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Popular actor and author Ben Miller will be the star turn at next month’s Nantwich Christmas Lights switch-on!
Ben will be returning to the town he grew up in to hit the switch and light up Nantwich on Friday November 21.
Homecare company Right at Home South Cheshire are celebrating after winning two awards at the Partners In Care, Excellence in Care Awards 2025.
The Right at Home South Cheshire team based on Welsh Row in Nantwich won the ‘Care Provider of the Year’ Award, alongside Tina Mahoney who won ‘Office Employee of the Year’ Award.
The call for a 7.5 tonne weight limit on the A530 Baddington Bridge near Nantwich was raised with Cheshire East Council three years ago, a National Highways report shows.
But that weight limit was only imposed two weeks ago, and Cheshire East Council has not carried out any strengthening works in the meantime.
The Studio Nantwich on Castle Street is turning up the volume again with another Day Clubbing event on Saturday November 8th.
And the latest event for over-30s will feature “Tall Paul”, the renowned English DJ, producer and remixer who helped shape the UK’s house music scene in the 1990s.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has acknowledged there are problems with the ‘reliability’ of its ‘upgraded’ planning system and says it is working with the supplier to make further improvements.
The council was contacted by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) following reports 87 residents had complained in one day to a campaign group that they had been unable to lodge objections against a 325-home development proposed for Sandbach.
By Jonathan White
A spectacular ‘Cheshire Cheese Rally’ featuring veteran cars (pre-1919) brought motoring history to life in the village of Wybunbury.
A total of 28 vehicles took part, with participants gathering at The Swan Inn and Wybunbury Tower before setting off on a 40-mile scenic tour through the Cheshire countryside.
Fire crews across Cheshire teamed up to tackle a serious house blaze in Tarporley earlier today (October 12).
The blaze broke out at around 12.15am at a house on Townsfield Drive, Tarporley.
A car has crashed into a row of retail units near the Co-op store in Stapeley, Nantwich, earlier today.
Emergency crews were called out to the scene around midday today (October 11th) and found a small grey car had hit a wall between two of the stores.
Nantwich Singers is to stage a workshop on November 1st called “Sing ‘Wellerman’ and Sing Well.
It will be the group’s first event with new musical director Susan Marrs, who has just taken on this role.
St Martha and Toast Haus were the big winners at the Nantwich Food Awards at the Civic Hall tonight (October 10th).
Both popular eateries scooped two awards each at a packed ceremony as the annual awards again honoured our town’s great food outlets in style.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A new application has been submitted for part of the former B&M store in Nantwich to be converted into 20 apartments.
A previous application from Apavi Group Holdings was refused by Cheshire East planners in the summer, but this latest one says issues relating to bin and cycle storage have been revised.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich Bookshop & Coffee Lounge will be raising a glass to Germany’s most famous festival when it hosts a special ‘Oktoberfest Supper Club’.
The event at the High Street venue will take place on Wednesday 22nd October.
Nantwich Museum is inviting applications with the theme of ‘Heritage’ for its 2026 Open Art Exhibition.
Selected entries will form the exhibition which is due to run from Tuesday 31 March 2026 to Saturday 20 June 2026.
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