Detectives investigating the death of a man in Audlem have charged a 23-year-old man with manslaughter.
Samuel Thorpe, of Annions Lane in Wybunbury, is due to appear before Crewe Magistrates’ Court on Thursday December 20.
Santa’s preparing his Float and gearing up for his annual tour of Crewe and Nantwich!
As always, thousands of families will get a chance to visit him during the tour between December 3 and 18.
By Stephen Topping
An attempt to build 112 homes to fund the renovation of the Doddington country estate near Nantwich has been rejected following fierce opposition from neighbours.
Lady Rona Delves Broughton, who owns the Doddington Estate, wanted to build 112 homes across 12 smaller plots of land to fill a £9.6 million funding gap for the renovation of her estate – which has planning permission to become a hotel, and is on Historic England’s ‘at risk’ register in parts.
Olympic trampolinist Bryony Page had Wybunbury youngsters leaping for joy when she brought her silver medal in for a visit.
Page, who landed the medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016, spoke to the pupils at Wybunbury Delves primary.
By Jonathan White
Thousands of people gathered to enjoy the annual Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes event in glorious sunshine.
The event started at midday with a peal of bells at Wybunbury Tower.
Pupils and staff at Wybunbury Delves have celebrated the opening of ‘Fort Lewis’ – play equipment built in memory of tragic Lewis Crossley who died of leukaemia.
And the opening on June 4 took place on what would have been Lewis’ 8th birthday.
Thousands are expected to descend on Wybunbury next week at the popular and quirky Wybunbury fig pie wakes event.
It sees villages competing to roll their fig pies the furthest down the village high street.
Staff at Construction Linx are taking on the car rally event Benidorm Or Bust to raise funds in memory of brave young leukaemia victim Lewis Crossley.
Team Lewis Trust was set up after seven-year-old Lewis, a pupil at Wybunbury Delves Primary, died in November.
A Quad Bike has been stolen from a farm on Wrinehill Road in Wybunbury, say police.
The exact time of the theft is not known but it happened before 8am on Monday May 21.
By Jonathan White
Pebble artists in Nantwich and Crewe have been painting bees on rocks to pay tribute on the first anniversary of the Manchester Arena terror attack.
The worker bee is one of the best-known symbols of Manchester and came to symbolise Manchester’s resilience after the atrocity which killed 22 people a year ago.
By Stephen Topping
A Wybunbury councillor says there is “no point” in having the local plan if Cheshire East Council doesn’t do more to scrutinise housing developers.
Cllr Janet Clowes, cabinet member for adult social care and integration, spoke out at a southern planning committee meeting over an application to build 44 houses in Shavington.
By Stephen Topping
Men and women are expected to live up to 15 years longer in rural areas of Cheshire than in the centre of Crewe.
Latest figures released by the Office of National Statistics highlight an alarming inequality in life expectancy across Cheshire East.
Big-hearted pupils at Wybunbury Delves are running a fund-raising project in memory of their friend Lewis Crossley, who died of leukaemia last year.
Youngsters in Year 3 came up with the idea to honour Lewis, who bravely battled the disease before his tragic death.
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