More than 800 arrests were made by Cheshire Police during the force’s Blue Christmas campaign, figures show.
Of the 830 people arrested, 54 spent Christmas Day in custody and another 154 people started 2016 looking at the back of a custody cell door.
Nantwich cystic fibrosis sufferer Elle Morris has achieved the latest of her 10 wishes – by becoming the face of a national campaign.
The nine-year-old, of Wrenbury Road, Aston, penned 10 wishes when her family discovered a life-saving double lung transplant carried serious risks.
The Cancer Research shop in Nantwich is to stage a musical fundraiser as part of the “Stand Up To Cancer” campaign.
Staff and volunteers at the store, on High Street, will stage the event at Wrenbury Village Hall, in Wrenbury on Friday October 16.
More than 170 people across the UK have now volunteered as a Village SOS Mentor, with a training day set to take place at Reaseheath College, in Nantwich on September 16.
Mentors provide free advice as part of a campaign which aims to keep rural community projects alive and thriving.
A Nantwich student’s campaign for more life-saving defibrillators at his school has been given a huge £2,000 boost.
Harrison Lunt’s bid to buy two extra defibs for Brine Leas School on Audlem Road has won a
Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation donation.
More than £120 was raised for Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity by its “Send us your Elfie” campaign.
The cash will go towards the charity’s MRI Scanner Appeal at Leighton Hospital.
A campaign to help fund the movie version of fantasy series The Minister of Chance, set in Cheshire, is underway.
The campaign will run on Kickstarter until October 31 to finance the movie by offering rewards to business donors in return for funding.
The Oxfam shop in Nantwich is urging residents to drop off unwanted musical instruments as part of a new UK-wide initiative.
Oxfam is involved in the “Don’t Stop The Music” campaign which aims to provide schoolchildren with instruments which may have been lying unused in people’s homes.
Eight arrests for suspected drink driving were made in Nantwich during a summer crackdown.
Only Crewe (14), Congleton (10) and Knutsford (10) saw more in East Cheshire during a campaign which has seen more arrests made compared to 2013.
The Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL) charity shop in Nantwich has launched a new appeal. Its “Open your hearts & wardrobes” campaign asks residents to donate unwanted clothes, shoes and accessories to support The Salvation Army’s work in communities.
South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce and Nantwich Town Council have joined forces in support of Small Business Saturday. The campaign is aimed at encouraging people to keep using their small local businesses and traders in Nantwich.
Salvation Army Trading Company’s charity shop in Nantwich launches its Christmas campaign this week. And staff at the Beam Street store are appealing to shoppers that “all we want for Christmas is…your donations!”
Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson has backed the St Luke’s Hospice 25th anniversary campaign to raise vital funds. The Cheshire hospice has launched a “Regular Giving Campaign” to encourage more donors to come forward.
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