Environment

  • Tug of War features at Game and Angling Fair

    By on July 31, 2017

    Tug of war teams from around the country will be gathering at the Cheshire Game and Angling Fair at Peover Hall this Sunday 6 August...

  • Local Plan approved

    By on July 28, 2017

    Cheshire East Council has sealed the formal adoption of its landmark Local Plan. The decision yesterday (Thursday, July 27) comes after a planning inspector last...

  • Furry Friends Festival

    By on July 27, 2017

    Thursday, 24th August at Stockley Farm Well Heeled Dog Club Mike and his lovely dogs will be providing training advice with an agility demo and...

  • A ‘Walk to the Park’ with Bollington Brewing

    By on July 27, 2017

    Image: Paul Norman, the inspiration behind the Walk in the Park Bollington Brewing Co. is inviting people to don their walking boots for a 10.5...

  • Gooseberry growers prepare for battle

    By on July 27, 2017

    The Dunkirk spirit will be needed by rival growers poised this week for the annual battle of the bushes as gooseberries come under attack from...

  • Latest news from Wake up Macc

    By on July 26, 2017

    Barracks Mill The Barracks Mill enquiry was held last week. I couldn’t get there, but I understand the arguments were pretty well balanced for and...

  • Tatton celebrates birth of Tabitha’s Secret

    By on July 26, 2017

    A very unique arrival was born at Tatton Park on Sunday 16 July. Named Secret Sensation (after her great-great grandmother, Arclid Sensation), the rare female...

  • Worst children’s jobs in history – at Quarry Bank

    By on July 24, 2017

    Above: Kit Crane ‘caught’ a mole during a recent go at the Worst Children’s Jobs in History at Quarry Bank Keeping the children busy during...

  • Macclesfield Sheepdog Trials

    By on July 24, 2017

    The Macclesfield and District Sheep Dog Trials Association will be holding their annual trials at Sutton Hall on August 4th and 5th. But you don’t...

  • Charities benefit from Sheepdog Association fundraising

    By on July 24, 2017

    Five local charities have been awarded grants totalling £1,840, thanks to the active fundraising of the Macclesfield and District Sheep Dog Trials Association. Cheques to...

  • Protection for green lane in the Peak Park

    By on July 21, 2017

    The Peak District National Park Authority has made a permanent legal order to exclude trail-bikes and 4x4s from a green lane called Washgate, near Hollinsclough....

  • RHS Tatton continues to pull in the crowds

    By on July 20, 2017

    Above: Monty Don and Joe Swift on location for BBC’s Gardener’s World tonight.  The Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Flower Show Tatton Park, which runs until Sunday 23 July),...

  • RHS Tatton 2017 in pictures

    By on July 18, 2017

    All things horticultural, including garden design, the environment, butterflies, bees, clothes, garden ornaments, implements and furniture – plus food, fabrics, clothing, photos, paintings – and...

  • New life for Charles Roe House

    By on July 18, 2017

    Above: (left to right) Stephanie and Ian Pinches, David Rutley MP and Mayor of Macclesfield Cllr Beverley Dooley. An iconic Macclesfield heritage site has been restored and opened...

  • Macclesfield tops table for alcohol and drug driving

    By on July 14, 2017

    Over 250 drivers are facing a ban and large fines for driving after drinking alcohol or taking illegal drugs. Throughout June Cheshire Police Roads Policing Unit...

  • 51st Annual Sutton Flower & Vegetable Show

    By on July 12, 2017

    Sutton Ex-Servicemen’s Club will hold its 51st Annual  Flower & Vegetable Show on Sunday 3rd September 2017. The Show will again take place, with the...

  • £50bn economy for Cheshire and Warrington

    By on July 11, 2017

    The Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has unveiled a new blueprint to double the area’s economy by 2040. Cheshire and Warrington, which has...

  • Cheshire Game & Angling Fair

    By on July 6, 2017

    This year’s Cheshire Game & Angling Fair takes place on Sunday, August 6th at the regular venue of Peover Hall, Peover Park, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 9HW Since...

  • Smoking ban hits 10-year landmark

    By on July 5, 2017

    The number of smokers in Cheshire East has dropped by more than 40 per cent since the ban on smoking in enclosed public places was...

  • Cash for National Park projects

    By on July 4, 2017

    Image: Stanage Millstones: ⓒ Chris Gilbert Projects to protect or enhance the Peak District National Park have the chance to win a £2000 grant to help...