Tickets are selling fast for next week’s Nantwich Words and Music Festival which features a string of big names. Venues across the town are staging live performances by musicians and wordsmiths throughout the festival, October 7 to 13.
A woman has appealed for help to trace her half-sister from Nantwich that she has never met in 70 years. Diane Goodenough is keen to find out if her dad (pictured) Wilfred Ratcliffe’s daughter from a first marriage is still alive in South Cheshire.
Reaseheath College has been given the thumbs up by Ofsted inspectors over how it cares for younger students on campus. An Ofsted report into the Nantwich college gave it the highest accolade for support, development and care of 16-18 year old residential students.
A country house hotel in Nantwich has won the coveted Four Red Stars Award. The Rookery Hall Hotel & Spa picked up the accolade at the glittering AA Hospitality Awards 2013 in London.
Crewe & Nantwich piled up a club record 106-8 victory in the Midland Intermediate Cup against Bakewell Mannerians. And the team dedicated the win to their team-mate Kieran Flynn, recoving from a horrific injury in hospital.
This was the haul of rubbish found dumped under a hedge by stunned Nantwich Litter Group volunteers. Fly-tippers left a pile of garbage including wood, carpet, pans and other items under the hedge where litter pickers uncovered it.
By Jonathan White Tennis players in Wistaston celebrated this season’s achievements at a presentation afternoon. Wistaston A topped the bill with the Men’s Division 3 (Summer League) shield in Slazenger South and Mid Cheshire Tennis League.
A housebuilder helped raise cash for St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice – and gave the local bee population a boost. David Wilson Homes, currently building the Stapeley Gardens 150-home development in Nantwich, offered a free prize draw to Nantwich Food Festival visitors.
Volunteers are needed to help collect for the annual Poppy Appeal in Nantwich. This year, The Royal British Legion is calling on people to offer two hours of their time to help make 2013 appeal the biggest ever.
By James Briscoe Nantwich Town boss Danny Johnson watched his side hit six passed Droylsden – then labelled the performance “disappointing”. Six different scorers netted for the Dabbers who cruised passed the bottom club, but Johnson feels they could have been more clinical.
RPSCA chiefs are hoping to erect warning signs around Nantwich Lake after a popular young cygnet was attacked and killed by a dog. The cygnet and its parents have been a regular attraction around the lake and riverside over the summer.
A man was injured after a car and lorry collided on the A51 near Nantwich. The accident happened on Nantwich Road in Wardle, and left the man trapped in his vehicle.
The second Very Best in Stand Up show of the new season will be held at Nantwich Civic Hall next week. And promoters have lined up another stellar group of comedians, with three making their debuts in South Cheshire.
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