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Highfields Community Primary to stage summer fayre

Highfields Community Primary to stage summer fayre

Highfields Community Primary in Nantwich is to stage its summer fayre this Saturday July 11.

The event at the Cumberland Avenue school will run from 1pm to 3pm, and aims to raise funds for the school.

July 9, 2015
Barbara Dickson to star at Nantwich Words & Music Festival

Barbara Dickson to star at Nantwich Words & Music Festival

By Kirsty Rollings
The line-up for the 8th Words and Music Festival in Nantwich has been unveiled – and includes star singer and actress Barbara Dickson.

She Scottish-born singer will be one of the big draws to the six-day festival in October.

July 8, 2015
Willaston and Wistaston call for HGVs to be moved off A534

Willaston and Wistaston call for HGVs to be moved off A534

Councillors are calling for HGVs to be taken off the busy A534 Crewe/Nantwich Road through Willaston and Wistaston.

Margaret Simon, Jacquie Weatherill and Sarah Pochin want to see lorries removed from road after its speed limit was reduction from 40mph to 30mph.

July 8, 2015
Applications open for new technical college in South Cheshire

Applications open for new technical college in South Cheshire

More than 300 students have registered a bid to study at the first University Technical College in Cheshire.

Applications are now being taken for places at Crewe Engineering & Design UTC.

July 8, 2015
Nantwich South artist impression, unveiled back in 2012

Blow for Stapeley campaign as Government reverses Muller Property ruling

New Local Government Communities Secretary Greg Clark has reversed a decision to dismiss Muller Property Group’s appeal over refusal for its “Nantwich South” development.

In March, Eric Pickles overruled a planning inspector and dismissed Muller’s appeal against Cheshire East Council, which had refused permission for 189 homes and an access road.

July 7, 2015
Nantwich families demand action on land abandoned for 13 years

Nantwich families demand action on land abandoned for 13 years

Residents in Nantwich are calling on housing firms and council chiefs to sort out an overgrown plot of land left unmaintained for 13 years.

People on Saltmeadows Street, off Marsh Lane, say a large strip of land opposite their homes has been left without maintenance since 2002.

July 7, 2015
Interview: Miss Cheshire Natasha Hemmings bids for national title

Interview: Miss Cheshire Natasha Hemmings bids for national title

Miss England, a competition synonymous with bikini catwalks and hopes of world peace, will crown its winner on August 14 – and Miss Cheshire Natasha Hemmings is in the running.

She took time out to talk to our reporter Sara Royle.

July 7, 2015
Nantwich residents face hike in council pest control costs

Nantwich residents face hike in council pest control costs

Cheshire East’s pest control service could soon charge Nantwich residents four times as much for dealing with rats and mice.

The current in-house service, which tackles pests including rats, mice, wasps, ants and fleas, makes a loss.

July 7, 2015
Dabbers’ Den competition offers top prize worth £10,000

Dabbers’ Den competition offers top prize worth £10,000

Entrepreneurs in Nantwich will be entering the Dabbers’ Den again as the business competition returns for a fourth year.

And this time it is bigger than ever, with the best new business or business idea in line to win a top prize worth a whopping £10,000.

July 7, 2015
Princess of Punk Toyah Willcox to perform in Nantwich

Princess of Punk Toyah Willcox to perform in Nantwich

The original Princess of Punk Toyah Willcox will be performing in Nantwich with her Close Up and Personal Tour.

Toyah will be in town for one night only this Friday July 10, from 8pm.

July 7, 2015
Nantwich pupils make anti-bullying films for cinema project

Nantwich pupils make anti-bullying films for cinema project

Wyche Primary School and Nantwich Family Films @ 4 have teamed up in a bid to tackle the issue of bullying.

Bethan Crisfield, a volunteer from local cinema project Nantwich Family Films @ 4, has been working with year 5 pupils to produce short anti-bullying films.

July 6, 2015
Wetherspoons keen on Nantwich as Co-op pharmacy to close

Wetherspoons keen on Nantwich as Co-op pharmacy to close

Pub chain Wetherspoons is looking to open a new pub in Nantwich, it confirmed today.

But bosses denied rumours they are considering the Co-op pharmacy store on High Street as a site.

July 6, 2015
150 cycle their way to £5,000 for Foundation Rides charity

150 cycle their way to £5,000 for Foundation Rides charity

More than 150 people saddled up to raise money to improve the lives of local youngsters in South Cheshire.

The third annual ‘Foundation Rides’ event saw people tackling routes from the 20km Team Challenge up to 100 miles of the Tough Stuff with a crossing of the Horseshoe Pass near Llangollen.

July 6, 2015