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  • Success for Cheshire East schools

    Cheshire East schools have chalked up more success in national league tables – and have been ranked as the second best in the country. The...

  • Superfast broadband comes to Bosley

    Image: David Rutley MP with Jenny Westwood, BT Marketing Manager (centre) and Cllr Lesley Smetham (right). Superfast broadband arrived in Bosley last week. BT Marketing Manager,...

  • Astronomy picture of the day

    Icelandic Legends and Aurora  Image Credit & Copyright: Elizabeth M. Ryan; Rollover Annotation: Judy SchmidtExplanation: Legends collide in this dramatic vista of land, sea, and sky. The land is...

  • Are you willing to pay extra for more policing?

    John Dwyer, Cheshire’s Police & Crime Commissioner, is asking the Cheshire public to give their views on how much they would be willing to pay...

  • Stick up for Stanage this Christmas

    Stuck for stocking fillers? Why not treat someone special to a Stanage sticker to show their support for Stanage-North Lees and receive a year of...

  • Midge backs Grosvenor Centre’s charity grotto for hospice

    A charity champion is urging shoppers help raise funds for a Macclesfield hospice by dropping in to see Santa at the Grosvenor Shopping Centre. Midge...

  • Bosley Primary wins Parliamentary Christmas card competition

    Children at Bosley St. Mary’s Primary School provided a high quality field of entries for David Rutley MP’s annual Parliamentary Christmas card competition. A number...

  • Kennedy Avenue collision – update

    Following the appeal for information on Friday 4 December a 64-year-old man has come forward, he is currently helping officers with their enquiries. Sadly the...

  • Cheshire police to withdraw from site of Bosley tragedy

    On July 17 this year, the lives of four people were lost, following explosions at the Wood Treatment Ltd mill in Bosley. Derek Moore, 62, Dorothy...

  • Appeal to trace driver following Upton Priory collision

    Officers from the Cheshire Roads Policing team are appealing to trace the driver of a vehicle involved in a road traffic collision in Macclesfield. The...

  • Local nature reserves

    RSPB Macclesfield Local Group will be hosting an indoor meeting at Macclesfield Methodist Church, Westminster Road, Macclesfield on Tuesday 8th December at 7.45 pm OUR LOCAL...

  • No hope of recovering body of Jason Shingler, inquest told

    An inquest has been told that  there is no hope of recovering the body of Jason Shingler who remains missing following two explosions at Bosley...

  • Astronomy picture of the day

    In the Center of Spiral Galaxy NGC 3521  Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA and S. Smartt (Queen’s University Belfast); Acknowledgement: Robert GendlerExplanation: This huge swirling mass of stars, gas, and dust occurs near the...

  • Year 11 students interviewed

    The Rotary club of Macclesfield  Castle carried out the first of the 2015 session of Mock Interviews at Macclesfield Academy. An annual event, held for the...

  • Bollington brewers score ‘hat-trick’ in industry awards

    The Bollington Brewing Co. has added three significant wins to its trophy cabinet, claiming North East Cheshire Business Award’s Team of the Year; Silver in...

  • Astronomy picture of the day

    Nebulae in Aurigae  Image Credit & Copyright: Fritz Helmut HemmerichExplanation: Rich in star clusters and nebulae, the ancient constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga) rides high in northern winter night...

  • Benefit fraudsters brought to book

    Three fraudsters who falsely claimed a total of more than £19,800 in benefits have been successfully prosecuted by Cheshire East Council. The trio will now...

  • One for the road won’t hurt, will it?

    Christmas is literally days away, and people get carried away with the festivities. Mulled wine, eggnog, a cheeky drink with a Christmas lunch all seems...

  • First Bentayga rolls of the line

    Crewe car maker, Bentley, is celebrating the first production Bentley Bentayga to leave the assembly line. From the initial concept stage, during which time over 1,500 UK...

  • Astronomy picture of the day

    Dark Sand Cascades on Mars  Image Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASAExplanation: They might look like trees on Mars, but they’re not. Groups of dark brown streaks have been...