By Jonathan White
A Wistaston woman is taking part in the “Bakewell Pink Ribbon Walk” in aid of breast cancer charities.
Anne Garner, a Learning Mentor at Cheshire College – South & West (Crewe Campus), is participating in the charity event in the Peak District on Saturday June 12, if government guidelines allow.
By Jonathan White
Wistaston residents fear polluting waste from a storm drain at Wistaston Brook is killing wildlife and causing “vile” odours in the area.
The storm drain has been flooding the brook which runs along the popular Joey the Swan recreation ground, where families go for exercise and walking dogs.
By Jonathan White
Wistaston Scouts have launched their latest Remembrance Day display appeal – and need more plastic bottle ends!
For the past two years, the Wistaston Scout Group has displayed its impressive 24ft long Remembrance Day poppy cascade in the village.
By Jonathan White
Kind-hearted Wistaston resident Nadiah Mckeown is supporting vulnerable members of the community during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
Nadiah set up a Facebook group as an isolation help group in March last year prior to the first national lockdown.
By Jonathan White
Residents in Wistaston are leaving their Christmas decorations up for January as they try to brighten up winter lockdown months.
Several local residents have left up their Christmas lights this year as a symbol of hope and to spread positivity.
By Jonathan White
A community-spirited Wistaston man staged a Christmas carol concert in his street.
Robert Richardson, of Lear Drive, publicised the concert online and by posting information and carol lyric sheets through the doors of his neighbours.
Mean-spirited thieves swiped a village Christmas tree and its lights.
The thefts happened in Wistaston where the tree, its retaining post and its lights in the flowerbed were removed and stolen from outside the Memorial Hall off Church Lane.
A Christmas wish has come true for a remarkable Wistaston boy whose brave fight against cancer prompted a massive fundraising drive for his treatment.
Eleven-year-old Georgy Capener was diagnosed with the highly malignant Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, following a fall in a friend’s garden on Easter Sunday in 2018.
A fund to support a Wistaston boy suffering from a rare form of bone cancer has been given a £2,000 boost thanks to a novice Nantwich runner!
Ed Potts began training for the London Marathon earlier this year and when the event was cancelled due to Covid he ran around South Cheshire instead to raise money for Georgy Capener.
Brine Leas student Cathy Jain has released her new single ‘Green Screen’.
The talented 16-year-old from Wistaston wrote the single from her bedroom, and the alt-pop song explores an imagined reality and desire to feel something.
Crewe Rotary will bring some festive cheer when they tour Wistaston, Crewe and Haslington with their traditional Santa Float.
The Float, cleaned and sporting extra music and lights, will see a few changes to meet with the Government Guidelines on Covid.
By Jonathan White
Remembrance Sunday Services were held “virtually” yesterday to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.
More “virtual” Remembrance Sunday services are being held across Crewe and Nantwich as real services have had to be cancelled because of Covid lockdown.
Nantwich Town Council announced earlier this week they would be streaming the service live from St Mary’s Church in Nantwich.
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