By Jonathan White
Hundreds of people flocked to Willaston Primary Academy for the 47th annual Willaston World Worm Charming Championships.
The quirky event, which has become one of Cheshire’s most unusual traditions, has been hosted in the village since 1980.
A popular pub near Nantwich is staging a special charity event for two causes.
The Bhurty in Aston is teaming up with Steve Harding, who has fundraised for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) for many years.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors have voted to fight plans for 75 homes in Nantwich at appeal on highways grounds after hearing there’s “a ticking time bomb” caused by unplanned, piecemeal developments.
Nightingale Land wants to build the homes on fields off Broad Lane in Stapeley and to bulldoze a bungalow for access.
A couple who run the Lord Combermere pub in Audlem have announced they are leaving, throwing the future of the pub into doubt.
Rachel Tremblay and partner Cameron Cousens revealed last night that they are to leave after two and a half years running the venue.
By Jonathan White
The 31st Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes attracted thousands of visitors to the village for a day celebrating local heritage, community spirit and family entertainment.
Organised by the Wybunbury Tower Preservation Trust, the event took place in warm, sunny weather and welcomed residents and visitors from across the region to the village near Nantwich.
The INSPIRE 26 art and flowers festival is set to take place in St Boniface Church in Bunbury later this month.
The event is being sponsored by Mornflake Oats, Okells Garden Centre and Mike and Dawn Dodds of Nantwich Market, and will take place from June 26th-28th.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East looks set to approve plans to bulldoze buildings on the site of a former kennels at Hough near Shavington to make way for eight homes.
The council’s planners are recommending the southern planning committee approves the development for land at Birchwood House on Birch Lane, despite it being in the open countryside.
Fire crews tackled a blaze on open land off a lane in Hankelow near Nantwich.
The incident happened at around 6.30pm on Friday (May 29th) at an address off Longhill Lane.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Controversial plans for 116 homes in the open countryside at Audlem have been unanimously refused by Cheshire East’s strategic planning board.
A Wistaston councillor has branded the approval of plans for a huge 660-home development on green fields near the village “devastating” news.
Ward Cllr Margaret Simon and representatives from Wistaston Parish Council vociferously objected to the plans by Harworth Estates at the Cheshire East Council strategic planning board.
By Jonathan White
Wistaston Jubilee Tennis Club will officially open its newly renovated tennis courts with a special community event.
The celebrations will take place on Saturday June 13th at the club’s courts on Church Lane, Wistaston.
Youngsters from Stapeley Broad Lane School in Nantwich have teamed up with police to deliver a powerful road safety message.
Pupils joined local officers as part of the #TheKidsAreWatching initiative in Nantwich.
The annual Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes rolls back into the village on Saturday June 6th.
It will be the 31st annual staging of the event in Wybunbury with organisers promising another lively day of entertainment for all ages.
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