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Ultimate Live Music Quiz Night to raise funds for Nantwich Town

Ultimate Live Music Quiz Night to raise funds for Nantwich Town

Nantwich firms Atherton & Associates Wealth Management Ltd and Amplo Group are hosting a quiz night like no other.

Quiz masters will be a four-piece band and the live music quiz is to raise funds to boost Nantwich Town’s community facilities.

November 12, 2022
Balloon artist in Nantwich hangs up pump for career change

Balloon artist in Nantwich hangs up pump for career change

Nantwich balloon artist Michelle Shipman decorated her new employers as one last final job for her business.

Michelle, from Wybunbury, has called time on her balloon business and returned to work in the hospitality trade in a marketing role at White Lion in Hankelow.

November 12, 2022
FEATURE: Top tips for cutting your heating bills this winter

FEATURE: Top tips for cutting your heating bills this winter

Many of us will be anxious about the coming winter.

With nearly a quarter of UK adults planning to keep their heating off for the entire winter, the cost of living crisis and the enormous hike in energy prices is on everyone’s mind.

November 11, 2022
REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear, Crewe Lyceum

REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear, Crewe Lyceum

The game was afoot at The Lyceum on Thursday night for the opening of Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear, writes Claire Faulkner.

Adapted and directed by Nick Lane, this production has everything you’d expect from a classic Conan Doyle story – coded letters, an old mansion and of course a mystery to solve.

November 11, 2022
Cheshire East seeks clarity on SATS tests clash with Coronation

Cheshire East seeks clarity on SATS tests clash with Coronation

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is waiting for government guidance on primary school SATS because the bank holiday for the King’s coronation clashes with the first day of the national tests.

The Key Stage 2 tests, taken by 11-year-olds at schools across the country, are scheduled to take place from Monday May 8 to Thursday May 11 next year.

November 11, 2022
New Cheshire scheme uses custody suites to tackle domestic abuse

New Cheshire scheme uses custody suites to tackle domestic abuse

A new perpetrator programme has been launched in Cheshire Police custody suites to target those committing domestic abuse offences to change their behaviour and prevent reoffending.

Cheshire Police is one of the first forces in the country to offer the perpetrator custody programme in each of its three custody suites in Middlewich, Chester and Runcorn.

November 11, 2022
Nantwich firm Everything Genetic granted Tumor Seek rights

Nantwich firm Everything Genetic granted Tumor Seek rights

Nantwich genetic testing firm Everything Genetic Ltd has been granted the sole UK distribution rights for Caris Life Sciences (Caris) MI Tumor Seek service.

US firm Caris is a molecular science and technology company which develops and delivers solutions to revolutionize healthcare.

November 11, 2022
Frank Tew’s son Paul and sister Yvonne Pownell with members of Nantwich RBL at completion of tree planting in 2022

Royal British Legion “Garden of Commemoration” in Nantwich

By Jonathan White
Members of Nantwich & District Branch of the Royal British Legion have planted five trees in a new Commemorative Garden at Volunteer Fields in Nantwich.

The idea of a commemorative garden was originally suggested by branch member Peter Epton and was supported by the other members.

November 10, 2022
Cheshire East Council blames Christmas for Beam Street re-surfacing delays

Cheshire East Council blames Christmas for Beam Street re-surfacing delays

Re-surfacing works to Beam Street in Nantwich have been delayed until 2023 because council chiefs say “it is the sensible option to postpone” before Christmas.

A section of Beam Street between Waterlode and Manor Road was shut for 18 weeks between June and October for a footway improvement scheme.

November 10, 2022
Christmas bin collection dates for Crewe and Nantwich residents

Christmas bin collection dates for Crewe and Nantwich residents

Cheshire East Council has announced its bin collection dates over the 2022 Christmas period.

Ansa, Cheshire East Council’s wholly-owned environmental services company, will be placing information stickers on black bins of households whose normal collections fall on the bank holidays.

November 10, 2022
Duke of Gloucester visit concludes Reaseheath College’s centenary year

Duke of Gloucester visit concludes Reaseheath College’s centenary year

His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester has officially opened two sustainability projects in ceremonies marking the end of Reaseheath College’s centenary year.

The Duke, cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, opened a Heritage Trail and Centenary Bridge and a state-of-the-art Vertical Farm at the Nantwich college and university centre.

November 10, 2022
Broad Lane Coffee Club secures National Lottery funding for three years

Broad Lane Coffee Club secures National Lottery funding for three years

A Nantwich coffee club has secured funding from the National Lottery to keep running for another three years.

Broad Lane Coffee Club, in partnership with Audlem and District Community Action(ADCA), Overwater Wheelyboat Services and The Wingate Centre, is celebrating the awarding of a National Lottery Community Fund grant.

November 10, 2022
FEATURE: Winter safety tips for outdoor workers

FEATURE: Winter safety tips for outdoor workers

For those working outdoors during winter, there are several safety challenges worth considering.

The weather is colder, rainfall (and hail and snow) is more common, and the daylight hours are fewer.

November 9, 2022