A police chief said he understands Nantwich residents’ concerns around the spate of night-time thefts from vehicles.
Witnesses have told of incidents on Kingsbourne Estate as well as on Kingsley village, the Highfields area, Stapeley estate and around the Blears Avenue area.
By Mark Smith, local democracy reporter
Residents in South Cheshire are being asked whether they would be prepared to pay 6.4% more tax towards the cost of policing.
The county’s Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer says inflation has added more than £14 million to Cheshire Police’s costs, with £6.7 million worth of savings already in the pipeline.
By Adam Bateman
Nantwich Town earned an important point in a Bank Holiday 1-1 draw with Warrington at the Swansway Stadium.
After the horror show 3-0 defeat at Stafford, Nantwich “stopped the rot in the very next game, which was perfect” according to Dabbers manager Ritchie Sutton.
A Nantwich resident who caught the night-time “lurker” breaking in to vehicles, told today how police failed to charge him because “he’d got a good solicitor”.
The householder said she saw him trying car doors in the Blears Avenue area of Nantwich and entering, before rooting around looking for something to take.
Nantwich Town have secured the loan signing of Accrington Stanley midfielder Oli Patrick.
The versatile 19-year-old, who can also play full-back, arrives for an initial one-month loan spell at the Dabbers.
Tarporley-based choir Decibellas has dished out more than £2,000 to local causes it raised from concerts held in 2022 at St Boniface Church in Bunbury.
Most of the proceeds have been awarded to local charities through small grants, it says.
The head of a successful trust which includes two primary schools near Nantwich said he “shed a tear” when he was told he’d been awarded an OBE.
Steve Docking, CEO of North West Academies Trust, was among those recognised in the 2023 New Year Honours List.
Another 12 months have flown by – and it’s been another very busy and often challenging year in and around Nantwich.
We want to wish all our readers and supporters and advertisers a Happy New Year and best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2023.
A dinner lady who has devoted more than 50 years to her Wistaston school and helped raise thousands of pounds, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours.
Shirley Irlam (pictured), 87, is a lunchtime supervisor at Wistaston Academy where she began work way back in 1970.
Well, it’s over for another year – which means thousands of Christmas trees across South Cheshire set to be turfed out!
Fund-raising organisations are offering their services to collect and dispose of trees over the next couple of weeks.
A temporary bus station will be in use in Crewe from Wednesday January 4 as work to complete the first phase of the Cheshire East Council’s Royal Arcade scheme enters the next stage.
The existing bus station will be closed and eight temporary bus stands will operate alongside temporary passenger shelters, cycle stands and facilities for bus drivers.
A Tarporley man has written a book about his adventures touring around Britain on his bike and raising £50,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.
Gareth Lyon has published “Around Britain in 50 days – A Cycling Adventure” which documents his 50-day fundraising journey around the UK in 2022.
The business landscape has shifted considerably in recent years, as growth in digital retail continues to outpace brick-and-mortar retail – standing at a market share of around 30% in the 2022 festive period.
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