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  • Barnaby Festival 2016 breaks box office records

    By on July 13, 2016

    Image above: Moon rising by Fiona Bailey Barnaby Festival 2016 smashed box office records and brought more visitors into Macclesfield than ever. Organisers sold nearly...

  • Yesterdays nightclub to be tomorrow’s homes

    By on July 13, 2016

    The former Yesterdays nightclub site in Alderley Edge has been given planning approval for a new residential development. The approval by Cheshire East Council will see...

  • Macc Art Lounge Artist wins national award

    By on July 12, 2016

    An artist who is regularly featured at the Macc Art Lounge in the Grosvenor Centre has just won a prestigious national competition and the £5000...

  • Heartless scrap thieves target Bosley Mill

    By on July 12, 2016

    Officers from Macclesfield Local Policing team are appealing for information from the public following an incident at a Wood Mill site in Bosley. Officers were...

  • Tug of War teams pull in the pounds for the hospice

    By on July 12, 2016

    Bosley Tug of War Club hosted a charity tug of war event in aid of the East Cheshire Hospice last Sunday. Teams from around the country took part, including teams...

  • New President of Rotary club

    By on July 10, 2016

    Image above: Rotarian Ray Kramer and Rtn James Anderton Rotarian James Anderton handed over his chain of office to Ray Kramer to manage the Rotary...

  • Serious collision closes M6 at junction 17

    By on July 8, 2016

    Emergency services are attending an accident involving two HGV lorries on the M6 northbound this morning (8 July). One driver is believed to have serious injuries....

  • Directorship ban for local couple

    By on July 7, 2016

    Two local company owners have been banned from acting as company directors for six years. Mr Edwin Connor, 68, and Mrs Elisa Maria Connor, 54, have been...

  • Optimal Apprenticeships

    By on July 7, 2016

    Image: David Rutley MP at Optimality’s offices with (from left to right) Phoebe Keen and Joe Callander, Training Partners, Arron Taylor, Managing Partner and Sarah Taylor,...

  • Woodland beauty revealed in new photography exhibition

    By on July 7, 2016

    Image: One of Doug Chinnery’s images from A Walk in the Woods A new exhibition by landscape photographer Doug Chinnery is set to inspire people to...

  • Grosvenor Centre shoppers dig deep for Marie Curie

    By on July 7, 2016

    Image: Rita Afra, Chair of the Marie Curie Macclesfield fundraising group and Grosvenor Centre administrator Caroline Kirton-Darling Macclesfield shoppers have proven just how charitable they...

  • Fraudster sent back to prison to protect the community

    By on July 7, 2016

    A serial fraudster who repeatedly returned to his old ways when released from prison by changing his identity to commit further offences has been sentenced....

  • Improv Night at Mash Guru

    By on July 7, 2016

    Improv Night at Mash Guru, Tuesday 19th July, from 8:30pm.   One of a series of regular monthly art and live music night at Mash...

  • New intake leads the way

    By on July 7, 2016

    39 fresh recruits walked through the doors at Cheshire Police HQ this week, beginning their training as regular police officers – and creating two new...

  • It’s a family affair . . .

    By on July 2, 2016

    Above: Most improved junior Anashka Calero with club coach Danny Connolly and President Lorna Teasdale It was a family affair at the annual tournament prize...

  • Vulnerable urged to be on their guard

    By on July 1, 2016

    Police are warning Cheshire residents not to fall victim to phone fraudsters posing as police officers. Cheshire Police are currently investigating an incident that occurred...

  • MP goes back in time

    By on July 1, 2016

    Macclesfield’s MP, David Rutley, met up with leading local historian, Dorothy Bentley Smith, to find out more about Macclesfield’s rich heritage and tales from the town’s...

  • The demise of the UK appears to have been greatly exaggerated

    By on June 30, 2016

    Despite predictions of World War III, the economy crashing, an emergency budget with swathing tax increases, higher mortgages, etc etc. all appears to going well...

  • Looking for quality tradespeople?

    By on June 30, 2016

    Above: Quality Tradespeople’s Darren Rose A new magazine, Quality Tradespeople in Macclesfield, is being launched. Packed full of quality editorial, interviews, competitions and showcases the...

  • Alderley investment company to create 130 jobs

    By on June 30, 2016

    Alderley Edge-based JustUs hopes to unlock growth and create jobs after embarking on a multi-million pound fundraising drive. The new peer-to-peer lending company, established by financial services entrepreneur Lee...