Animal cruelty charges against directors of a Nantwich abattoir have been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service due to insufficient evidence.
The decision comes just four weeks after a separate investigation into alleged horse passports irregularities at the same Red Lion abattoir was abandoned for the same reason.
Five people charged in connection with the Red Lion horse abattoir in Nantwich are to escape prosecution.
The Food Standards Agency is to drop charges of alleged horse passport irregularities at the abattoir in Sound, near Wrenbury.
Young artistic talents of Nantwich primary schools are celebrating success in a local competition. Five schools participated in the 2014 Rotary Art Competition organised by The Rotary Club of Nantwich.
Residents and businesses in Nantwich can find out more this week about the roll out of high-speed fibre broadband in Cheshire. Connecting Cheshire will enable 80,000 premises to tap into high-speed fibre broadband over the next 18 months.
The A530 between Nantwich and Burleydam has been named UK’s fifth most dangerous road, a new report has highlighted. The eight-mile stretch of single carriageway saw 23 fatal or serious crashes between 2007 and 2011, according to latest 5-year figures.
A man suffered serious hand injuries after being trapped in farm machinery at Sound, near Nantwich. Fire crews from Nantwich and Audlem were called out to help cut the victim free from a tractor at premises on Whitchurch Road, Broomhall.
Nantwich youngsters were rewarded for their creative side after impressing in a local art competition. Children from schools across the town entered the competition run by Nantwich Museum, on Pillory Street.
The two secondary schools in Nantwich have been closed because of the weather today (March 22). Headteachers at Brine Leas High School and Malbank School and Sixth Form College both decided to close for the day.
Pupils at a Nantwich primary school helped raise more than £200 for a new build project with a frightfully good Halloween disco. Youngsters at Sound and District Primary turned out in force to a themed fancy dress dance organised by the PTA.
A Nantwich school had the kettle on all morning to help raise cash for Macmillan Cancer Support. Sound and District Primary PTA invited parents and visitors to a coffee morning where mums and Year 6 helpers served cuppas and cakes.
By Ashley Houghton Ex Manchester United and Nantwich players have been reminiscing over the record-breaking 23-0 victory the Red Devils inflicted on the Dabbers in the FA Youth Cup 60 years ago. The match is being commemorated on Tuesday when United’s current young guns take on Jimmy Quinn’s side at the Weaver Stadium.
A Nantwich school is laying the foundations of a successful future by launching a Buy-a-Brick scheme. Work on a new classroom at Sound and District Primary School starts in September.
The busy A530 between Nantwich and Whitchurch was closed after a car careered off the road and smashed into a telegraph pole. The accident happened along Whitchurch Road in Broomhall, near Nantwich, between the Sound Lane junction and the Cock Lane junction.
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