By Jonathan White
Nantwich ultra-runner Paul Dean has completed a gruelling 24-hour challenge to raise more than £3,500 for Cancer Research UK.
Paul, a father and teaching assistant from Nantwich, started his epic run on Friday at 6pm and completed a 4.5-mile loop circuit, around the streets of Willaston and Wistaston, every hour up to 5pm the following day.
Three mums are gearing up for a 24-hour treadmill running challenge in Nantwich this weekend to raise money for children with cancer.
Diane Mason, Emma George and Izzy Cundy will be striding out on the treadmill at the Running Bear shop in Nantwich town centre this Friday and Saturday.
Tory councillors on Cheshire East Council have said they are “formally challenging” the authority’s plan to charge £56 for garden waste collections.
Labour-led CEC says the charge is necessary as the council is facing a £20 million funding gap and that other authorities already charge for the collections.
A Nantwich member of the Seahorse Swimming Club for people with disabilities has completed a fundraising challenge- despite disruption caused by Covid.
Ethan Carroll, 18, was encouraged at the start of 2020 to take on a challenge of swimming 20 lengths of the pool on 20 occasions at the Lifestyle Centre in Crewe.
Nantwich Library is joining libraries across Cheshire East to stage the 2021 Summer Reading Challenge.
The challenge is organised by The Reading Agency in partnership with local libraries across the UK.
A month-long virtual cycling challenge for all ages and abilities, Pedal For Pounds, is coming to South Cheshire in June in a bid to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust is urging residents to spark their appetite for nature with The Big Wild Breakfast as part of the 30 Days Wild challenge in June.
The Trust is inviting people to join a new outdoor celebration to kickstart the UK’s most popular nature extravaganza – 30 Days Wild.
A Nantwich woman is tackling an epic charity challenge by walking the equivalent of Land’s End to John o’Groats – a total of 874 miles.
Karen Delay, aged 62, is raising money in aid of the Nantwich Royal British Legion.
A legal challenge to a decision to end the Northern Premier League season early, which meant Nantwich Town missing out on possible promotion, has failed.
The challenge was put together by South Shields FC, who were top of the NPL by 12 points when the FA ratified a decision to null and void the 2019-20 season below the National League (step 3 to 7).
By Jonathan White
Wistaston resident Diane Debens set up a ‘Covid Colour Challenge’ at her house during the pandemic lockdown.
For seven days in May, she put together a collection of different coloured materials and objects on each day of the week by going on a themed treasure hunt around her home.
A regular user of the Wingate Centre in Wrenbury is to launch a cycle challenge to help raise funds for the venue.
Matthew Roberts, from Nantwich, is taking part in 20 bike rides in 2020 to raise money for the WIngate Special Children’s Trust.
By Jonathan White
The One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge annual fund-raiser for BBC Children in Need travelled through Nantwich and Crewe during an eight-day challenge to cycle 400 miles from Holyhead to London.
A Nantwich man has completed the 300-mile Cancer Research Challenge to celebrate his 50th birthday!
Neil Tinsley, a volunteer for Nantwich Christie Hospital Support Group, saddled up and rode 300 miles throughout September.
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