By Jonathan White
Wistaston’s ducks made a comeback after their original race was called off – because of wet weather!
Hundreds of villagers were back out in force this weekend for the re-scheduled event, and had a quacking time at the Joey the Swan recreation ground.
Cheeky mooning gnomes who have been entertaining Wistaston folk for two months have finally been removed by party-pooper highway chiefs.
Pensioner Laurence Perry’s two bare-bottomed garden characters hit the headlines when they caused a village rumpus back in July.
Big-hearted gas engineers teamed up to help bring Wistaston’s Scout hut in from the cold!
Around 20 heating engineers former a group called Heroes of Heat, which installs heating systems for free for charities in need.
Burglars smashed through a roof of the Premier Store in Wistaston and stole thousands of pounds in cigarettes.
Detectives are appealing for information after offenders targeted the convenience store on Kings Drive.
The popular Wistaston Duck Race and Children’s Model Boat Race is set to take place on Saturday September 9.
Hundreds of villagers are expected to line up along the stream at Joey the Swan recreation ground.
Defiant pensioner Laurence Perry’s mooning gnomes are still enjoying the limelight in Wistaston – despite threats from highways chiefs to have them removed.
Laurence has moved one of the gnomes a few feet from the roadside at Westfield Drive/Park Drive junction into the flower border.
Retiring Wistaston Rose Queen Emma Horne has presented a cheque to Diabetes UK for more than £5,000.
Emma, 15, who was crowned Rose Queen in June 2016, raised an amazing £5,121 through various activities over the past 12 months.
Gardening fans across the UK have launched a campaign to save Wistaston’s mooning gnomes after the village rumpus hit national headlines.
Thousands of readers have clamoured for a Cheshire East Council climb-down after it demanded gardener Laurence Perry remove his two gnomes baring their bottoms
EXCLUSIVE
Green-fingered Laurence Perry’s cheeky garden gnomes have sparked a rumpus in Wistaston – and a council letter threatening action!
Laurence, who has helped transform derelict council land in the village for the last four years, added the gnomes baring their bottoms as part of colourful displays on grass verges.
By Jonathan White
A Wimbledon themed charity tennis tournament takes place at Wistaston Jubilee Tennis Club this Sunday.
The Club’s two courts are located behind the Wistaston Memorial Hall & Community Centre on Church Lane in Wistaston.
A Wistaston couple are to stage their popular annual Garden Party to raise funds for Diabetes UK.
Sheena and Ken Sambrook, of the Crewe and South Cheshire Local Group of Diabetes UK , are opening up their garden on July 12.
A Wistaston man who attempted to import a child-like sex doll into Cheshire has been jailed in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in the UK.
Andrew Dobson, 49, of Merrivale Road, was jailed after pleading guilty at Chester Crown Court to one count of importing an indecent object, two counts of making indecent images of children and one count of possessing indecent images of children.
An 18-year-old was set upon and badly beaten by a gang as he walked through Joey the Swan park in Wistaston, police say.
Detectives from Crewe Local Policing Unit are appealing for information after the serious assault.
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