A primary school in Wistaston went into “lockdown” amid fears of a gunshot being fired nearby, it has emerged.
Pupils at Wistaston Church Lane School were barricaded into a classroom with blinds closed, lights off and doors locked during the incident.
A Scout leader from Willaston has been honoured in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
Ian Potts has been awarded the MBE for services to young people in the Nantwich area.
The 46th Worm Charming Annual Championships are set to take place in Willaston on June 21.
The event is one of the UK’s unusual and endearing competitions which attracts participants and media from around the world.
A van driver has been arrested after careering off a country lane near Nantwich and crashing into a house.
The incident happened last night (June 10) on Cock Lane in Broomhall, near Nantwich.
A popular coffee shop in Bunbury near Nantwich has scooped two major SME Enterprise awards!
Tilly’s Bunbury won the “Village Cafe and Coffee Shop of the Year 2025 – Cheshire” as well as the “Produce Excellence Award 2025”.
Audlem Party on the Park will be back and bigger than ever on Saturday June 28, say organisers.
The village’s summer bash returns to the playing field for a night of live music, community spirit, and dancing under the stars.
By Jonathan White
Thousands of people braved the elements to enjoy the 30th annual Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes event.
Organised by the Wybunbury Tower Preservation Trust, the historical event proved another huge hit for visitors to the village near Nantwich.
Cheshire East has given the go-ahead for coffins to be buried at an ecological burial ground at Shavington despite concerns raised about flooding and groundwater pollution, writes Belinda Ryan.
Santune Meadows is a natural burial site which already has permission for urn interments.
Willaston councillors say they have fought off a challenge to take over fields bordering their allotment site off Crewe Road.
It’s believed the challenge was related to a housing developer’s plan to build 220 houses, although this has not been confirmed.
Residents have warned of more traffic chaos after Muller unveiled plans for another 400 houses at their site in Stapeley, Nantwich.
Muller Property Group wants to build a second phase of its Maylands Park site and have posted flyers through hundreds of letterboxes this week.
Worleston residents turned out in force to mark the 10th anniversary of the village hall they worked so hard to make a reality.
Back in the 80s organisations including scouts had to meet in an old hut and when that was beyond repair villagers said enough was enough and set about fundraising.
A car fire which started on a driveway in Alpraham near Nantwich spread to a second vehicle and a nearby house.
The incident happened shortly before 11pm on Friday night (May 30) at a property on Chester Road.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East councillors have given the go-ahead for two residential schemes on land earmarked for commercial use in Nantwich.
But one councillor said he hoped this was not seen as an invitation for developers to submit housing applications on land allocated for employment.
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