The Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival is expanding with a family carnival theme on Easter Monday after securing more backers. Now its 16th year, the festival attracts thousands of music-lovers to the town from across the UK.
Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre is a step closer to launching an education programme for schools and groups in and around Nantwich. The centre has secured funding to breath new life into its education room and garden which have been dormant for almost ten years.
Two members of Leighton Hospital’s Stoma Support Group donated £660 to boost care available for bowel cancer patients. Tom and Margaret Butler, who attend the group’s meetings each month at the hospital’s Macmillan Cancer Support and Information Centre, have now raised more than £7,000 for the trust.
Ex Nantwich Town striker Lee Steele has been fined £200 by the FA for a Twitter comment about gay rugby player Gareth Thomas. Steele, 38, who signed for the Dabbers in January, was sacked by previous club Oxford City after the comment made about Thomas’ appearance on Celebrity Big Brother.
Members of South Cheshire Harriers running club have helped to raise more than £2,000 for Age UK Cheshire. They presented a cheque for £2,300 to the charity at an awards dinner at Crewe Golf Club.
Staff at Aqueduct Marina near Nantwich welcomed 150 guests to help celebrate the site’s third anniversary. Moorers, customers, friends and suppliers enjoyed food and drink at the 147-berth boatyard and marina in Church Minshull.
A Nantwich couple celebrated Valentine’s Day in their diamond anniversary year with a little help from their local supermarket. James and Kathleen Wootton, from Baddiley, were invited in to Sainsbury’s on Middlewich Road for a special Valentine’s lunch.
Nantwich MP Edward Timpson has called on Parliament to promote local produce by championing the cause of Cheshire cheese. Mr Timpson called on Leader of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon Sir George Young MP, to hold a debate on produce.
Reaseheath College floristry student Rowena Burns became a model for the day in a fairytale fashion shoot. Rowena, 17, was doing her work placement at Ian Lloyd’s The Flower Shop in Wilmslow when she was asked to model the latest floral bridal designs for an advertising campaign.
Nantwich Town earned a credible goalless draw away at promotion contenders Marine. The Dabbers returned to action after a two-week weather lay-off with a tough road trip to Merseyside in the Evo-Stik Premier League.
Drivers in Nantwich look set to lose a free parking facility as work is due to start on regenerating the former gasworks site on St Anne’s Lane. Cheshire East Council wants to carry out work on the land off Welsh Row, currently used by hundreds of people each day as a car park.
Nantwich people involved in alcohol-related crime have been discovering the impact their behaviour has on the community in a pilot project to reduce offending. The ARC course is offered to anyone reported to police for alcohol related anti-social behaviour, and aims to educate them in the dangers.
A Willaston group is among dozens of organisations to receive funding in the latest round of Cheshire East Council community grants. Willaston Community Opportunities Group (COG) has welcomed a £300 grant which will help fund two more local walk leaflets.
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