TV personality Fred Talbot saw a lamb being born for the first time when he visited Reaseheath College in Nantwich. The popular Granada Reports presenter and weather forecaster watched 18-year-old Colin Potts, a Level 2 Diploma in Agriculture student, deliver the lamb.
Residents and guests at Richmond Village Nantwich marked World Book Day by welcoming two local authors to their celebrations. Anne Wragg, author of “Peggy Wood – Fighting the Law”, was a guest with local historian Andrew Lamberton, author of several Nantwich history books.
A collection of ships’ logs illustrated with drawings and watercolour sketches, sold for £6,190 at a Nantwich auction. The most valuable compiled by Herbert Edward Leadam sold for £3,000 against and estimate of £400 at the Peter Wilson auction on Market Street.
Leighton Hospital bosses have managed a two-year period free from MRSA bacteraemia (bloodstream infections) cases. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) reached the landmark in February 2012.
The wife of missing Wistaston man Peter Dykes is to fly out to Spain to be reunited with her husband. Teresa said she has finally managed to track Peter down to a hotel in Madrid and has spoken to him, but revealed he is “very poorly”.
Cheshire East Council looks set to write off £1.6 million of local taxpayers’ money by pulling out of a waste disposal scheme. The authority has spent the money on the PFI project which aimed to dispose of 180,000 tonnes of household waste each year.
Age UK Cheshire has received a donation of £1,094 from Nantwich Health Centre for a series of fundraising coffee mornings. Residents and local businesses donated funds and items for the raffle at the events, which included a raffle and a Christmas cards and gifts sale.
Concerned Nantwich residents questioned housing developers about plans for the former Stapeley Water Gardens site. David Wilson Homes gave a presentation about their 146-home proposal for half of the site off London Road at a Stapeley Parish Council meeting.
Insolvency specialists are hoping to put cash in the coffers of St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice with a corporate quiz night. Barringtons Corporate Recovery (BCR) will welcome teams of professionals to Residence Restaurant and Bar in Nantwich on April 23 – St George’s Day – for a night of brain-teasing fun, good food and networking.
RSPCA staff in Nantwich have been hard at worked nursing this injured red squirrel back to health. The protected mammal was taken to the Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre in London Road after being hit by a car.
A Wistaston man who vanished in Spain after watching Stoke City in the Europa League has been found in a hotel, his wife revealed. Police today contacted Teresa Dykes to say husband Peter had been traced to a hotel in Madrid.
Two men charged with the suspected murder of a money lender from Nantwich have appeared in court. Mark Done, 47, from Nantwich, and Paul Billington, 39, from Rossett, near Wrexham, are charged with the murder of John Iveson.
More than 11,000 people have cast votes on whether Crewe should have its own town council similar to Nantwich. Cheshire East Council is urging residents not to lose their chance to vote on a vital ballot which closes today (Wednesday February 29) at 5pm.
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