TV vet Steve Leonard is the celebrity lined up to switch on the Christmas Lights in Nantwich this year. Leonard (pictured), who lives in Cheshire, is famous for hosting BBC shows including ”Orangutan Diaries” and “Vets in Practice”.
Councillors have warned residents to make their views known about plans for 170 new homes in their Nantwich village. Richborough Estates have applied to build the houses on land off Moorfields, in Willaston.
By Jonathan White Hundreds of villagers gathered for the annual duck and model boat race in Wistaston, near Nantwich. Families crowded on the banks of the Joey the Swan brook for the 18th “Annual Community Duck Race and Children’s Model Boat Race”.
A busy Nantwich road has been closed after a two-car accident. The A530 between Nantwich and Leighton Hospital is closed in both directions in Willaston.
Two Crewe & Nantwich students who received the first educational bursary awards introduced by a local councillor, have graduated. Katrina Morrell and Christine Johnson were among six young people to receive the awards.
Campaigners fighting to stop developers building on village land, took their battle to the streets of Nantwich. Members of Hands off Wistaston (HOW) held a street stall in the town square to highlight their fight to save Crewe and Nantwich “Green Gaps”.
Youngsters from a village near Nantwich were given special prizes for their excellent writing skills. Ella Banks was 1st prize winner in the Laurie Twiss Awards for Journalism for 2013 in Wistaston.
A team of Nantwich fundraisers are setting out to paddle 127 miles down the River Severn for local charities. The group of 12 friends and family, called The Paddlers, hope their four-day adventure will raise £10,000 for five different causes.
By Jonathan White Two members of Wistaston Jubilee Tennis Club helped to organise a 12-hour fund-raising “Tennis-athon”. Ben Reinhardt and Tony Mason played the event while other players joined them during the day.
A Nantwich school scooped glory in the annual Town Sports contest on the town’s Barony Park. Pear Tree Primary, in Stapeley, were crowned overall winners after two intense days of competition involving 29 schools across Crewe and Nantwich.
Schools across Nantwich and surrounding villages will be hit by the national teachers strike this week. Several primary schools in the town are having to close some year group classes on Thursday (June 27), while others remain open.
A teenager from Wistaston near Nantwich has scooped a silver medal at the European Triathlon Championships in Turkey. James Briscoe, 19, came runner up in the men’s under 20s class, with a time of two hours, 10 minutes and 30 seconds.
By Jonathan White Villagers were out in force to enjoy the annual Wistaston Village Fete near Nantwich. The event, organised by Wistaston Community Council and took place in the grounds of St Mary’s Church Rectory, in Church Lane.
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