By Jonathan White
Britain in Bloom judges from The Royal Horticultural Society toured Wistaston to judge the village in the Town category of the Britain in Bloom 2023 UK Finals.
Two judges met chairman of Wistaston Parish Council John Moore and members of the Wistaston in Bloom group and Wistaston Conservation Group.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich Agricultural Society’s fourth vintage and classic tractor road run has helped raise hundreds of pounds for a children’s charity.
The event involved around 30 vintage and classic road-legal tractors.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors have deferred an application to use a rural outbuilding near Nantwich for pet and horse cremations.
They want to visit the site and get more information before making a decision.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors have deferred a controversial application for a concrete processing plant near Nantwich – with some questioning why the applicant would build an expensive new facility without planning permission.
The Graham Heath Group has had permission for several years to operate its existing concrete panel business at Aston near Nantwich.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
More detailed plans have been submitted for the retail and employment phase of the controversial Maylands Park development on land at Peter de Stapleigh Way at Stapeley.
The application, for phase two of the development, follows the approval of phase one, for 188 homes, in March of this year.
By Jonathan White
Thousands of people descended on Audlem to enjoy the 24th annual Audlem Festival of Transport on Sunday.
The day began with a spectacular parade of more than 250 cars, commercial vehicles, tractors and motorcycles.
The Victorian former schoolhouse and youth centre in Shavington has been put up for auction despite a two-year campaign by local councillors and MP Kieran Mullan to save it.
The building has stood vacant for over two years but efforts to retain it as a community asset have failed.
Crewe & Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan has slammed Cheshire East Council and its new Shavington councillor for failing to save the former youth club venue in the village.
The authority looks set to sell off the building on Main Road despite a two-year campaign to save the facility.
A golf fanatic from Tarporley is taking on the challenge of playing three rounds of golf a day for seven successive days at 21 different golf courses.
Steve Lloyd wants to raise money for St Luke’s Hospice Cheshire in memory of his friend.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The former Bunbury Methodist Church looks set to be bulldozed to make way for two houses.
An application to demolish the former church and build two detached homes with garden and parking on the site is due to be considered by Cheshire East’s southern planning committee next month.
Fire crews tackled a large out of control bonfire at a property in Stapeley, Nantwich.
The incident happened at around 3.40pm yesterday (Sunday July 9) at a property on Wybunbury Lane in Stapeley.
By Jonathan White
The 35th South West Cheshire (Wistaston) Scout Group is celebrates its 65th anniversary this year.
The group’s celebrations included a treasure hunt in Wistaston on Saturday with 180 Scouts and family members participating in a “what3words” geocode search.
Two men from Nantwich have been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing four young boys.
Alan Short and Daniel Goss appeared at Chester Crown Court where they were both sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years each.
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