Village News

Willaston Primary School Fizz Fashion Show cancelled

Willaston Primary School Fizz Fashion Show cancelled

A planned Friends of Willaston School Association event for October 13 has been cancelled.

The Fizz Fashion Show at the school was due to be staged this Monday to help raise funds for Willaston Primary School.

October 11, 2014
Tarporley High chosen for National Teaching School status

Tarporley High chosen for National Teaching School status

Tarporley High School has been selected to become a National Teaching School.

Tarporley is one of only 60 schools in England to be granted the status.

October 8, 2014
Willaston developers believe 250 homes plan will “benefit” community

Willaston developers believe 250 homes plan will “benefit” community

Developers behind the latest plan to build 250 homes on land between Willaston and Nantwich say it will “benefit” the community.

They spoke out after strong reaction to a Stretton Ltd bid to develop a 28-acre plot of agricultural land between the A51 bypass, the railway line and Park Road in Willaston.

October 2, 2014
Police warning after thieves target vans parked in Wybunbury

Police warning after thieves target vans parked in Wybunbury

Thieves broke into two vans parked on roads in Wybunbury near Nantwich overnight.

Police say the break ins happened on Stock Lane and Dig Lane in Wybunbury.

October 1, 2014
Police copter joins hunt for Willaston burglars in Nantwich

Police copter joins hunt for Willaston burglars in Nantwich

Residents in Nantwich were warned today after burglars were caught trying to break into a house.

Suspects were seen trying to force their way in through patio doors of a property on Cheerbrook Road in Willaston, Nantwich.

September 30, 2014
Councillor’s boost to save Nantwich pub from demolition

Councillor’s boost to save Nantwich pub from demolition

A pub in Nantwich which faces demolition to make way for more housing, could be saved.

The Horse Shoe Inn, in Willaston, was earmarked under new planning proposals to be knocked down.

September 25, 2014
Friends of Willaston School to stage Fizz Fashion Show

Friends of Willaston School to stage Fizz Fashion Show

The Friends of Willaston School Association are organising a Fizz Fashion Show at the school on Monday October 13.

The event is being staged to help raise funds for Willaston Primary School.

September 22, 2014
Wistaston Jubilee Tennis Club winners honoured with awards

Wistaston Jubilee Tennis Club winners honoured with awards

By Jonathan White
The Wistaston Jubilee Tennis Club (WJTC) Finals Day has taken place on two courts behind Wistaston Memorial Hall & Community Centre on Church Lane.

Bill Heath, WJTC chairman, introduced the presentation of trophies inside the Memorial Hall.

September 22, 2014
Anger as plans unveiled for another 250 houses on green land at Willaston

Anger as plans unveiled for another 250 houses on green land at Willaston

A developer has submitted plans to build 250 houses on another piece of green land in Willaston, Nantwich, it emerged today.

The plan is for a 28-acre site bounded by Park Road in Willaston, the A51 Nantwich bypass between Cheerbrook and Peacock roundabouts, and the Crewe-Nantwich railway line.

September 18, 2014
Tarporley fireman honoured as UK’s “road safety champion”

Tarporley fireman honoured as UK’s “road safety champion”

A South Cheshire road safety champion has been honoured by fire chiefs for his UK-wide service.

Martin Dowle, from Tarporley, was hailed for his lifelong commitment by Chief Fire Officers’ Association (CFOA).

September 18, 2014
Villagers near Nantwich fight plans for giant slurry lagoon near school

Villagers near Nantwich fight plans for giant slurry lagoon near school

Villagers and councillors near Nantwich are fighting to stop a giant slurry lagoon being created on land near their homes.

Developers want to create a 300-acre site including the lagoon the size of two Olympic swimming pools on land off Rope Hall Lane, Rope, near Willaston.

September 12, 2014
A51 Reaseheath bypass in Nantwich three years away, residents told

A51 Reaseheath bypass in Nantwich three years away, residents told

Work on a much-needed Reaseheath A51 bypass promised as part of the massive 1,100-home Kingsley Fields development, is at least three years away.

Reaseheath College Principal Meredydd David told concerned residents that work on the bypass is not due to start until the third year of the development.

September 12, 2014
Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash with bus near Nantwich

Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash with bus near Nantwich

A man was seriously injured when his motorbike collided with a bus in Nantwich.

The accident happened at the junction of the A51 London Road and the B5071 Crewe Road, by the Boar’s Head pub.

September 11, 2014