Thousands of drivers have been caught up in traffic gridlock around Nantwich once more as roadworks coincide with major route closures.
Cheshire East highways has allowed BT engineers to set up roadworks on the busy A51 at Reaseheath.
A Nantwich martial arts fighter has taken part in a bruising 24-hour wrestle – all in aid of Syrian refugees.
Anya Lynette Hynes, 26, was involved in a fundraising ‘grapple’, called GlobalRoll.
The countdown to the Nantwich Food Festival is on, with organisers expecting more than 40,000 visitors for the three-day event next month.
The town will be flooded with flavours and aromas from around the world during the festival, from September 4-6.
Well-known gorilla conservationist Ian Redmond OBE will be in Nantwich next week to give a talk at Reaseheath.
Ian is guest of the Reaseheath Conservation Society which is staging the event to help raise funds for Gorilla Conservation.
Thousands of visitors flocked to Reaseheath College in Nantwich to join in the college’s fun-filled Family Festival.
The Nantwich campus was packed with families, many of whom had travelled in from outside the region, to enjoy the hundreds of activities and displays on offer.
Nantwich residents have re-issued their plea for more road safety measures on the A51 at Reaseheath as part of a new Cheshire East Council initiative.
The council says it is to target resources to “address local community concerns about road safety” under the new scheme.
Nantwich Police have been hitting the town’s busiest roads to clamp down on rogue drivers.
PCSOs have been out and about at various “hot spots” in response to concerns about traffic from residents.
Police in Nantwich have vowed to target motorists speeding at Reaseheath after the latest accident on the A51.
Residents reacted angrily this week and called for more action from police, council and college chiefs to improve safety measures.
Reaseheath residents in Nantwich have renewed their plea for safety measures on the A51 after another accident.
Now they are forming a new residents association in a bid to fight for the bypass around the village they say is long overdue.
Residents in Reaseheath near Nantwich are demanding action to repair a busy A51 crossing which was smashed up in an accident.
The traffic lights on the main Nantwich to Chester route near Reaseheath College were left out of action for three days.
By Richard Scott
Nantwich Town warmed up for their first league game of the season away at Buxton with a 6-3 win over Cheshire League side Crewe FC.
Dabbers boss Danny Johnson named a near full strength starting 11, but brought in Terry Smith in goal for Steve Phillips.
Roads around Nantwich were gridlocked for much of yesterday as the town’s Jazz Festival swung into its third day. A crash on the M6 motorway in the morning led to a closure between junctions 17 and 18 and thousands of vehicles using surrounding routes.
A spiky newborn with attitude is making his first public appearance at Reaseheath College’s zoo in Nantwich this Easter. The baby porcupine, known as a ‘porcupette’, was born in March to one of the college’s three female porcupines.
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