Children paid a visit to elderly residents at Richmond Village Nantwich as part of a project to bring the generations together.
Youngsters have been dropping in one residents at the retirement village off London Road to join in a range of activities.
Youngsters at Shavington Primary School were treated to a “mystery reader” in full costume.
Nantwich Mayor Cllr David Marren turned up in full Mayoral regalia and gold chain to read the Year 1 pupils “The Emperor’s New Clothes”.
Nantwich Civic Hall will be home to the new festive show for pre-school children, Santa’s Sparkly Surprise.
The show has been written and produced by the team behind the popular Santa’s Dizzy Day, Santa’s Rusty Robot, Santa’s Polka Dot Pirate and Santa’s Mixed-up Martian.
The number of people in Cheshire seeking help to stop looking at sexual images of children online has more than doubled in just six months, latest figures have shown.
In the six months between July 2017 and January 2018, 163 people in the county contacted Stop it Now!, the child sexual abuse prevention project run by child protection charity The Lucy Faithfull Foundation.
A Remembrance Service will be taking place at Leighton Hospital to celebrate the lives of local children and babies who have died.
The annual service, organised by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, will be held at 3pm on Saturday November 10 at St Peter’s Church, Minshull Vernon.
Two children including a one-year-old boy were flown to hospital after being badly injured in an accident involving a car in Crewe.
The youngsters, an 11-year-old girl and the one-year-old boy, were walking along West Street in Crewe when the collision happened.
Residents in Nantwich have raised concerns over a charity’s plan to open a home for “challenging children” next to Malbank School.
Safe Places for Children (UK) wants to turn a residential property on Lambert Crescent in Nantwich to a “residential institution” to care for youngsters who have a “known history of challenging and complex behaviours”.
A new special free school for South Cheshire children with social, emotional and mental health needs is to open in Crewe.
East Cheshire Youth Achievement Free School Trust, which runs Fermain Academy in Macclesfield, has been approved to open a 40-place special free school for children aged 4-16.
By Stephen Topping
Dozens of staff with “the utmost commitment” to Cheshire East’s youngsters are at risk of losing their jobs following a £1.2 million budget cut.
The future of around 140 employees is under pressure after Cheshire East Council announced it is set to redesign its children’s centres and prevention service at a scrutiny committee meeting on Monday.
South Cheshire children have benefited from gifts galore donated by family-owned car dealerships Swansway Jaguar, Crewe Audi, Crewe SEAT and Crewe Volkswagen.
The dealerships, owned and operated by Swansway Motor Group, have been on Santa Patrol donating children’s Christmas presents.
A Wistaston man who attempted to import a child-like sex doll into Cheshire has been jailed in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in the UK.
Andrew Dobson, 49, of Merrivale Road, was jailed after pleading guilty at Chester Crown Court to one count of importing an indecent object, two counts of making indecent images of children and one count of possessing indecent images of children.
A national-self defence initiative for children has been launched across South Cheshire, reaching over 200 children.
The MANTIS (Manage Any Nasty Trouble in Society) programme prepares children to defend themselves in difficult situations to keep them safe from violence.
A new pilot scheme to help children in need in South Cheshire has been launched by MP Edward Timpson and Cheshire East Council.
Project Crewe brought partners and stakeholders together to discuss a new approach to supporting children in need.
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