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Nantwich Town FC to stage Emergency Services Day on July 8

Nantwich Town FC to stage Emergency Services Day on July 8

Cheshire will be holding its first Emergency Services Day at The Weaver Stadium in Nantwich next month.

The event, on Sunday July 8, aims to raise funds for the Donna Louise Trust.

June 28, 2018
Hundreds of families enjoy Bunbury Village Day

Hundreds of families enjoy Bunbury Village Day

Hundreds of villagers turned out to enjoy the annual Bunbury Village day in glorious sunshine.

The event saw the crowning of the new Rose Queen Aimee Doyle, who took over the robes from retiring Queen Gracie McKenzie.

June 27, 2018
STREET restaurant in Tarporley to close, owners announce

STREET restaurant in Tarporley to close, owners announce

STREET restaurant in Tarporley is to close, the owners have announced.

But its popular sister venue STREET Nantwich on Welsh Row is unaffected by the decision and remains open.

June 27, 2018
Fire chiefs issue hoverboards warning after house fire in Crewe

Fire chiefs issue hoverboards warning after house fire in Crewe

Firefighters are warning people across South Cheshire to be vigilant after a popular electronic children’s toy caused a fire.

Crews were called to reports of a kitchen fire in Smith Grove in Crewe and found the fire had been caused by a self-balancing electronic scooter – commonly known as hoverboards.

June 27, 2018
Mental health hospital admissions in youngsters rises in Cheshire East

Mental health hospital admissions in youngsters rises in Cheshire East

By Stephen Topping
Alarming new figures show Cheshire East’s youngsters are being admitted to hospital with mental health conditions almost twice as often as elsewhere in England.

Figures released by Public Health England show a rise in the number of 0 to 17-year-olds admitted to hospital for mental health issues from 2015-16 to 2016-17 across the borough – while admissions also increased in Cheshire West.

June 27, 2018
Sink hole appears on main road in Wistaston

Sink hole appears on main road in Wistaston

By Jonathan White
A large hole has appeared in the middle of Church Lane in Wistaston.

Police and highways engineers were called out at a collapsed section of the road, “probably caused by drainage”.

June 26, 2018
50,000 cigarettes seized in South Cheshire crackdown on illegal tobacco

50,000 cigarettes seized in South Cheshire crackdown on illegal tobacco

Suspected illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth more than £12,000 have been found in raids in South Cheshire.

More than 50,000 cigarettes were uncovered during raids by Cheshire East Council trading standards officers on properties in Crewe and Macclesfield.

June 26, 2018
Nantwich Town players return for pre-season training

Nantwich Town players return for pre-season training

By Jonathan White
The heat is on for Nantwich Town players as they begin pre-season training this week in scorching temperatures.

Dave Cooke’s squad is shaping up nicely ahead of the 2018-19 season, with pre-season training kicking off last Saturday.

June 26, 2018
House hunters offered ‘Home Reach’ scheme at Nantwich development

House hunters offered ‘Home Reach’ scheme at Nantwich development

Cheshire home hunters struggling to get on to the property ladder are being offered a new scheme to buy a house in Nantwich.

Bovis Homes has teamed up with residential property provider heylo to run Home Reach at its Malbank Waters site off Queens Drive.

June 26, 2018
Nantwich man killed after Porsche crashes into canal bridge

Nantwich man killed after Porsche crashes into canal bridge

A Nantwich man has died after his Porsche Boxster careered off the A54 and crashed into a bridge over a canal.

Father-of-four Anthony Hawks, 50, (pictured) was declared dead at the scene by emergency services after the incident on the A54 Bosley Road in Congleton.

June 25, 2018
Family pays tribute to motorcyclist killed on A530 near Alvaston, Nantwich

Family pays tribute to motorcyclist killed on A530 near Alvaston, Nantwich

The family of a motorcyclist killed in an accident on the A530 Middlewich Road near Nantwich has paid tribute to him.

Anthony Rushton (pictured), 58, died after his motorbike collided with a car on the A530 close to the junction with Colleys Lane.

June 25, 2018
Encore Concert raises vital funds for Nantwich Mayor’s charities

Encore Concert raises vital funds for Nantwich Mayor’s charities

A concert which united choirs and bands at St Mary’s Church in Nantwich has helped raise vital funds for the Mayor’s chosen charities.

Groups including Simply Allsorts and Simple Harmony Choirs, together with Singcopation, and a cappella group, reunited for the Encore Concert, with Cheshire Constabulary Brass Band and Drum Corps.

June 25, 2018
Mid Cheshire Hospitals to stage governor elections to fill six posts

Mid Cheshire Hospitals to stage governor elections to fill six posts

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is inviting patients, carers and members of the public to stand as a Governor in its upcoming Council of Governor Elections.

The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, has a Council of Governors made up of 29 individuals over four constituencies.

June 25, 2018