These dramatic pictures show how a hot air balloon packed with passengers was forced to land just yards from the Nantwich railway line, narrowly missing electricity pylons.
Eye-witnesses gathered to watch the balloon’s dicey descent as it landed in a field next to the Nantwich to Crewe line close to Cheerbrook Farm, off Newcastle Road.
Stapeley businesswoman Laura Smith has been selected as Labour parliamentary candidate to fight for the Crewe and Nantwich seat in June.
The 32-year-old was selected by the Labour group ahead of the party’s 2015 candidate Adrian Heald.
A High Court judge has thrown Muller Property a lifeline in its bid to build a controversial 1,100-home ‘Nantwich South’ village in Stapeley.
The judge has quashed a decision by the Secretary of State last August which had refused Muller’s attempt to overturn Cheshire East Council’s original rejection of the development’s first phase.
Stapeley Litter Group is appealing for new members as more and more rubbish is being collected each month.
In their latest pick, they collected 14 bags of rubbish, five wheel hubs, a couple of signs and one rusty bike.
A woman was killed when her car careered off a Nantwich road and ploughed into a fence post.
The 76-year-old was driving along Peter Destapleigh Way in Stapeley when the accident happened.
A Nantwich councillor said he was “staggered” and “bitterly disappointed” after a Cabinet minister gave the go ahead for housing developers to use an “unsafe” access point.
Stapeley campaigners lost their fight this week to prevent Wainhomes from narrowing busy Audlem Road from 7m to just 5.5m.
A developer is allowed to make “unsafe” changes to a busy road in Nantwich – because it was granted permission in an earlier application.
Furious campaigners say the work to Audlem Road in Stapeley “defies all common sense”.
Pupils from Pear Tree Primary in Stapeley are celebrating after winning a trophy for the Nantwich Education Partnership Business Enterprise competition.
Youngsters from Year 4, who won through the initial school-based heats, headed to Brine Leas to face one last challenge.
The RSPCA wildlife centre in Nantwich is thanking supermarket customers for donating £5,000 worth of pet food in just 12 months.
Sainsbury’s, on Middlewich Road, has a drop-off point in the store for people to donate cat and dog food to Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre & Cattery.
Pupils at Pear Tree Primary School in Stapeley welcomed a very important visitor when Cheshire East Mayor dropped by.
Cllr Olivia Hunter visited along with the Mayor’s attendant and the ceremonial silver mace.
Staff at the RSPCA centre in Nantwich are appealing for bird-lovers to get in touch after becoming inundated with budgies.
The Stapeley Grange centre on London Road currently has 21 budgies at the centre.
Pupils at Pear Tree Primary in Stapeley are celebrating a hat-trick of successes in three different sports.
The youngsters won competitions and a new trophy in dodgeball, football and sportshall athletics in just a few days.
The new-look Co-op store in Stapeley marked its re-opening by donating new balance bikes and equipment to Pear Tree School.
Pupils were delighted to receive seven new bikes, helmets and road signs sponsored by the newly re-opened store.
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