All posts by Editor

  • Jazz funk legends Shakatak

    Shakatak: Night Birds 40th Anniversary Tour Tuesday 27 September 2022 – 7.30pm Buxton Opera House With a career spanning more than three decades and a back catalogue...

  • Arley Hall & Gardens

    Arley Hall is one of the most interesting and attractive stately homes in the North West. The elaborate ceilings and oak panelling, impressive fireplaces, intricate...

  • Applications invited for Community Action Fund

    The Police and Crime Commissioner’s Community Action Fund has reopened, with money available for projects across Cheshire aimed at preventing crime and anti-social behaviour. The...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    National Cinema Day is here! On September 3rd, we’re celebrating the joy of Cinema! Our Standard & Luxe Seats are just £3 each and our...

  • ‘Forgotten’ soldiers added to cenotaph

    Macclesfield Branch Royal British Legion has successfully crowdfunded the money needed to add 53 forgotten names from WW1 to Macclesfield cenotaph. Check out: https://crowd.in/NJlsls There’s...

  • Major upgrade of rail signals completed

    As part of a £45m project, during the August bank holiday weekend signals over a key section of the West Coast main line through Cheshire...

  • The future is green for some

    A Cheshire town, aiming to become the UK’s first carbon-reducing ‘hydrogen village’, has reached a key milestone. Sadly, it’s not Macclesfield, but the Whitby area...

  • Macclesfield tip two day closure

    Macclesfield Household Waste Recycling Centre will be closed on September 6 and 7. Part of the site regularly suffers from pooling water and the temporary...

  • Co-op petrol stations taken over by ASDA

    Asda confirmed it has agreed to acquire 132 sites from Manchester-based The Co-operative Group in a deal worth £438m. It is part of the supermarket...

  • Child attacked by dog but police fail to act

    Despite apparently incontrovertible CCTV evidence, showing a dog attacking a child, Macclesfield Police have declined to pursue a case against the owner – for failing...

  • Man charged with theft from vehicles in Macclesfield

    Officers investigating reports of theft from vehicles in Macclesfield have charged a man. Tom Cole, 36, of Parkgate Road, Macclesfield was arrested and subsequently charged...

  • Crompton Road stabbing – man charged

    Cheshire police have charged a 21-year-old man, in connection with the stabbing of a 62-year-ol man, in Crompton Road, Macclesfield. Thomas Coppock, of Crompton Road,...

  • Former Leeds and Bolton midfielder signs for Macclesfield FC

    Macclesfield FC have signed former Crewe Alexandra, Leeds and Bolton midfielder Luke Murphy. The 32-year-old was a free agent after leaving Crewe over the summer...

  • Crompton Road stabbing

    Cheshire police, investigating a stabbing on Crompton Road in Macclesfield, have arrested a 21-year-old man. An 62-year-old man suffered numerous injuries to his body and...

  • Traffic lights for Broken Cross

    Contractors will soon commence with the removal of the roundabout at Broken Cross, Macclesfield and replace with a signal-controlled junction.  The works are being undertaken...

  • Macclesfield Silk Museum Heritage open day

    As part of its Heritage Open Day, Macclesfield Silk Museum is planning a Making Macclesfield self-guided walking tour around the town. The date for your...

  • National Citizens Service back for another year

    The National Citizens Service (NCS) has been back for another year in Macclesfield and local MP, David Rutley, recently met with the young people taking...

  • ‘Tunnicliffe-inspired’ mural for Macclesfield railway station

    A ‘Tunnicliffe-inspired’ mural will be installed at Macclesfield railway station over the Bank Holiday weekend as part of plans for a larger town centre art...

  • Have you seen this man?

    Cheshire Police are appealing for help in tracing this Macclesfield man. Tom Cole, 36, of no fixed address but of Macclesfield, is wanted in connection...

  • National Park Rangers guide walkers with dementia

    People with dementia and their carers are invited to take part in the Derbyshire Dales Walking Festival – from September 19 to 25 – with...