All posts by Editor

  • Free kids activities this Easter

    Thousands of free places for Easter activities, including sports, arts and crafts, baking, games and trips out, are available for parents and carers of children...

  • Check out the EV’s

    Interested in finding out more about electric vehicles? If you’re interested in finding out a little more about electric vehicles (EV), or maybe even a...

  • 50 arrested following county lines crackdown

    Criminals linked to county lines drug dealing have been targeted during a week of action across Cheshire. Officers arrested 50 people, 41 men and nine...

  • East Cheshire Hospice – Memory Miles

    1 week to go! Friday 25th March4:00pm arrival, 4:30pm walk starts Hurry! Online booking closes Wednesday 23rd March! You may know our previous memory walks...

  • Racially aggravated abuse investigated

    Cheshire Police, investigating an incident of racially aggravated abuse have issued an image of a man they would like to speak to. At around 3pm...

  • Party in the Pews 2022

    Macclesfield music fans have a great musical weekend to look forward to this May. Macclesfield’s newest and best original live music festival is back at...

  • Macclesfield Model Railway exhibition

    Macclesfield Model Railway Group will be holding their annual Model Railway Exhibition next weekend. Put a date in your diary for 26-27th March 2022 and...

  • Peak Park guided walk and tour

    Free guided walk and tour: Hobcroft Barn and Dale Mine on Wednesday 23 March Walkers are invited to take a free guided tour around two...

  • Nature friendly parks and green spaces

    In a bid to enhance the natural environment new ways of managing green spaces are being planned.  From the start of this mowing season, Cheshire...

  • Ian Curtis mural for Macclesfield

    Cheshire East has commissioned a mural of one of the town’s most well-known musicians. Ian Curtis, the iconic frontman of Joy Division, is to feature...

  • Watch out, the jobsworths are about

    I’ve been riding motorbikes for longer than I can remember. And, for many of those years, following pedestrianisation of the town centre, I’ve been parking...

  • Council’s no to adventure golf plan

    Cheshire East planning officers said it would harm the green belt! Adlington Golf Centre’s plan was backed by 100 supporters and two parish councils, but...

  • £21.5m visitor attraction for Jodrell Bank

    The Jodrell Bank Observatory is to open a new £21.5m interactive visitor attraction this summer. The First Light Pavilion, due to open on 4 June,...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    Starting on Friday – the hilarious new comedy: Phantom Of The Open. The Phantom Of The Open tells the remarkable true story of Maurice Flitcroft,...

  • Bodycote piles on the profits

    A restructuring programme and improved market conditions has paid off for Bodycote. The company has revealed pre-tax profits of £60m for 2021, up from £800,000....

  • Barnaby Air creative submissions

    Barnaby have a small pot of seed funding for a micro-commission by an artist/creative/creative organisation/student from Macclesfield or the wider Cheshire region to deliver a...

  • Silkmen crowned champions

    Macclesfield FC have won the the North West Counties Premier Division title in their inaugural season. After the original Macclesfield Town were wound up in...

  • Robbie: Forget the social media abuse

    Macclesfield FC are on the brink of a non-league promotion. Robbie Savage’s thoughts: “Top of the league, one win from promotion and the title. “Our...

  • Police seek suspected burglar

    Police in Macclesfield are appealing to the public for help in locating a man wanted on suspicion of assault, burglary and criminal damage. Alex Pearson, 28...

  • Arighi Bianchi sales rise

    Sales increased and losses cut at Macclesfield’s historic furniture and interiors business Arighi Bianchi. Despite the impact of Covid-19, the retailer reported a turnover of...