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Nantwich Museum bids to buy Bronze Age “Wrenbury Hoard”

Nantwich Museum bids to buy Bronze Age “Wrenbury Hoard”

Nantwich Museum is bidding to buy a late Bronze Age collection of items known as “Wrenbury Hoard”.

The collection of seven objects are believed to around 3,000 years old and was discovered in the Wrenbury area of Nantwich.

February 14, 2021
St Luke’s Hospice unveils new Covid-safe visiting facilities for families

St Luke’s Hospice unveils new Covid-safe visiting facilities for families

Patients at St Luke’s Hospice and their families are using new Covid-safe visiting facilities funded by donations.

Since the start of the pandemic patients receiving end of life care have been able to have visits at their bedside from loved ones, with strict safety procedures in place.

February 14, 2021
Rural Nantwich communities feel “cut off” by Cheshire East Council after floods

Rural Nantwich communities feel “cut off” by Cheshire East Council after floods

Angry parish councillors near Nantwich are clubbing together to call on highways chiefs to stop leaving rural areas “cut off” by flooded roads.

Villagers in the Wrenbury, Newhall, Sound and Marbury areas say council bosses have left them stranded by failing to empty gullies and clear the floods.

February 14, 2021
Nantwich Jazz Festival officially cancelled in 2021

Nantwich Jazz Festival officially cancelled in 2021

Organisers have officially announced the cancellation of the 2021 Nantwich Jazz Festival.

The event, planned for April 1-5, was not likely to be held because of the current lockdown and ongoing pandemic.

February 12, 2021
Work starts on Leighton Hospital’s new £15m Emergency Department

Work starts on Leighton Hospital’s new £15m Emergency Department

Work is now underway on a new multi-million pound project to expand Leighton Hospital’s Emergency Department.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which manages the hospital, received government funding last year to reconfigure and expand emergency care services.

February 12, 2021
Cheerbrook Farm Shop still open despite A51 road closure for repairs

Cheerbrook Farm Shop still open despite A51 road closure for repairs

Bosses at Cheerbrook Farm Shop in Nantwich say they are still open this weekend – despite the main A51 Newcastle Road being closed by highways for major repair work.

The business was preparing for a busy Valentine’s weekend when they told about the closure by a customer.

February 12, 2021
South Cheshire residents urged to air views on latest HS2 consultation

South Cheshire residents urged to air views on latest HS2 consultation

Crewe and Nantwich residents are being urged to have their say in the latest consultation for phase 2a of the HS2 scheme.

Phase 2a will connect the controversial high speed rail line to Crewe from Birmingham and Crewe.

February 11, 2021
Bells of St Mary’s Church Wistaston mark 100-year anniversary

Bells of St Mary’s Church Wistaston mark 100-year anniversary

By Frank Morton
The heaviest six bells in the St Mary’s Church tower in Wistaston will celebrate their centenary this year.

A dedication service took place for the bells back on February 19, 1921.

February 11, 2021
Pothole-ridden main road in Nantwich “prioritised” for repairs, says Council

Pothole-ridden main road in Nantwich “prioritised” for repairs, says Council

Highways chiefs say they will repair a badly damaged road on one of the busiest routes into Nantwich in the next 24-48 hours.

The A51 Newcastle Road, close to Cheerbrook farm shop, was badly damaged more than two weeks in floods caused by Storm Christopher.

February 11, 2021
Further rise in fines for Covid lockdown breaches in South Cheshire

Further rise in fines for Covid lockdown breaches in South Cheshire

Residents are being urged to stick to the pandemic lockdown rules after another surge in the number fines being issued.

Officers have now dished out 685 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) since early January – including 126 in the Crewe and Nantwich divisional area.

February 10, 2021
CEC to send out more food and energy vouchers at half-term

CEC to send out more food and energy vouchers at half-term

Cheshire East Council bosses say they will distribute more food and energy vouchers to vulnerable children and families ahead of the February half term.

More than 11,000 vouchers have been distributed so far, funded from Cheshire East’s share of the government’s £170 million Covid Winter Grant Scheme launched in December last year.

February 10, 2021
Cheshire children face “greater risk” from drug gangs in pandemic, say police

Cheshire children face “greater risk” from drug gangs in pandemic, say police

Children in South Cheshire could be at greater risk of exploitation by county lines drug gangs during the coronavirus pandemic, say police.

Officers in Cheshire are working alongside partners to raise awareness of child criminal exploitation – and how to spot the signs.

February 10, 2021
Dr Kieran Mullan

READER’S LETTER: Trade Bill vote by local MP “disgraceful”

Dear Editor,
Parliament has just voted to tie its own hands on future trade deals.

In a vote on the Trade Bill, MPs voted to drop an amendment that would have guaranteed them a vote on trade deals.

February 10, 2021