 189 homes and an access road.

July 7, 2015
Bunbury pub  Yew Tree Inn celebrates five years since relaunch

Bunbury pub Yew Tree Inn celebrates five years since relaunch

A popular pub near Nantwich is celebrating its fifth birthday since new life was breathed into the historic building.

After years of neglect, the Yew Tree Inn, in Bunbury, was refurbished by renowned designers Lister Carter in the summer of 2010.

July 4, 2015
Nantwich man, 54, guilty of child sex charges jailed for 4 years

Nantwich man, 54, guilty of child sex charges jailed for 4 years

A Nantwich man has been jailed for more than four years after being found guilty of sexual behaviour involving a 15-year-old child.

Andrew Robinson, 54, from Broomhall, near Sound, was convicted on five counts of inappropriate conduct with a child under the age of 16.

July 2, 2015
Wistaston couple to stage garden party for Diabetes UK

Wistaston couple to stage garden party for Diabetes UK

A Wistaston couple are to stage a fund-raising garden party in aid of Crewe and South Cheshire Voluntary Group of Diabetes UK.

Ken and Sheena Sambrook will be hosting the party next Wednesday July 8 at their home on Westfield Drive, Wistaston.

July 2, 2015
Willaston family honour daughter at CRY London walk

Willaston family honour daughter at CRY London walk

A family from Willaston took part in a fundraising walk organised by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in memory of their daughter.

Alison and Robert Howells, and son Joel, joined the Heart of London Bridges Walk for its ninth year in honour of daughter and sister Ceri, who died suddenly aged just 22.

July 1, 2015
Nantwich student’s defibrillators campaign spreads to Aston village

Nantwich student’s defibrillators campaign spreads to Aston village

A Nantwich firm has thrown its weight behind a student’s campaign to provide more life-saving defibrillators in the area.

Brine Leas pupil Harrison Lunt, 17, has taken his school project to a new height after successfully raising money to provide more defibs.

July 1, 2015
Hunt for driver who targeted police in Shavington smash

Hunt for driver who targeted police in Shavington smash

A driver who crashed into a police vehicle in Shavington and then made off in another car, is being hunted by officers.

Police are urging witnesses who may have seen or know about the collision on Main Road, near to Barons Road, to come forward.

June 30, 2015
Police warning after two Stapeley homes burgled

Police warning after two Stapeley homes burgled

Police are warning homeowners in Nantwich to secure properties in hot weather after two houses were burgled in Stapeley.

Offenders forced open ground floor windows to enter the houses on Flowerscroft, on the Cronkinson development.

June 30, 2015
Young pupils in Nantwich enjoy Bear Grylls outdoor adventure

Young pupils in Nantwich enjoy Bear Grylls outdoor adventure

More than 20 budding ‘Bear Grylls’ at a Nantwich primary school had a taste of the great outdoors to raise cash for charity.

The resourceful youngsters at Sound and District Primary School used tarpaulin, fabric, string, tape and cardboard to make their own shelters for the night.

June 29, 2015
Wistaston to host Camps International music fundraiser

Wistaston to host Camps International music fundraiser

A fund-raising music night in aid of Camps International takes place this weekend at St Mary’s Church Hall in Wistaston.

Tickets are £5 available from St Mary’s Church office, Malbank School office and Brine Leas School office.

June 29, 2015
Hundreds battle it out in World Worm Charming Championships

Hundreds battle it out in World Worm Charming Championships

By Jonathan White
Scores of teams battled it out at the 36th World Worm Charming Championships in Willaston, near Nantwich.

The championships saw participants in each of the 144 plots battling for 30 minutes to collect as many worms as possible from a 3×3 metre piece of land.

June 28, 2015