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Environment
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Bay Leaf redevelopment – a cause for great concern
The planning meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the Bay Leaf restaurant (old Wagon & Horses pub) at the foot of Grimshaw Lane in Bollington...
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Cheshire East seeks to curb land banking
Cheshire East Council is to ask the Government to do more to ‘get Britain building’ – to boost housing supply and relieve the pressure on...
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Peak District project wins top award
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...
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Astronomy picture of the day
Earthset from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State U./Lunar Reconnaissance OrbiterExplanation: On the Moon, the Earth never rises — or sets. If you were to...
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Jasmine Park handed over
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...
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Book online for Peak District ranger events
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...
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Rescue team and air ambulance scrambled
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...
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Crewe link road opening
The final stretch of road, which completes the eastern bypass around Crewe, was opened just before Christmas by the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin MP....
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Astronomy picture of the day
Geminid Meteors over Xinglong Observatory Image Credit & Copyright: Steed Yu and NightChina.netExplanation: Where do Geminid meteors come from? In terms of location on the sky, as the featured image composite...
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MP celebrates Poynton heritage
Member of Parliament for Macclesfield, David Rutley, donned his hiking boots, when he recently went on a Poynton Heritage Walk. David went on the specially...
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Astronomy picture of the day
Star Streams and the Whale Galaxy Image Credit & Copyright: R Jay Gabany (Blackbird Observatory) Collaboration: David Martínez-Delgado (University of Heidelberg), et al.Explanation: NGC 4631 is a spiral galaxy found only 25...
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Astronomy picture of the day
The Horsehead Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: José Jiménez PriegoExplanation: The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky. It is visible as the dark...
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Inspector’s views on Local Plan
Following the resumption of the Local Plan examination in August and the holding of seven days of hearings in October, Local Plan Inspector Stephen Pratt...
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AstraZeneca invests a further £75m at Macclesfield site
AstraZeneca are investing £75m in the construction of a new state of the art packing and warehouse facility. This is in addition to investments in a new...
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Yes, there is a Santa Claus!
In 1897, Dr. Philip O’Hanlon, a coroner’s assistant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was asked a question by his then eight-year-old daughter, Virginia, which many...
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Astronomy picture of the day
Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star Image Credit & Copyright: Phillip A Cruden Explanation: Venus now appears as Earth’s brilliant morning star, standing in a line-up...
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Cutting-edge crime-fighting technology lands in Cheshire
A computer system used by the defence and security industries – and found in some of the most high-tech control rooms around the globe –...
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Cheshire Constabulary and Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service collaboration
A major collaboration programme aimed at protecting front line emergency services has been given the thumbs up by Cheshire’s fire and police chiefs. The ambitious...
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Astronomy picture of the day
Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope; Processing: Douglas Gardner Explanation: This dance is to the death. Along the...
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Eighth Sanford win for Tatton
Tatton Park has, yet again, been awarded the Sandford Award for excellence at the London Transport Museum. This year saw the largest number of award...