By Jonathan White
This amazing Remembrance Day “Ribbon of Poppies” cascade with silhouetted soldiers has been unveiled at Wistaston & Rope War Memorial.
The 70ft high cascade was installed by the 35th South West Cheshire (Wistaston) Scout Group, made of more than 5,000 plastic bottle ends donated by Scouts and members of the public.
Two members of SPAR’s team in Tarporley have run the Race for Life in memory of a former colleague – raising more than £2,000 in the process.
Kim Holden, 54, and Penny Kenyon, 52, who are both shop assistants at the SPAR store, completed the 10k Delamere Forest Cancer Research UK Race For Life in memory of former colleague Alison Lightfoot.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
More than 30 residents have objected to an application for a premises licence at the Dorfold Park Showground which hosts the historic Nantwich Show.
Dorfold Hall Events Ltd has applied for a premises licence for regulated entertainment and alcohol for the showground on Chester Road, Acton.
Detectives investigating the death of a 54-year-old have charged a man with murder.
Andrew Guy was found dead at an address in Buerton on Sunday 17 October.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A South Cheshire couple have applied to knock down their home and rebuild it higher up the garden because they can’t get help to prevent it from flooding a third time.
But Steve Blackie says Cheshire East Council is dragging its heels over the planning application and he fears his Church Minshull home could flood again.
By Jonathan White
Thousands of people packed in to Nantwich Showground to witness the “Alpha Omega Halloween Spooktacular”.
The event last night (October 30) returned after being cancelled last year because of the Covid pandemic.
Detectives have launched a murder investigation after death of man in Audlem following a suspected assault on October 16. Police say two people have been arrested.
The widow and mother of an Audlem dad killed by a single punch in the village have paid their tributes after his killer was found guilty of manslaughter.
A man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Audlem businessman Adam Lovatt following a retrial.
Samuel Thorpe, 26, of Annions Lane, Wybunbury, was found guilty today at Liverpool Crown Court after a 10-day trial.
Employees at Boughey Distribution near Nantwich have helped raise almost £1,500 for Calveley Primary School – by increasing their daily step count by at least 1,000 every day!
All additional steps were turned into cash credits by the company and helped raise an impressive £1,443 for the local village school.
A new on-demand rural bus service to help reduce isolation and connect rural areas with Nantwich has been launched by Cheshire East Council.
The new “go-too” pilot scheme covers a large area south and west of Nantwich, including Bunbury, Wrenbury and Audlem and other villages, where no commercial services are available.
Villagers can now access a life-saving defibrillator being stored at Bridgemere Primary School near Nantwich.
Doddington and District Parish Council has liaised with other organisations to secure the equipment for its rural residents.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Rotting food has been left in garden waste bins in parts of Cheshire East where fortnightly collections have been missed because of a lack of staff.
Cllr Rachel Bailey (Audlem, Con) has called on the council’s audit and governance committee to look at how waste food is collected and how the scheme operates to see if anything can be done.
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