A local car dealer has been helping “inflate” the coffers of Nantwich community groups.
Gateway Peugeot Crewe has staged a “guess the amount of balloons in a car” competition at several events.
Campaigners in Wistaston hit out at a developer’s second application to build 300 homes on village land known as “Witters Field”.
They spoke out after Gladman Developments Ltd submitted the second application for the land off Church Lane.
A hot air balloon which flew over Nantwich and Wistaston seemed to be forced to abort its landing, according to eye witnesses.
These pictures, taken by reader Jonathan White, show the balloon passing near Wistaston Church Lane Primary School.
A Wistaston couple are to open their garden to the public to help raise money for diabetes sufferers.
Sheena and Ken Sambrook are inviting the public to their garden party at 6 Westfield Drive, Wistaston, on Wednesday July 9, from 7pm.
By Jonathan White The Wistaston Singers had been displaying their talents at events around South Cheshire. Among their latest performances was a fundraising concert at St Peter’s Church Hall in Elworth.
A community “Dog Watch” scheme has been launched in Wistaston near Nantwich to encourage owners to be more responsible. And the scheme, launched by Councillors Margaret Simon and Jacquie Weatherill, has been backed by Hillside Veterinary Centre in Nantwich.
By Jonathan White A Cheshire band which played at the D-Day commemorations in France, will be performing in Nantwich later this year. The Corps of Drums of The Cheshire Constabulary Band played in front of tens of thousands of spectators and millions who watched the D-Day commemorations on TV.
By Jonathan White Hundreds enjoyed the warm weather to turn out for Wistaston Village Fete in the grounds of St Mary’s Church Rectory. It began with a procession from Wistaston Memorial Hall led by Scottish Piper John Beattie.
Hundreds of families are expected at this weekend’s Wistaston Village Fete, which takes place on Saturday June 21. The fete will begin with a procession which will leave Wistaston Memorial Hall at 1.30pm.
A controversial planning decision which could open the gates for housing developers in Nantwich, is to be challenged in the courts. Cheshire East Council has announced it is to fight a decision by a planning inspector which ruled in April the authority does not have a 5-year supply of housing land.
Scouts from Nantwich and Wistaston triumphed in a two-day county event tackling route planning, incident bases, cooking and camping. The Cheshire Hike event sees Scouts set off from different starting points in the county before meeting up at a combined finish a day later.
A developer taking its plans for 170 homes in Willaston, near Nantwich, to appeal has submitted a second scaled down application for 146 properties. Richborough Estates wants to build on land off Moorfields on Wistaston Road, Willaston, despite a large number of objections from local residents.
Police want to trace witnesses to an accident which left a pensioner seriously injured in Wistaston, near Nantwich. The accident happened on the A534 Crewe Road, where a blue Land Rover Discovery travelling from Nantwich area hit a pedestrian near to the junction with Laidon Avenue.
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