Owners of firearms in Cheshire have surrendered a total of 35 weapons along with ammunition.
The weapons included viable and imitation firearms including shotguns, rifles, pistols, BB guns and air rifles.
By Jonathan White
A beacon was lit on Nantwich town square last night (June 2) as part of Nantwich’s celebrations to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
The Nantwich beacon was one of more than 2,022 beacons that were lit throughout the United Kingdom and overseas to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Nantwich bell-ringers will be in action today (June 3) as they perform a special three-hour Platinum Jubilee Peal at St Mary’s Church.
Starting at 10am, they will perform a peal of “Cambridge Surprise Major” in recognition of the Queen’s 70 years.
Crewe Lyceum Theatre has appointed Rhys Hopkin as its new theatre director.
Rhys joins from Cheltenham Trust where he was deputy head of commercial and programmed and managed live events at its venues and museum.
Singers across Cheshire combined their voices at a Nantwich concert to raise a sum “far beyond expectations” for the people of Ukraine.
Nantwich Choral Society raised £6,000 for the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal with a “Come and Sing” event at St Mary’s Church Nantwich.
Cheshire Police teams targeted child sex offenders and vulnerable children as part of a three-day operation in the county.
Operation Guardians saw officers arresting offenders and educating youngsters on signs of exploitation and staying safe online.
There are a lot of real-life stories about how songs have helped people in troublesome situations.
There are many stories about how music motivates people too.
Nantwich pupils have been putting their creative brains to the test to come up with designs for a new primary school in the town.
Youngsters across the local cluster of schools came together to give their views, share ideas and create designs for a new 210-pupil primary school on the Kingsbourne development.
Staff, pupils and parents are celebrating Wybunbury Delves Primary School’s 200th birthday – and need your help!
In 1822, the Delves Charity School for boys was built and consisted of one room.
A fire near homes on the new Kingsbourne estate in Nantwich is being treated as suspicious.
It’s thought vandals torched a pile of rubbish on Henhull Close, including wooden pallets and a sofa.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is considering paying people hundreds of pounds to quit smoking.
It could launch a pilot scheme which would see the general population offered up to £200 to quit and pregnant women offered £400.
One of the largest earth tremors to his the region in 20 years was felt by thousands across Cheshire and Shropshire today.
The earthquake hit the Wem area of Shropshire just after 3.30pm and was initially given as a magnitude 4.2
By Jonathan White
Nantwich shopkeepers and local schoolchildren have produced a colourful range of regal window displays and frontages to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
The displays all have a red, white and blue theme and include Union Jack flags, The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom flags, and Platinum Jubilee flags.
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