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  • Cheshire Police recruiting police officers

    By on January 18, 2016

    Cheshire Police is offering a small window of opportunity to work as a police constable in an exciting and rewarding career. If you want to...

  • Free match admission on Silkmen Armed Forces Day

    By on January 18, 2016

    Macclesfield Town Football Club are holding an Armed Forces Day, on January 23rd, when members of the armed forces will be able to cheer on the Silkmen...

  • Look, listen and enjoy

    By on January 16, 2016

    Look, listen and enjoy Macclesfield’s Fallibroome Academy student – and star-in-the-making – Ellena Wilson Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Email Reddit Tumblr

  • You think you’re having a bad day . . .

    By on January 16, 2016

    We’ll be running these for a while – just so you know it isn’t just you that has bad ones! Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp...

  • Fancy a new challenge in the New Year?

    By on January 15, 2016

    Police & Crime Commissioners from across the North West are seeking volunteers to sit on Police Misconduct Panels. Volunteers will assist in misconduct panels in determining...

  • Swimathon 2016

    By on January 14, 2016

    Image: Team Jaws from St Gregories School with Michael Drapes President Macclesfield Castle Rotary club and then Mayor Counc. Mrs Janet Jackson . Emulate last...

  • The Bay Leaf – a victory for common sense and good judgement

    By on January 13, 2016

    It was the most ill-conceived plan since the (thankfully now defunct) Macclesfield Town Centre Redevelopment scheme. However, even I – one of that schemes strongest opponents...

  • Macc Lit & Phil

    By on January 12, 2016

    The next talk, at the meeting of Macclesfield Literary and Philosophical Society, is entitled: Amazing Technicolor: An Ancient Middle Eastern Comedy. Speaker, Walter Houston, is Honorary...

  • Don’t make old people mad

    By on January 11, 2016

    An old man became very bored in retirement and decided to open a medical clinic. He put a sign up outside that said: “Dr. Geezer’s clinic....

  • Bay Leaf redevelopment – a cause for great concern

    By on January 11, 2016

    The planning meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the Bay Leaf restaurant (old Wagon & Horses pub) at the foot of Grimshaw Lane in Bollington...

  • Cheshire East seeks to curb land banking

    By on January 9, 2016

    Cheshire East Council is to ask the Government to do more to ‘get Britain building’ – to boost housing supply and relieve the pressure on...

  • War and Conscience: Choices Then and Now, 1916-201

    By on January 8, 2016

    A series of events are being held at Macclesfield Library to mark the centenerary of the introduction of military conscription – when all men aged...

  • Peak District project wins top award

    By on January 6, 2016

    A Peak District project that helps people to improve their employment and life skills has won a UK National Parks Volunteer Award. Fit for Work...

  • ‘Knock Knock’

    By on January 6, 2016

    Children at 25 schools across Cheshire East have taken part in a Borough-wide safety campaign themed around the dangers of doorstep callers. Cheshire East Council’s trading...

  • Jasmine Park handed over

    By on January 4, 2016

    2015 finished on a high note at Jasmine Park in Macclesfield, the pavilion was declared formally open at long last. The keys to the building...

  • Book online for Peak District ranger events

    By on January 4, 2016

    It’s never been easier to work off the festive excess by exploring the Peak District National Park with the people who know it best. Booking...

  • “Catalogue of errors” by care home

    By on January 2, 2016

    A Warwick Mews resident died from a severe, million-to-one allergic reaction to lentils in her lunchtime soup, an inquest has heard. Deborah Molloy, 52, was a long-term...

  • Chief Constable receives New Year’s honour

    By on January 1, 2016

    Cheshire’s Chief Constable, Simon Byrne, has received the Queens Police Medal (QPM) in the New Year’s Honours list. The QPM recognises those officers who throughout...

  • Criminal investigation launched into Cheshire East fitness contracts

    By on January 1, 2016

    Cheshire Police have launched a criminal investigation into the awarding of council contracts to a firm run by the outgoing leader’s physiotherapist. According to a...

  • Rescue team and air ambulance scrambled

    By on December 30, 2015

    Buxton’s Mountain Rescue volunteers were called to Teggs Nose after bank holiday walkers were injured. Many of the paths in the country park had been...