By Jonathan White
Britain in Bloom judges from The Royal Horticultural Society toured Wistaston to judge the village in the Town category of the Britain in Bloom 2023 UK Finals.
Two judges met chairman of Wistaston Parish Council John Moore and members of the Wistaston in Bloom group and Wistaston Conservation Group.
By Jonathan White
The annual “Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes” will take place in the village near Nantwich on Saturday June 10.
The quirky family-friendly event is organised by the Wybunbury Tower Preservation Trust and opens at 1pm with the pie rolling from 3pm.
An award-winning shop in Audlem has scooped another national accolade.
Williams of Audlem, which has been open for 161 years in the Cheshire village, picked up a prize at the “Good Retail Awards” in Birmingham.
Nantwich News contributor Jonathan White has been honoured by his village with the award of “Wistonian of the Year” for 2022.
The 51-year-old will receive a commemorative shield and badge.
Cast members from Shavington village pantomime raised a smile when they visited a long-time supporter of their popular annual production.
Rehearsals are in full swing for the village’s 44th panto production “Jack and the Beanstalk” raising money for projects and organisations in Shavington.
Nantwich Players Youth Theatre is to stage its production “The Roses of Eyam” next month.
It will run at the Love Lane theatre from March 23-26 from 7.45pm each night.
Anybody who has tried to cross a road in a town or village will have been faced with drivers that don’t ‘let’ you cross the road.
They speed away giving little acknowledgement to those trying to cross the road in particular the old and vulnerable.
Staff and parents at a small village school near Tarporley are celebrating a recovery plan which will help keep the school open.
Residents have campaigned to save Huxley CE Primary school and Cheshire West and Chester has now approved the recovery plan and the school is now ready for a new beginning.
Residents in Shavington village have shown their community spirit by helping create a community “Advent Window Trail” on the run up to Christmas.
Sara Randle, a Children and Families worker for St Marks Church, has spearheaded the idea which has captured the imagination of many in the village.
A big-hearted Nantwich boy is climbing up Snowdon with his dad to help raise hundreds of pounds for his village school.
Five-year-old Jack McIntyre wanted to help raise money for the Friends of Acton School PTA.
By Jonathan WhiteWistaston Village Cricket Club staged its 40th “Presidents Day” at the Eric Swan Sports Ground & Brittles Pavilion off Church Lane.
There were three fixtures during the day. Under 11s v Under 9s (15 over game), Ladies vs Under 15s (100 ball game) and current players vs past players (100 ball game).
Police are investigating a crime spree in Willaston which saw cars vandalised, vehicles pelted with bricks and property damaged.
The incidents, believed to have been caused by youths, happened between 11pm (July 9) and 4am yesterday (July 10).
By Jonathan White
Hundreds of people enjoyed the annual Wistaston Village Fete organised by the Wistaston Community Council.
It took place at Wistaston Church Lane Academy, on Church Lane, Wistaston, starting with a procession from Wistaston Memorial Hall led by Scottish Piper Reg Flower.
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