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Nantwich Museum reschedules Museums@Home 2020 festival

Nantwich Museum has re-scheduled its Museums@Home 2020 online festival organised by Cheshire’s Heritage Learning Network.

It will now take place 11am to 3pm on Sunday August 23.

August 7, 2020
M&Co store in Nantwich saved in company restructure

M&Co store in Nantwich saved in company restructure

M&Co’s store in Nantwich is one of more than 200 to be saved following a financial restructure aimed at preserving more than 2,200 jobs.

The company, which has had a presence in the town for over 25 years, appointed administrators in April as the coronavirus outbreak forced the closure of most UK retailers for almost four months.

August 6, 2020
Club in Nantwich Town league resigns as victim of pandemic

Club in Nantwich Town league resigns as victim of pandemic

One of Nantwich Town’s Northern Premier League rivals has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Droylsden FC have today resigned from the NPL and will also take no part in Cup Competitions this season.

August 6, 2020
READER’S LETTER: Don’t halt progress for Cheshire East young people

READER’S LETTER: Don’t halt progress for Cheshire East young people

Dear Editor,
In the recently published public pre audited statement of accounts for Cheshire East there were reasons to be optimistic for the future of our children and young people.

August 6, 2020
Leighton Hospital staff meet Health Secretary over prescribing laws

Leighton Hospital staff meet Health Secretary over prescribing laws

Staff from Leighton Hospital held a virtual meeting with Health Secretary Matt Hancock to lobby for changes to prescribing laws which would allow Operating Department Practitioners to prescribe.

August 6, 2020
Free cycling training for children launched by Cheshire East

Free cycling training for children launched by Cheshire East

Cheshire East Council is offering free training to children looking to increase their confidence cycling on roads.

The sessions – which will run for two weeks at Cumberland Arena in Crewe and Macclesfield Leisure Centre on Priory Lane – start on Monday August 17.

August 5, 2020
Nantwich to get “fastest broadband speeds in Europe” says Openreach

Nantwich to get “fastest broadband speeds in Europe” says Openreach

Openreach has outlined plans to make ultra-reliable and gigabit-capable full fibre broadband available to homes and businesses in Nantwich and other Cheshire towns.

August 5, 2020
Tarporley racer Oliphant makes podium start in BTCC opener

Tarporley racer Oliphant makes podium start in BTCC opener

Tarporley driver Tom Oliphant made a great start to his 2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship campaign at Donington Park taking a third podium finish of his blossoming BTCC career.

August 5, 2020
READER’S LETTER: 8-month gap since full CEC meeting is “outrage”

READER’S LETTER: 8-month gap since full CEC meeting is “outrage”

Dear Editor,
The full Cheshire East Council last met on the 20th of February. It has not met since.

And it is not going to meet until the 21st of October – a huge gap of EIGHT MONTHS or two thirds of the year.

August 5, 2020
READER’S LETTER: More effective lobbying needed by CEC leaders

READER’S LETTER: More effective lobbying needed by CEC leaders

Dear Editor,
Last month in this column I highlighted the need for good financial evidence if Cheshire East Council is to be successful in lobbying Government for more money to meet the costs of Covid-19.

August 5, 2020
Charity tractor run in Nantwich raises money for Motor Neurone Disease charity

Charity tractor run in Nantwich raises money for Motor Neurone Disease charity

The 2nd annual fund-raising ‘Charity tractor run’ took place from Stapeley, writes Jonathan White

The owners of 80 vintage and classic road-legal tractors arrived with their vehicles at Maylands Farm on Broad Lane, Stapeley, Nantwich for a 10am start on Sunday.

August 5, 2020
Nantwich COVID-19 survivor raises funds for Leighton Hospital life savers

Nantwich COVID-19 survivor raises funds for Leighton Hospital life savers

An 80-year-old coronavirus survivor from Nantwich is raising money for the hospital that ‘saved her life’ – by completing a track race in her wheelchair.

August 4, 2020
Boy, 17, charged with attempted murder in Nantwich incident

Boy, 17, charged with attempted murder in Nantwich incident

17-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a man was found with serious injuries in Nantwich.

The teenager, of no fixed address, who was arrested on Friday (July 31), is also charged with possession of a meat cleaver.

August 4, 2020