By Stephen Topping
Urgent measures to improve support for youngsters in Cheshire East with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) have been drawn up following a damning inspection.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found “serious weaknesses” when they assessed Cheshire East Council and NHS bodies in the borough on their provision for SEND support in March.
Nantwich’s fascinating canal history is now told on new interpretation panels unveiled next to Thomas Telford’s historic aqueduct.
Known as ‘The Gateway to Nantwich’, the aqueduct was recently restored by the Canal & River Trust charity.
A South Cheshire businessman has pledged a £10,000 raffle prize to be won at the Party Gras event in Nantwich in aid of St Luke’s Hospice.
Andrew Pass, managing director of John Pass Jewellers on Nantwich Road in Crewe, has donated the “money can’t buy” prize as a gift to celebrate the company’s 70th birthday.
Volunteers helped Nantwich look bloomin’ marvellous when judges from the annual Britain in Bloom competition visited the town.
Dozens of people helped ensure flowerbeds, planters and hanging baskets were brimming with colour for the visit last week.
Reaseheath College in Nantwich has celebrated the achievements of more than 1,100 FE students at its annual awards ceremony.
Students, from across the UK and abroad, are now preparing for careers in a range of industries after completing their studies in Nantwich.
By Roger Horwood
Woore CC’s relentless march towards promotion took another huge stride as they beat Stafford to retain second position and a 59-point lead over their third-placed rivals Sandyford.
With another maximum 25 points win, the second half of the season is looking extremely promising.
Fire crews from across South Cheshire tackled a large farmland blaze near Audlem today as tinder-dry grass went up in flames.
The fire broke out at around 4.20pm today on land off Lodmore Lane, in Burleydam, near Audlem.
A talk on the powerful book “An Elephant in My Kitchen” will take place at Nantwich Bookshop on July 24.
The book tells the moving story of Françoise Malby-Anthony and her fight to protect a herd of elephants in South Africa.
A Nantwich woman has inherited the £100,000 estate of a children’s book illustrator that had been left unclaimed.
The amazing story of how Judith Hooley discovered the inheritance is to feature on BBC One’s Heir Hunters programme next week (July 17).
A man has been jailed after his light goods vehicle crashed head on with a van on the A500, killing the Willaston driver.
Adam Daniel Staley, 35, was driving towards Crewe on the A500 at Barthomley when he crashed into a van driven by Neil Dey (pictured), 31, who was heading towards Stoke.
Police have vowed to tackle drugs activity in an area of Nantwich after finding a 15-year-old girl in possession of cannabis.
Residents reported seeing teenagers selling and using drugs around the sandbank area in front of the riverside properties near Mill Island.
Nantwich Town councillors could request Barony Park be transferred to them from Cheshire East Council in a bid to resolve ongoing issues with unauthorised traveller encampments.
The idea was mooted at last night’s Nantwich Town Council where members of the public, police and councillors discussed how to prevent traveller groups gaining access to the park.
By Claire Faulkner
The National Dance Company of Ireland visited the Crewe Lyceum with their show Rhythm of The Dance.
A rich celebration of Irish history and culture, this show was every bit as good as I hoped it would be.
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