A Nantwich mum has told how she will rebuild and relaunch her Playworld business after a devastating fire wrecked the popular venue. Playworld owner Mandy Grinnell has started the painful job of clearing out the gutted premises in Shavington.
A Nantwich school’s young choir was in fine voice after triumphing in a Cheshire East competition. Stapeley Broad Lane’s 54-strong KS2 choir won the Cheshire East Primary Choirs contest at Clonter Opera Theatre, near Homes Chapel.
A parish council has defended its decision to allow a new Nantwich community hall to be turned into a privately-run nursery. Some have criticised the move by Stapeley Parish Council, fearing it will mean the hall can’t be booked out by anyone else on weekdays.
Nantwich residents are facing a traffic headache after plans emerged to close Wellington Road for six weeks. United Utilities aims to carry out major sewer works to tackle flooding problems along the main A530 in and out of Nantwich.
Hardy villagers held an activity day in Nantwich by switching venues to avoid the torrential rain. Scores of families and youngsters attended the Stapeley Playground activity day which was moved inside to the new community hall.
Nantwich primary children missed more than 16,300 school sessions between them in 2011-12, figures reveal. But attendance has improved in all but two primary schools in the area in the last three years, according to statistics.
Nantwich youngsters were rewarded for their creative side after impressing in a local art competition. Children from schools across the town entered the competition run by Nantwich Museum, on Pillory Street.
This is the charred wreckage of a popular children’s play centre near Nantwich after a devastating fire. But determined owner Mandy Grinnell has vowed to bounce back from the disaster and re-build Playworld in Shavington.
A hedge fire spread to a nearby shed at a property in Nantwich. Fire crews from Nantwich were called out to the blaze on Broad Lane in Stapeley.
More than 200 residents crammed into a village hall to air concerns on plans to build 1,800 new homes near Nantwich. Muller Property and Gladman Properties are targeting land off Middlewich Road and Church Lane, in Wistaston.
A Cheshire East Cabinet councillor has vowed “very serious action” after trees blocking a proposed controversial “Nantwich South” access road were hacked down. Cllr David Brown said they are looking at whether the council’s environmental conditions have been breached.
The first phase of a massive 1,100-home “Nantwich South” village in Stapeley has been kicked out by Cheshire East councillors. But campaigners are angry a second application for an access road was deferred after oak trees were chopped down just hours before the planning meeting.
Hundreds of Crewe Alex fans from across South Cheshire flocked to Gresty Road to glimpse the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. Nantwichnews editor Pete Leydon (pictured) joined supporters young and old who packed out the club shop during a special promotion of the JPT Final against Southend on April 7.
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