A traditional two-day country fair in a village near Nantwich takes place this weekend. Marbury Merry Days takes place every May in the field next to St Michael’s Parish Church and Marbury Big Mere.
A Nantwich farm outlet is staging a Big Taste weekend to celebrate the first anniversary of its new extension and coffee shop. Cheerbrook, on Newcastle Road, will celebrate the best food in Cheshire during the event on May 25 and 26.
Nantwich Library will welcome international author Anne O’Brien at a special event next month. Anne will be meeting fans and readers of her historical novels at the library on Tuesday June 12, from 2pm.
Exclusive Hospice chiefs in Cheshire have warned they face future cutbacks if they can’t reverse a dramatic drop in donations. St Luke’s Hospice, which treats patients from Nantwich, Crewe, Audlem, and Alsager, could see a £200,000 shortfall this year.
Nantwich-based community radio The Cat is launching a writing competition to celebrate the forthcoming Olympics. The Olympic torch will be paraded through South Cheshire on May 31, and The Cat wants people to put pen to paper in a new competition.
A team of 14 search and rescue volunteers from Cheshire are flying out to Greece on Friday to join the hunt for missing marathon runner John Lawton. Cheshire Search and Rescue (SAR) revealed that donations have flooded in which will help fund the trip.
Nantwich hospital patients will have access to improved emergency care at Leighton Hospital after the trust was awarded the status of Major Trauma Receiving Unit. University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS) has been designated as the area’s local Major Trauma Centre, and will be supported by Leighton Hospital as a Major Trauma Unit.
The Hull Truck production of DNA comes to Crewe Lyceum later this month, starring Eastenders actor James Alexandrou. The compelling thriller by award-winning writer Dennis Kelly, has been directed and designed by Anthony Banks, of the National Theatre.
College students in Nantwich have been busy raising funds for good caundatioses. Teams of students at Reaseheath College have been involved in a series of events as part of their RAG (Raising and Giving) Week.
Nantwich Museum have announced two poetry competitions, one for adults and one for the children of Nantwich schools. The competitions are being run as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Nantwich CC 1st team kick-started their 2012 campaign with a victory at home to newly promoted Marple at Whitehouse Lane. The hosts, without skipper Andrew Newton, smashed 251-4 and then skittled out their visitors for just 152 to claim 25 points.
Fire crews had to cut a man free from the wreckage of his car after a road smash in Nantiwich. The crash happened on Main Road in Worleston, and involved just one vehicle.
By Ashley Houghton Nantwich Town will host Port Vale in a pre-season friendly at the Weaver Stadium on Friday August 3. Vale boss Micky Adams will bring his first team squad to take on the Dabbers ahead of the 2012-13 season.
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