All posts by Editor

  • Castle Street re-opens for business

    Castle Street has reopened following a £1.6m refurbishment which includes bespoke kerbstones, incorporating extracts from the poem ‘A Love Letter To Macc’, compiled by Jacqui...

  • Hate crime shouldn’t be tolerated

    Saturday 9 October to Saturday 16 October, marks Hate Crime Awareness Week. Hate crime is typically under-reported in Cheshire, but Cheshire Police are using this...

  • Walkers sought following Alderley Edge assault

    Cheshire police investigating a sexual assault in Alderley Edge are appealing for three witnesses to come forward. Shortly after midnight on Friday 8 October a 21-year-old...

  • Chelford care home plans recommended for refusal

    Plans for a major mixed-use development in Chelford look set to be knocked back next week after concerns were raised about the scheme being “inappropriate”...

  • Information sought on fatal collision

    Cheshire Police are appealing for information following a fatal collision, involving a pedestrian, a mint green Fiat 500 and a red Volkswagen Polo, on Chester...

  • Old Macc 4

    Old Macc was published many years ago by local historian and ex-editor of the Macclesfield Express, Doug Pickford. Doug has kindly given ilovemacc permission to reproduce...

  • A cause for concern for all

    Cheshire Police has issued a statement detailing its revulsion at the actions of rapist and murdering police officer, Wayne Couzens. It’s likely every force in...

  • Barnaby AIR

    Images ⓒ Fabric Lenny Where you are the artist in residence. Where you have the power to influence what art people see on Macclesfield’s streets....

  • The Sensational 60’s Experience

    The biggest and best 60’s show is at Buxton Opera House for one night only. Monday 22 November 2021, 7.30pm Buxton Opera House With a...

  • Marshall Spearing

    On Friday 24th September 2021, peacefully in hospital, Marshall aged 73 years. Beloved and loving husband of Jean, loving father of Rachael, Sarah and Emma,...

  • Old Macc 3

    Old Macc was published many years ago by local historian and ex-editor of the Macclesfield Express, Doug Pickford. Doug has kindly given ilovemacc permission to reproduce...

  • Can you help East Cheshire Hospice?

    East Cheshire Hospice is here to give people in our local community choice, dignity and compassionate care that everyone deserves when facing a life-limiting illness....

  • Welly Walk and Nature needs you

    Macclesfield Town Council will be holding their annual Welly Walk and Nature Needs You event on Saturday 9th October between 10 am and 3 pm The...

  • Have you seen Marcus Golding?

    A man wanted in connection with ‘serious offences’ could be in Macclesfield. Police are hunting Marcus Golding after he failed to attend court in Yorkshire....

  • Virgin Money (Yorkshire Bank) to close

    Yorkshire Bank, recently re-branded as Virgin Money, is to close its Macclesfield branch in the new year. Yorkshire Bank came to Macclesfield in the 1970’s,...

  • School Christmas Card competition

    Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire, John Dwyer is inviting young people from across Cheshire to get creative and come up with some designs which...

  • Group tackle speeding drivers in Cheshire

    Image: (left to right) Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer, Cllr Steve Jones, Vice-Chair of ChALC Cllr Francis Tunney, Chair of ChALC Cllr Terry O’Neill...

  • Help children to connect with nature

    Above: Outdoor experience kit boxes will help connect more children to nature ⓒ Daniel Wildey It’s widely acknowledged that experiencing the outdoors can be a...

  • Cheshire pollution highlighted

    The National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) tracks pollutants in the UK – presenting data via maps showing levels of Carbon Dioxide levels in Cheshire –...

  • 83-year-old Harry runs two marathons

    An 83-year-old great-grandad is running two marathons in just one week to raise funds for The Christie at Macclesfield. Harry Newton, who lives in the...