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  • Family fun in the Midnight Garden

    By on July 18, 2018

    Family fun in the Midnight Garden this summer at Dunham Massey Dunham Massey, Altrincham – 20 July- 5 September 2018 Families can dream big this...

  • The dangers of accessing pornographic websites

    By on July 18, 2018

    Detectives have issued a warning following an increase in reports of scammers targeting people who access pornographic websites. Over the past two weeks Cheshire Police...

  • Ask pull out of Churchill Way development

    By on July 18, 2018

    Ask Real Estate has pulled out of the planned development on Macclesfield’s Churchill Way – which hopefully means the project is dead in the water....

  • RHS Tatton 2018 – opening day

    By on July 18, 2018

    The first day of the Royal Horticultural Society Tatton Park was a stunner – with more on display than ever before. Someone once said that...

  • Help the Hospice with LUBS

    By on July 17, 2018

    There’s a new way for local residents to support the vital and much-valued work of East Cheshire Hospice, with the launch of a special Leek...

  • Top banana from Chatsworth under threat

    By on July 17, 2018

    Next time you tuck into a banana you might want to consider that the banana originated in the glasshouses of Chatsworth House – and the...

  • Secrets of the National Trust at Dunham Massey

    By on July 17, 2018

    Local attraction Dunham Massey is set to appear on the Channel 5 series, Secrets of the National Trust.  In Wednesday night’s episode (18 July, 9pm...

  • Third anniversary of Bosley disaster remembered

    By on July 17, 2018

    Image: Macclesfield MP, David Rutley and Cllr Lesley Smetham A special memorial service, commemorating the tragic explosion at Wood Treatment, Bosley, with the theme ‘supporting...

  • LGBT+ Pride event at Tatton

    By on July 17, 2018

    Cheshire East Council is proudly hosting its first ever Pride in the Park Picnic event at Tatton Park – to celebrate and support the LGBT+...

  • Doug’s Memories of Macc

    By on July 17, 2018

    Above: The year is 1926 and Macclesfield had two local newspapers, the Courier and the Times. The Courier’s printworks were at the corner of Westminster...

  • Hosepipe ban in August

    By on July 17, 2018

    Above: How Ridgegate reservoir looks when full A hosepipe ban is set to be introduced in the North West after weeks of dry weather. United...

  • Keeping Chelford blooming

    By on July 17, 2018

    Chelford residents  are hoping to start a group – In Bloom – to help the community continue to look smart. The idea, mooted by Chelford...

  • Budding tailors welcome

    By on July 17, 2018

    Macclesfield College will welcome fashionistas, textile enthusiasts and design aficionados on Thursday (19th July) as it holds an open day to launch a new tailoring...

  • Pearson signs up with Silkmen

    By on July 17, 2018

    Macclesfield Town have signed former Leicester City and Barnet defender James Pearson on a one-year deal. The 25-year-old, who is the son of former Leicester...

  • Tatton highlights farming at RHS Show 2018

    By on July 16, 2018

    Celebrating its 20thyear at Tatton Park, the RHS Flower Showis one of the most anticipated horticultural events of the year and opens from 18 to...

  • Cheshire Game & Angling Fair

    By on July 14, 2018

    Put a note in your diary for the Cheshire Game and Angling Fair – this year being held on Sunday 5th August, 2018. Established in...

  • Market trader found drowned in canal

    By on July 14, 2018

    The man who found dead in Macclesfield canal has been named by police as David Reed, 45, from Macclesfield. David’s body was found by a...

  • Appeal to raise funds for Macc man

    By on July 13, 2018

    A fund-raising campaign has been started to try to help a Macclesfield man who’s fallen on hard times. Nick Faith Reed has been forced out...

  • Cheshire chief constable gross misconduct hearing

    By on July 13, 2018

    A spokesperson for the office of the police of crime commissioner for Cheshire said: “The gross misconduct hearing into former Cheshire chief constable, Simon Byrne,...

  • NCO announces 51st season programme

    By on July 13, 2018

    The Northern Chamber Orchestra has announced details of its thrilling 2018-19 season including dates in Macclesfield and elsewhere locally. The orchestra, which turned 50 last...