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  • MP calls for reopening of Macclesfield maternity

    Local MP, David Rutley, has called for the Macclesfield maternity unit to be reopened at the earliest opportunity. When the maternity unit was temporarily closed,...

  • Big Old Survey will make a difference

    Age UK Cheshire East has launched a “Big Old Survey”, to take the temperature among older people in the area and build up a better...

  • Views sought on police help-desk cuts

    When a ‘consultation’ is launched it usually means someone’s decided to change things, but to save taking flak, they’re asking the public for their opinions....

  • Langley Nigel’s Fickle Self-driving Truck

    Langley farmer and songsmith, Nigel Hammill performs his own song: “The Fickle Self Driving Truck” https://www.facebook.com/jerry.amende/posts/10222377090956104 Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Email Reddit...

  • Gardeners’ World pays tribute to Peter Seabrook

    A tribute to Peter Seabrook will be staged at BBC Gardeners’ World Live, from 16 – 19 June at Birmingham’s NEC. The display, personally designed...

  • US company helps children discover the Peak Park

    The Peak District National Park Foundation has secured $12,000 (£8,849) funding through Hydro Flask’s Parks for All giving programme, now in its fifth year. The...

  • Rainow artist paints the Queen’s spaniels

    Local artist, Nina Kurzweil, has been commissioned to draw the Queen’s Cocker Spaniels. The commission came as a thank you for hosting the 2022 Cocker...

  • Business grants schemes to close 

    Cheshire East Council’s discretionary business grants programmes will close to applications at midnight tonight (Friday 11 February). The council is urging businesses eligible to receive...

  • Help for children with special educational needs and disabilities

    Cheshire East Council and partners have plans to extend services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The Cheshire East...

  • East Cheshire Hospice Memory Miles

    Many people took part in a virtual version of Memory Miles back in 2020, racking up miles on their own. Participants managed to accumulate an...

  • Tiffany and David make the move to Macc

    SPONSORED POST With its perfect location close to the centre of Macclesfield, just a short drive from their families and childhood homes in Wilmslow and...

  • M&S set to become The Hub

    Plans are being drawn up to transform the Marks & Spencer building in Mill Street into The Hub. M&S is closing its Macclesfield store in...

  • Body of missing teenager found

    Cheshire Police have advised us that a body has been found – thought to be that of the missing teenage girl from Holmes Chapel. The...

  • Is it more police officers or less?

    We’re a tad confused over the promises made just a couple of weeks ago. Just a few weeks ago Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC),...

  • Safer Internet Day

    Today, 8 February 2022, marks Safer Internet Day.  Cyber crime is one of the fastest growing crimes and fraud offences in particular have become more...

  • First radiotherapy patient at The Christie in Macclesfield

    A cancer patient from Holmes Chapel became the first person to have radiotherapy treatment at The Christie at Macclesfield. Thomas Walker, 66, was diagnosed with...

  • Kinaxia help The Saints march on

    Above: L-R Saints stars Regan Grace, Sione Mata’utia and Matty Lees wearing St Helens’ 2022 home and away kits. Kinaxia Logistics has renewed its sponsorship...

  • Avian Influenza in Cheshire

    An outbreak of avian influenza has been reported on a commercial poultry farm in Calveley, near Nantwich Cheshire East Council is informing local residents, partners...

  • Plan to tackle anti-social behaviour

    Residents and businesses are to be consulted on planned measures to crack down on anti-social behaviour in Macclesfield. A public space protection order (PSPO), giving...

  • On this day in history

    King George VI died and Princess Elizabeth became Queen. On February 6, 1952, after a long illness, King George VI died in his sleep at...