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Sustainable Nantwich urges Food Festival goers to ditch plastic

Sustainable Nantwich urges Food Festival goers to ditch plastic

Award-winning campaign group Sustainable Nantwich is calling on Food Festival goers to say no to plastic this weekend.

Tens of thousands of people are set to descend on the town over the next three days for the popular annual event.

August 31, 2023
Police hunt biker gang after attack on teenager at Nantwich Lake

Police hunt biker gang after attack on teenager at Nantwich Lake

An 18-year-old man was left in hospital after being attacked by a gang as he sat by Nantwich lake with his girlfriend.

Police are hunting the gang of six people who were wearing balaclavas and gloves and sped away from Shrewbridge Road location on scrambler bikes.

August 31, 2023
Nantwich distribution firm Boughey launches first electric vehicle

Nantwich distribution firm Boughey launches first electric vehicle

Nantwich firm Boughey Distribution has unveiled its first electric vehicle, the Volvo FE Electric.

It is now fully-operational in the company’s Palletline fleet.

August 31, 2023
CEC decision due on Crewe estate without planning permission

CEC decision due on Crewe estate without planning permission

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is expected to make a decision next month on a 263-home estate in Crewe which is being lived in but doesn’t have planning permission.

The recently built Coppenhall Place, on the site of the former Crewe Works off West Street, was granted planning permission in 2018.

August 30, 2023
Shavington Leisure Centre backs member’s 400-mile challenge

Shavington Leisure Centre backs member’s 400-mile challenge

A Shavington Leisure Centre member is taking on a gruelling 400-mile walking fundraiser for charity.

Martin Cresswell, 58, is to walk the “Grand Traverse des Alps (GR5)” from Lake Genève to Nice.

August 30, 2023
Flower Arranging session at Nantwich community garden

Flower Arranging session at Nantwich community garden

A one-off free Flower Arranging workshop is being held at Nantwich Growing Health Community Garden tomorrow (August 31).

The session starts at 5.30pm at the garden on Brookfield Park allotments.

August 30, 2023
New female support group HerSpace launches in Nantwich

New female support group HerSpace launches in Nantwich

A Nantwich woman has launched a new support group for females in the town, called HerSpace.

The network, which already has groups in Sandbach, Congleton and Macclesfield, aims to give women a space to socialise and focus on mental wellbeing.

August 30, 2023
South Cheshire Chamber Business Awards 2023 get underway

South Cheshire Chamber Business Awards 2023 get underway

South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce has unveiled a new-look awards scheme which this year invites the public to nominate the area’s leading business ambassador online.

The Chamber Business Awards 2023 are now open for entries ahead of an Oscars-style ceremony at Reaseheath College on November 24.

August 30, 2023
FEATURE: Common colon diseases: Symptoms and how to identify them

FEATURE: Common colon diseases: Symptoms and how to identify them

Your body is like a well-oiled machine, and your digestive system, especially the colon, plays a starring role in keeping everything running smoothly.

But what happens when your colon faces some hiccups?

August 29, 2023
Nantwich Town Ladies continue pre-season with win on new pitch

Nantwich Town Ladies continue pre-season with win on new pitch

By Jonathan White
Nantwich Town Ladies’ run of pre-season victories continued with another dominant display in beating Altrincham Women 8-1.

It was the debut match for the Dabbers women on the new Swansway Stadium 3G artificial pitch.

August 29, 2023
Nantwich Food Festival set to provide bumper weekend

Nantwich Food Festival set to provide bumper weekend

Nantwich Food Festival returns to the town centre this coming weekend with a three-day jam-packed schedule set to attract tens of thousands.

Festival Friday starts at 11am with a quiet hour for those who want or need to browse the stalls in both marquees without the crowds.

August 29, 2023
Review due into 547 pieces of land costing Cheshire East taxpayers

Review due into 547 pieces of land costing Cheshire East taxpayers

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is still looking into how much privately-owned green land it has been maintaining at the council tax payers’ expense – but says a report is due next month.

The council’s environment and communities committee was told in October last year the authority had been maintaining 547 parcels of land not registered as being owned by the council.

August 29, 2023
REVIEW: Crewe Lyceum Youth Summer Project

REVIEW: Crewe Lyceum Youth Summer Project

By Claire Faulkner
The Crewe Lyceum Summer Youth Project delighted audiences on Sunday with this year’s production of Oliver Jr!.

The cast were all aged between 8 and 18 and had just one week working with a professional director, choreographer and musical director to put together the final show.

August 28, 2023