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Cheshire NHS urges people with long term cough to seek advice

Cheshire NHS urges people with long term cough to seek advice

The NHS in Cheshire is urging people to contact their doctor if they have had a cough for more than three weeks.

The plea was made by hospital respiratory teams, GPs and NHS Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

July 18, 2020
Nantwich Food Festival to stage lockdown awards

Nantwich Food Festival to stage lockdown awards

Nantwich Food Festival will stage its popular annual awards this year with a lockdown twist.

For many years, local foodies have voted in their thousands in the Nantwich Food Awards to choose their favourite food and drink establishments, producers and retailers.

July 18, 2020
READER’S LETTER: CEC Leader should “step out of the past”

READER’S LETTER: CEC Leader should “step out of the past”

Dear Editor,
Has anyone else noticed that every time Cllr Sam Corcoran, Leader of Cheshire East Council, is criticised for his lack of leadership, or his infringements of freedom of speech, or his erosion of democracy, he immediately harps back to “appalling behaviour of Conservatives”?

July 18, 2020
READER’S LETTER: What’s wrong with my pound?

READER’S LETTER: What’s wrong with my pound?

Dear Editor,
I was contacted by one of my residents last week about the on-going problems with car park payments and the complexity of use and lack of working machines in the area.

I responded and advised my resident to email the complaint to Cllr Laura Crane (Highways Portfolio Holder).

July 18, 2020
REVIEW: Nantwich Players and The Regina Monologues

REVIEW: Nantwich Players and The Regina Monologues

By Claire Faulkner
I’ve missed the theatre during lockdown, and like other theatre fans I’ve taken the opportunity to watch a number of plays recorded by national companies which have been available online.

July 18, 2020
Nantwich woman’s plea for stolen motorbike to be returned

Nantwich woman’s plea for stolen motorbike to be returned

A Nantwich woman has made a heartfelt plea for thieves to return her motorbike stolen from outside her home.

Tandie Stahl, a former Brine Leas student, says the bike is her “lifeline” to work and the theft has left her heartbroken.

July 17, 2020
Police probe attempted car robbery in Spurstow, near Nantwich

Police probe attempted car robbery in Spurstow, near Nantwich

Detectives are investigating an attempted robbery of a car on the A49 at Spurstow, near Nantwich.

The incident involved a Silver BMW which overtook and stopped in front of a Mercedes near to Badcock’s Lane.

July 16, 2020
Nantwich Players present first “live stream” production

Nantwich Players present first “live stream” production

By Claire Faulkner
Theatre lovers who have missed out on live shows in lockdown can tune in to Nantwich Players for a first “live stream” production.

The group will present one of the first live-stream productions post Covid-19 from an amateur theatre organisation in the UK this Friday, July 17.

July 16, 2020
Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station could reopen by 2022

Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station could reopen by 2022

Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station could be reopened as early as December 2022, it emerged today.

It is one of 50 proposals submitted from around the UK to the Government’s “Restoring Your Railway Fund”.

July 16, 2020
“Sad day” for Stapeley campaigners who fought Muller Property development

“Sad day” for Stapeley campaigners who fought Muller Property development

Campaigners who fought to stop the controversial Muller development in Stapeley have called it a “sad day”.

Muller has been granted planning permission by the Secretary of State for the first phase of it’s 1,000-home “Nantwich South” scheme on land between Peter de Stapleigh Way, Audlem Road and the A51 London Road.

July 15, 2020
Government GRANTS Muller Property appeal for “Nantwich South” development

Government GRANTS Muller Property appeal for “Nantwich South” development

Muller Property has been GRANTED permission to build the first phase of a potential 1,100-home “Nantwich South” development on land off Peter de Stapleigh Way, it was announced today.

In a 133-page decision notice, the Secretary of State said he agreed with a planning inspector’s report following a second public inquiry held over four days back in February 2018.

July 15, 2020
Pregnant woman and man attacked in South Cheshire street

Pregnant woman and man attacked in South Cheshire street

A heavily pregnant woman was punched in the stomach and head in a night-time attack in a South Cheshire town.

The woman and a man she was with were assaulted outside a takeaway on Crewe Road in Alsager at around 10.30pm on Sunday (July 12).

July 15, 2020
Wistaston mum raises thousands in aid of 11-year-old battling cancer

Wistaston mum raises thousands in aid of 11-year-old battling cancer

A mum from Wistaston has raised more than £6,000 for Cancer Research UK in honour of an 11-year-old boy who is battling cancer for the second time.

Joanna Edge, 43, rallied over 100 friends and family to collectively walk a million steps a day throughout June to raise the life-saving funds, as revealed by Nantwich News in May.

July 15, 2020