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Alextra accountants boost Leighton Hospital MRI appeal with skydive

Alextra accountants boost Leighton Hospital MRI appeal with skydive

Daring South Cheshire accountants were counting down when they plunged 10,000ft out of a plane – in aid of the MRI scanner appeal.

Eight employees from Alextra Accountants conquered the skies when the team completed skydives at Tilstock Airfield in Whitchurch.

May 24, 2016
Nantwich pensioner, 78, relives terror of bus shelter smash

Nantwich pensioner, 78, relives terror of bus shelter smash

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A Nantwich pensioner has described the moment she thought she was going to die when a bus crashed into the glass shelter she was sitting in.

Terrified Lilian Shard, 78, was waiting at Nantwich bus station to go home to Faddiley when a double decker ploughed into the shelter.

May 17, 2016
Passengers injured after bus smashes shelter at Nantwich bus station

Passengers injured after bus smashes shelter at Nantwich bus station

Two elderly bus passengers had a lucky escape when a bus hit and destroyed a glass shelter they were in at Nantwich bus station.

The incident happened when a double decker bus was pulling in to the station on Beam Street.

May 13, 2016
Nantwich ‘supermum’ reaches final of UK’s biggest blog awards

Nantwich ‘supermum’ reaches final of UK’s biggest blog awards

A Nantwich mum who started a blog after her son was born premature at 29 weeks, has reached the finals of the UK’s biggest blog awards.

Josie Selby, who writes the blog ‘The Whimsical Adventures of a not so Supermum’, is one of just six finalists in the Mum and DaD Blog Awards Best Baby category.

April 27, 2016
Cancer support group to stage PSA blood testing in Nantwich

Cancer support group to stage PSA blood testing in Nantwich

Leighton Hospital Prostate Cancer Support Group is to offer Nantwich men free PSA blood tests.

The group will carry out the tests at Nantwich Civic Hall on Saturday April 9.

March 31, 2016
Police appeal after pedestrian dies in Crewe motorbike collision

Police appeal after pedestrian dies in Crewe motorbike collision

Police want witnesses to a road accident in Crewe in which a 47-year-old pedestrian died.

The accident happened close to Queens Park, and involved a motorbike which was travelling towards the A530 Nantwich to Middlewich road.

March 14, 2016
Accountants take on skydive in aid of MRI Scanner Appeal

Accountants take on skydive in aid of MRI Scanner Appeal

Staff at South Cheshire firm Alextra Accountants have set their sights high – to raise money for Leighton Hospital’s MRI Scanner Appeal

Eight members of the team will perform a skydive from 10,000ft on April 23 in aid of the appeal.

March 2, 2016
South Cheshire firms team up for MRI Scanner Appeal event

South Cheshire firms team up for MRI Scanner Appeal event

Local businesses have teamed up to host a night of fundraising in support of Mid Cheshire Hospitals MRI Scanner Appeal.

Your Move Andrew Nicholson has teamed up with Tesco Extra to organise the Maykadifference Event, which will help raise funds toward the £1 million target.

February 22, 2016
Leighton Hospital MRI scanner appeal reaches £850,000 milestone

Leighton Hospital MRI scanner appeal reaches £850,000 milestone

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity has reached the £850,000 milestone as it bids to raise £1 million for a new MRI scanner.

Generous individuals, companies, groups and societies have helped to raise funds for the charity through fundraising events and donations.

February 7, 2016
Leighton Hospital chairman made Deputy Lieutenant if Cheshire

Leighton Hospital chairman made Deputy Lieutenant if Cheshire

Leighton Hospital’s trust chairman Dennis Dunn has been appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire.

Mr Dunn has been chairman at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2014.

January 31, 2016
Leighton Hospital staff poster campaign raises MRI scanner funds

Leighton Hospital staff poster campaign raises MRI scanner funds

Leighton Hospital staff raised £200 for the MRI Scanner Appeal – thanks to special Christmas posters!

Employees posted Christmas wishes to their colleagues instead of cards, all in aid of the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity MRI Scanner Appeal.

January 18, 2016
More than 150 patients hit by doctors strike at Leighton Hospital

More than 150 patients hit by doctors strike at Leighton Hospital

More than 150 patient operations and appointments had to be cancelled at Leighton Hospital as a result of the junior doctors strike, it has emerged.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said the industrial action forced them to re-schedule 18 non-urgent operations.

January 13, 2016
Hospital bosses in South Cheshire praise Christmas donations

Hospital bosses in South Cheshire praise Christmas donations

Nantwich Town and Crewe Alex stars took time out to from busy football schedules to deliver donations to a local hospital.

Players and staff from both clubs turned up at Leighton Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Unit with toys, games and gifts for young patients.

December 29, 2015