Fire crews were called to a chemical incident on a canal boat in Beeston near Tarporley.
Three fire engines attended, two from Chester and one from Nantwich, and the water incident unit from Powey Lane were called to the incident.
Fire crews tackled a building fire off Broughton Lane in Wistaston.
The fire broke out at around 9pm last night (August 9)
Tributes have been paid to a former headteacher and key community leader in Wistaston who has died.
John Charles White, who was born in Suffolk in 1939, played a major role in many of Wistaston’s community events.
By Jonathan White
A talented Wistaston drummer has appeared in two high-profile online videos during UK lockdown.
Rob Richardson is a member of Cheshire Drums and Bugles, the Royal Welsh Regiment Corps of Drums Association, principal percussionist with Crewe Brass and a Primary School Supply Teacher.
Cheshire East Council will NOT appeal a controversial decision by the Secretary of State to allow a massive housing development in Stapeley, Nantwich.
It means Muller Properties are now allowed to build phase one of their proposed “Nantwich South” development.
The 2nd annual fund-raising ‘Charity tractor run’ took place from Stapeley, writes Jonathan White
The owners of 80 vintage and classic road-legal tractors arrived with their vehicles at Maylands Farm on Broad Lane, Stapeley, Nantwich for a 10am start on Sunday.
A Wistaston family has launched a bid to raise £120,000 to fund life-saving treatment for their son with a rare form of cancer.
Georgy Capener has been accepted by a specialist in Asia to undergo a stem cell transplant which cannot currently be funded by the NHS.
Two people were treated at the scene of a blaze in a farm building in Hatherton, near Nantwich.
The fire involved bales of hay stored in the building off Hunsterson Road, Hatherton, at around 2pm yesterday (July 27).
By Jonathan White
Residents in Wistaston say their lives are being made a misery by noise and vibration from a building development near their homes.
The disruption has been caused by several days of impact hammer pile driving on the 150 dwelling Bellway ‘Kingfisher Reach’ housing development.
Crewe & Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan has criticised the decision by the Secretary of State to allow the Muller Development to go ahead in Stapeley.
Nantwich South and Stapeley Conservative Councillors Andrew Martin and Peter Groves have long been against the development as was previous Conservative MP Edward Timpson.
Detectives are investigating an attempted robbery of a car on the A49 at Spurstow, near Nantwich.
The incident involved a Silver BMW which overtook and stopped in front of a Mercedes near to Badcock’s Lane.
Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station could be reopened as early as December 2022, it emerged today.
It is one of 50 proposals submitted from around the UK to the Government’s “Restoring Your Railway Fund”.
Campaigners who fought to stop the controversial Muller development in Stapeley have called it a “sad day”.
Muller has been granted planning permission by the Secretary of State for the first phase of it’s 1,000-home “Nantwich South” scheme on land between Peter de Stapleigh Way, Audlem Road and the A51 London Road.
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