Large sections of Cheshire canals including the Shropshire Union near Nantwich have been awarded Green Flag status by Keep Britain Tidy.
The awards, now in their third decade, are given to outdoor spaces that boast best environmental standards, are beautifully maintained and have excellent visitor facilities.
By Hannah Youds
Barbridge residents have helped put their quiet village on the world map with a popular new calendar.
The project has been spear-headed by local photographer John Doherty, who hopes the calendar will spread the beauty of the village to those living outside the area.
A boat was destroyed in a blaze at a marina near Nantwich.
The fire broke out at the Barbridge Marina of Nantwich Road, Wardle, last night (June 23) at arond 10.30pm.
The RSPCA is warning people to be wary of wildlife when on a boat after a cygnet was killed by a propeller on a Nantwich canal
The injured and distressed cygnet was found by a member of the public with its skin ripped away, on the canal near to Barbridge Marina, Nantwich
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Canal enthusiasts near Nantwich have celebrated a milestone in helping maintain South Cheshire’s waterways.
Members of the Shropshire Union Middlewich Branch Adopters (SUMBA) celebrated their 100th volunteer canal work party at Aqueduct Marina, Church Minshull.
A Nantwich shopkeeper played Cupid for a couple when a customer popped the question to his girlfriend.
Marc Walsh contacted Charisma Interiors and Gifts owner Dipti Patell-Carvell when his original plan was deflated by a cancelled balloon ride.
Fire crews tackled a blaze at a popular Nantwich pub which was being demolished by developers.
The Jolly Tar, in Barbridge, was undergoing demolition after closing down months ago.
A team of volunteers have clubbed together to adopt a section of canal near Nantwich.
Members of Shropshire Union Middlewich Branch Adopters (SUMBA) have adopted a five and a half mile stretch of the canal from Barbridge in Nantwich to Church Minshull.
Fire chiefs are probing a blaze which ripped through the roof of a house in Barbridge, Nantwich. Two crews from Nantwich were called to the fire on Old Chester Road, Barbridge, where they found the blaze in the roof space of a detached house.
A Nantwich brewery is to stage its second annual festival to raise money for a local care home. Woodlands Brewery, based off London Road, will be staging the festival over two nights this weekend.
Two men charged with the suspected murder of a money lenderย from Nantwich have appeared inย court. Mark Done, 47, from Nantwich, and Paul Billington, 39, from Rossett, near Wrexham, are charged with the murder of John Iveson.
Two men, including one from Nantwich, are to be charged with the murder of John Iveson, Cheshire Police revealed. Mr Iveson (pictured) disappeared from his home town Nantwich in January 2007, aged 36, and has never been seen since.
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