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  • Three jailed for £600,000 burglary spree

    By on August 3, 2020

    CCTV image of one of the burglaries in progress Three men who stole items worth over £600,000 have been jailed for a total of 24...

  • Capesthorne Hall Plant Fair

    By on August 3, 2020

    Capethorne Hall has teamed up with Plant Hunters’ Fairs to put on a wonderful specialist plant fair on Sunday 16th August. Over the spring and...

  • 300 homes for old Macclesfield High School

    By on August 1, 2020

    Barratt and David Wilson Homes North West will be parters in the conversion and construction of 300 new homes at the former King’s School (High...

  • All change at Macclesfield bus station

    By on August 1, 2020

    In a bid to make public travel safer, Macclesfield Bus Station will become a ‘Departures Only’ bus station from Tuesday 4th August. Passengers arriving in...

  • Biddulph Classic Vehicle Show

    By on July 31, 2020

    Put the date in your diary, 12th September, 2020 and check out the Biddldulph Classic Vehicle Show. If you have a classic motorbike, scooter, car,...

  • Readers write

    By on July 30, 2020

    S. A. R. Whitham writes regarding our item on the King’s School. I saw the article on the “I Love Macc” website about the anonymous...

  • Silkmen seek matchday stewards

    By on July 30, 2020

    Macclesfield Town are looking to recruit a number of Matchday Stewards ahead of the 2020/21 campaign. Reporting to their relevant supervisor, all stewards must be...

  • TV Licensing scam

    By on July 29, 2020

    Another scam – this one purporting to come from TV Licensing. You know the drill by now – don’t click on any of the hotlinks...

  • Billy Who Rivers?

    By on July 28, 2020

    Doug Pickford shares this story of the Grunt and Groan days of World of Sport’s popular weekly wrestling phenomena. He originally wrote it for a...

  • Fifth man charged with Rainow robbery

    By on July 28, 2020

    Police officers investigating an armed robbery at a house in Rainow on Tuesday 17 December have charged a fifth man in connection with the incident....

  • Elizabeth Gaskell’s House reopens Wednesday 12 August

    By on July 27, 2020

    Gaskell’s House is preparing to reopen its doors on Wednesday 12 August, with visitors invited to enjoy exploring the Grade II* listed Regency-style villa where...

  • Bosley mill director denies manslaughter

    By on July 26, 2020

    Company director George Boden, 64, has denied ‘gross negligence manslaughter’ before Chester Crown Cour after four people died in the Bosley mill explosion in July...

  • Flowerpot reopens

    By on July 25, 2020

    Image: General Manager Glenn Farrell and wife Sam with the team at the Flower Pot The Flower Pot pub on Congleton Road in Macclesfield has...

  • Criminal Behaviour Order issued

    By on July 25, 2020

    A Macclesfield woman convicted of a string of offences will have to adhere to a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) upon her release from prison. Imogen...

  • King’s cricket field to be replicated

    By on July 24, 2020

    An anonymous philanthropist has donated £350,000 to The King’s School to replicate their iconic cricket field in front of the new school on Alderley Road....

  • Downturn in business for Bodycote

    By on July 23, 2020

    Macclesfield-based Bodycote’s figures plunged to a half year loss. The world’s largest provider of heat treatments and specialist thermal processing services saw a pre-tax profit...

  • Poynton relief road in sight

    By on July 22, 2020

    Cheshire East Council has secured funding from the government for the Poynton Relief Road.  A design and build contract was awarded to contractor Graham in...

  • Station art welcomes visitors

    By on July 21, 2020

    The visual welcome for visitors arriving at Macclesfield by train improved hugely this week with the installation of an artwork featuring landmarks from the town.  The metal artwork mural, commissioned by Macclesfield Town Council and designed by artist Tim Davies, was the favourite choice of...

  • Treacle market 10th anniversary

    By on July 21, 2020

    Treacle Market suspended trading in March as the Covid -19 Pandemic took hold in the UK and still remains temporarily closed. However this month the...

  • Jesters Bike Night cancelled

    By on July 20, 2020

    Owing to the current situation with Covid-19 the annual Jesters Bike Night at the Harringtons Arms in Gawsworth – scheduled for 29th July – has...