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  • “Make a Loan, Change a Life”

    By on November 18, 2020

    Image above: Shurity Mudenda and some of the members of The Confidence Group Rotary Club of Macclesfield Castle are celebrating a landmark charitable achievement as one...

  • New dates for Christmas bin collections

    By on November 17, 2020

    From mid-November, stickers will be placed on bins of those households whose normal collections fall on Christmas Day, the bank holiday and New Year’s Day,...

  • BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2021

    By on November 15, 2020

    Above: The APL return with Professor David Stevens with their impressive ‘What Lies Beneath’ Garden BBC Gardeners’ World Live will be back at The NEC from 17 to...

  • From Waste to Energy

    By on November 13, 2020

    Organic waste and Waste-to-Energy (WtE) solutions specialist Tidy Planet has signed a contract which makes the firm the UK’s sole distributor of Sugimat’s WtE boilers,...

  • Holden & Prescott are the best

    By on November 12, 2020

    Macclesfield estate agents, Holden & Prescott, have been named the best estate agent in the UK. Based on Church Street, the agents beat 25,000 others...

  • Lockdown Larder – a tiny Treacle

    By on November 10, 2020

    Treacle Market has always been mindful of bringing groups of people together during the Corona Pandemic and were quick to cancel it’s markets this year...

  • Robin Hood, Will Scarlet… and Bob Dylan

    By on November 9, 2020

    Ex Macclesfield Express editor and local historian Doug Pickford does a little digging into connections between Macclesfield and Bob Dylan. It is a long and...

  • Covid claims three more

    By on November 5, 2020

    East Cheshire NHS Trust reported three deaths from coronavirus on 4th November. The total number of coronavirus patients to have died at East Cheshire NHS...

  • Funding boost for Peak District Health Walks

    By on November 4, 2020

    The Peak District National Park Foundation has been awarded over £1,200 from the Co-op Local Community Fund.  The grant will help to pay for supported...

  • Open Letter from the Chief Constable

    By on November 4, 2020

    The below is an open letter sent on behalf of the five North West Chief Constables on policing current COVID 19 restrictions  As the Police...

  • Stand in your garden and shout ‘bang’!

    By on November 2, 2020

    First we were asked to spy on our neighbours – and report them for breaching the Covid regulations by having visitors. Now it’s the Fire...

  • Witnesses to Alderley sexual assault sought

    By on November 1, 2020

    Detectives investigating a serious sexual assault in Alderley Edge are appealing for witnesses to come forward.  At around 10 pm on Saturday 31 October an...

  • Cannabis farm in Pickford Street

    By on October 29, 2020

    Police have discovered cannabis being grown, literally under their noses, in the centre of Macclesfield. The plants were being cultivated at a property on Pickford...

  • Macclesfield pub closed for “unacceptable behaviour”

    By on October 27, 2020

    A closure order has been imposed on a Macclesfield pub in response to persistent unacceptable behaviour both inside and outside the premises. Cheshire Constabulary and...

  • New Macclesfield outpatients department opens

    By on October 27, 2020

    For staff and patients the building work at Macclesfield Hospital must have seemed never-ending but they’ll all be relieved to know that the £900,000 redevelopment...

  • Macclesfield businesses provide free meals to children

    By on October 25, 2020

    Image above: BBI board of directors Fina Bar and Grill, BBI, Macc Motors and P R Jones Jewellers will provide dishes to local children Up...

  • What’s On at Cinemac

    By on October 24, 2020

    CinemacOld Sunday SchoolRoe StreetMacclesfield SK11 6UT Recorded Information: 01625 423535Enquiries: 07534 920495 Cinemac Ticket Prices:Films:Cinemac Classic Seat: £5Arighi Bianchi Luxury Two Seater Sofa: £15Arighi Bianchi...

  • Fireworks plea from the National Trust

    By on October 22, 2020

    The National Trust has issued a warning about the potential harm caused by setting off fireworks in the 200 year old woodland at Alderley Edge....

  • Macclesfield-Congleton road closed following crash

    By on October 21, 2020

    The A536 Macclesfield to Congleton Road has been closed at Gawsworth after a ‘serious’ crash between a truck and a car. Police and paramedics were...

  • Former WWII pilot, Derek, passes

    By on October 20, 2020

    A former WWII Fleet Air Arm pilot and Macclesfield chemist passed away peacefully on Friday 9th October 2020, at his home in Bradnop. Derek Pearn,...