By Jonathan White
Wistaston pensioner Bill Heath has been recognised for outstanding service to tennis and his club with the “Unsung Hero of the Year 2024” award from Cheshire Tennis.
The 80-year-old is a long-time volunteer at Wistaston Jubilee Tennis Club and has been involved since 2002.
A 59-year-old man has been jailed after going on a burglary spree in rural Cheshire.
Andrew Winter targeted homes in villages near Nantwich and Whitchurch, including Wrenbury and Tilstone Fernall.
A van driver has been arrested after a motorcyclist died in a collision near Audlem.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the horror smash which happened on the A525 Whitchurch Road at around 8.15am yesterday (August 6).
Plans for a new crossing on the busy A51 Nantwich Bypass could see home-to-school transport axed for Willaston children.
The new crossing is set to be installed on the busy Peacock Roundabout where the A51 bypass meets the A534 Crewe Road.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Up to nine new homes could be built in the open countryside in a South Cheshire village near Nantwich.
DJR Partnership Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme has applied for permission in principle (PIP) to develop land to the west of Sheppenhall Lane at Aston.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Hundreds of new homes proposed for an open countryside site at Wistaston could be built within five years of planning permission being granted, the applicant has said.
Harworth Group PLC has submitted an outline application for residential development and a neighbourhood centre on a 44-hectare site to the east of Middlewich Road.
Fire crews were called out to tackle a blaze involving wooden pallets at a property in Acton near Nantwich last night (August 2).
The incident happened at around 11pm at a property on Drake Lane and crews from Nantwich attended.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A controversial proposal which could see homes built on a village field in Wybunbury near Nantwich has been deferred so councillors can visit the site to see what impact it would have.
Martin and Simon Poole have applied for permission in principle (PIP) to build up to six homes on land off Bridge Street, Wybunbury.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans have been submitted for 127 homes, including 39 affordable, in Audlem.
Muller Property Group has applied for outline permission for the homes, together with access, on 9.3 hectares of undeveloped farming and grazing land on the south-western edge of the village.
A popular village pub near Nantwich which closed without warning to regulars is to be sold, its owners have confirmed.
The Lamb on Wistaston Road in Willaston was boarded up and closed suddenly on Monday with villagers saying there was no notice.
By Jonathan White
The 26th annual ‘Audlem Festival of Transport’ was hailed another huge success as thousands lined the streets.
It featured a parade of more than 250 cars, commercial vehicles, tractors and motorcycles.
Villagers were left shocked today when they saw their local community pub closed down and boarded up without notice.
The Lamb pub on Wistaston Road in Willaston had its front windows boarded up by workmen, leaving the village short of another vital community asset.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East councillors have given the go-ahead for an 80-bed care home on Maylands Park described as the “final piece of the jigsaw” in the Nantwich development.
The decision comes two months after permission was granted for 40 homes and a 49-apartment retirement living scheme as part of the phase two development of the site, which is off Peter De Stapleigh Way at Stapeley.
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