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  • A word of warning to Amazon buyers

    By on September 16, 2020

    Take a screen grab of any Amazon orders you place! I’d been looking for a gun-rest for several days last week – then found one...

  • Police apprehend suspects

    By on September 16, 2020

    Image: @mistergrist Now there’s a headline you don’t often see. Cheshire Constabulary has advised us its “Week of Action” was “a great success with suspects...

  • Two jailed for supplying drugs

    By on September 15, 2020

    Two people involved in the supply of Class A drugs in Macclesfield and Styal prison have been jailed. Anton Daniels, 36, and 31-year-old Tania Dewar,...

  • Peak Park breeding success

    By on September 15, 2020

    The Peak District Bird of Prey Initiative (BOPI) has had breeding successes for several raptor species in the moorland areas of the Peak District, thanks...

  • Congleton link road on schedule 

    By on September 11, 2020

    As the planned opening of the borough’s largest major infrastructure project to date moves closer, council leaders have been given a further glimpse of how...

  • Update: Willow has now been found

    By on September 10, 2020

    Cheshire police have advised us that Willow Dale has now been found and we’ve been asked to thank everyone who contacted them to assist in...

  • Councils aid Macclesfield’s recovery

    By on September 10, 2020

    Cheshire East Council has joined forces with Macclesfield Town Council and local stakeholders to help spearhead the town’s recovery from the impact of Covid-19. A...

  • Bury entrepreneur to buy Macc Town FC?

    By on September 10, 2020

    Above: Robert Benwell (centre) pictured at a recent Bury Town Hall meeting. A Bury entrepreneur, who tried to buy Gigg Lane, is in talks to...

  • Silkmen have one week to clear debt

    By on September 10, 2020

    Following a winding up bid by tax officials, Macclesfield bosses have been given just one week to show that a debt of nearly £189,000 can...

  • Bollington man charged following three burglary incidents

    By on September 9, 2020

    A 56-year-old Bollington man has been charged following three burglary incidents in and around the area. Simon Walmsley was arrested in Bollington at around 3.30pm...

  • Silk Museum reopens next week

    By on September 9, 2020

    Macclesfield’s Silk Museum on Park Lane is going to throw open its doors again on Thursday 17th September – and the staff can’t wait to...

  • Kinexia’s trek for Air Ambulance

    By on September 8, 2020

    Staff at Macclesfield company Kinaxia Logistics completed a virtual trek across Britain and Ireland to raise hundreds of pounds for Air Ambulances UK, the company’s...

  • Traffic chaos at King’s School

    By on September 7, 2020

    Photographs which have appeared on Facebook show the traffic chaos at Prestbury Four Lane Ends since the opening of the new King’s School campus. Of...

  • Cheshire Police’s week of action ‘to find criminals’

    By on September 4, 2020

    Yes you read that right, Cheshire Constabulary is carrying out a week of action  “to locate those evading justice.” Forgive my ignorance but I thought...

  • The icing’s on the cake for Lyme

    By on September 4, 2020

    There was a very special visitor at the National Trust’s Lyme Park yesterday – a life-size cake of Mr Darcy was unveiled to celebrate the...

  • New emergency care unit for Macclesfield

    By on September 4, 2020

    Patients who are referred for same day treatment to Macclesfield Hospital will experience a more efficient care journey thanks to a new, same day emergency...

  • Macclesfield man now found

    By on September 3, 2020

    Note: this man has now been located Cheshire Police are asking for help to trace 30-year-old Aaron Bradley, from Macclesfield, who is wanted on recall...

  • Mayor’s ‘Made in Macclesfield’ Charity Auction

    By on September 3, 2020

    Each year the new Mayor of Macclesfield chooses two charities to raise funds for throughout the mayoral year. This year’s Mayor, Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake, is...

  • Tidy Planet rockets Scottish college

    By on September 3, 2020

    City of Glasgow College has invested in equipment from a Macclesfield organic waste and Waste-to-Energy solutions firm to compost an estimated 26 tonnes of food...

  • Plans for Bank Street plot

    By on September 3, 2020

    A Bank Street plot of land could soon secure approval for a residential development of 12 units. MSB Developments is behind the application which was...