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HS2 Crewe railway station development consultation ends

HS2 Crewe railway station development consultation ends

Cheshire East Council has completed its public consultation on the type of development that could be seen around Crewe railway station following the arrival of HS2.

The public has submitted opinions on the development over the past six weeks.

March 30, 2019
What’s On: April events at Nantwich Library on Beam Street

What’s On: April events at Nantwich Library on Beam Street

April is a busy month for staff at Nantwich Library.

Check out all the events taking place throughout the month.

March 30, 2019
Fashion and Fizz night raises £2,000 for Mid Cheshire Hospitals charity

Fashion and Fizz night raises £2,000 for Mid Cheshire Hospitals charity

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity staff raised £2,000 from a‘Fashion and Fizz’ evening in Nantwich.

The event, at Nantwich Town’s Weaver Stadium, saw 70 guests enjoy a full fashion show while sampling sparkling wines to raise funds for the charity’s “Everybody Knows Somebody’” dementia appeal.

March 30, 2019
Review: SparkPlug, by Box of Tricks at Crewe Lyceum

Review: SparkPlug, by Box of Tricks at Crewe Lyceum

By Claire Faulkner
A new play inspired by autobiographical events is the latest production to be shown in the Studio space at Crewe Lyceum.

Presented by Box of Tricks, SparkPlug is a beautiful and unique piece of theatre which tells the story of David, a young boy growing up during the 1980s in Manchester.

March 30, 2019
Nantwich teenage rider earns another Great Britain call up in Pony Nations Cup

Nantwich teenage rider earns another Great Britain call up in Pony Nations Cup

Nantwich teenage horse rider Madison Heath continues to take the showjumping world by storm with another Great Britain call up.

The 14-year-old has been selected to represent GB in the Pony Nations Cup in Opglabbeek, Belgium.

March 29, 2019
Eat Cake Week comes to Nantwich in aid of Hope House Hospice

Eat Cake Week comes to Nantwich in aid of Hope House Hospice

Cake lovers across Cheshire will be decorating, baking and icing next month as part of the Hope House and Ty Gobaith Eat Cake Week from April 8-15.

Cafes, restaurants, schools, clubs, businesses and individuals are taking part including Nantwich Library who are holding a coffee and cake morning in the run up to Eat Cake week on Thursday April 4.

March 29, 2019
Romazzino opens new restaurant on High Street in Nantwich

Romazzino opens new restaurant on High Street in Nantwich

Romazzino has officially opened its new High Street restaurant in Nantwich.

Bosses have moved the eaterie from its Love Lane premises to a large outlet, which used to be the Cooperative Pharmacy.

March 29, 2019
Nantwich Town secure triple signing to boost promotion run in

Nantwich Town secure triple signing to boost promotion run in

By Ryan Batty
Nantwich Town have announced the triple signing of Joe Davis, Wealth da Silva and Nathan Brown.

Davis, the centre-back son of legendary former Nantwich and Crewe Alex manager Steve, came through the academy at Port Vale, where he spent 12 years, making 27 first-team appearances.

March 29, 2019
Brexit won’t impact heavily on Cheshire East social care staffing, claim bosses

Brexit won’t impact heavily on Cheshire East social care staffing, claim bosses

By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Brexit is not set to severely harm Cheshire East’s social care workforce, health chiefs have claimed.

Alex Mitchell, chief finance officer at NHS Eastern Cheshire clinical commissioning group (CCG), gave governors an update about how the area’s health system is preparing for Britain’s departure from the European Union.

March 28, 2019
Police to step up Nantwich Cemetery patrols amid more grave thefts

Police to step up Nantwich Cemetery patrols amid more grave thefts

Police have vowed to step up patrols around Nantwich Cemetery as more thefts have emerged of treasured items from gravesides.

The mum of tragic Elle Morris has told her two lanterns were stolen from Elle’s grave at the Whitehouse Lane site.

March 28, 2019
Nantwich Show to become two-day event from 2020

Nantwich Show to become two-day event from 2020

The annual Nantwich Show is to become a two-day event for the first time in its history, from the year 2020.

And next year’s event will also move to different days of the week, being held on Friday and Saturday July 17 and 18.

March 27, 2019
Stonemason reunited with matchbox left in Beeston Castle wall in 1964!

Stonemason reunited with matchbox left in Beeston Castle wall in 1964!

A retired stonemason who left a matchbox buried in a wall at Beeston Castle has been reunited with it – more than 50 years later!

Martin Goulding, now 78, left the box and a note inside buried in a supporting wall of a toilet block he helped to erect in the ancient castle grounds back in 1964.

March 27, 2019
Cheshire car maker Bentley create memory box for dementia sufferers

Cheshire car maker Bentley create memory box for dementia sufferers

Leading luxury car manufacturer Bentley have created a bespoke memory box for people living with dementia in Cheshire.

Specialists from the Crewe factory lined the box with leather and gold embroidery with their world-renowned precision.

March 27, 2019