Big-hearted volunteers and fundraisers celebrated after being named winners in the Crewe and Nantwich Community Awards 2014. The awards, organised by Nantwich-based The Cat Community Radio Station, were held at Richmond Village.
Cheshire East Council chiefs defended a decision to stage a Nantwich housing public inquiry 30 miles away in Macclesfield. The Muller Homes plan to build 1,100 homes as part of a “Nantwich South” village in Stapeley have caused uproar.
Council chiefs are being urged to move an inquiry into a Nantwich housing plan, which is set to be held 30 miles away in Macclesfield. Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson has stepped in to request the inquiry into the Muller Homes application be held in the Nantwich area.
More than 80 people enjoyed the launch of “Nantwich Family Films@4” – a community cinema project in Nantwich. There was a party atmosphere at Nantwich Methodist Church as children let off party poppers as Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson formally opened the project.
Nantwich schools could benefit from a slice of an £8.1 million Government grant to create more school places in Cheshire East. The handout is part of a national £2.35 billion injection into school places between 2014 and 2017.
Church volunteers in Nantwich have clubbed together to launch the town’s first community cinema! Nantwich Methodist Church in Hospital Street is behind the “Nantwich Family Films@4” project.
Six thousand households in Crewe and Nantwich are eligible for assistance from energy supplier with heating their homes. Latest findings from Home Heat Helpline shows 13 per cent of homes in Crewe and Nantwich are entitled to relief from energy companies this year.
Two former presenters on a community station in Nantwich are now making bigger waves in the radio industry. James Peake and Emily Tate (pictured) began their radio careers at The Cat internet radio station, based off Beam Heath Way.
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.
Crewe and Nantwich community station RedShift Radio has submitted a formal bid to Ofcom for a full time FM licence. If granted, it will see the station broadcasting on the airwaves to thousands of listeners across South Cheshire.
Planning Minister Nick Boles has vowed to meet Nantwich and Crewe campaign groups fighting the loss of “Green Gap” areas. Mr Boles’ pledge comes after concerns of hundreds of residents were raised by local MP Edward Timpson.
A young cadet from Nantwich has enjoyed a Royal visit to remember after completing his Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. William Patterson, formerly of the 100th Air Training Corps (Nantwich), was invited to meet HRH the Earl of Wessex at St James Palace.
A mural to celebrate the extension of a miniature railway line in Nantwich has been unveiled by MP Edward Timpson. The line from the Methodist Church on Hospital Street has been lengthened to link up to Morrisons supermarket car park.
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