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  • A-Z trials Covid-19 treatment

    By on August 26, 2020

    AstraZeneca has begun testing a drug for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. A-Z is just one of a host of other pharma companies in...

  • Lottery win for Gaskell’s home

    By on August 25, 2020

    Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has been awarded £50,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Heritage Emergency Fund. The funding will provide essential support to Manchester Historic...

  • It’s the Treacle Market Jim – but not as we know it

    By on August 24, 2020

    Treacle Market reeopens this month – on Sunday, August 30th – appearing on Macclesfield’s streets for the first time since February. As part of their gradual...

  • DW Sports saved

    By on August 24, 2020

    Macclesfield’s DW Sports employees, club members and shoppers can relax, Mike Ashley’s Fraser’s Group, which owns Shirebrook-based Sports Direct, has made a £37m swoop for...

  • Silkmen’s captain looks for new job

    By on August 24, 2020

    Macclesfield Town captain Fiacre Kelleher is looking for a new club following their relegation.The Silkmen’s request to stay in League Two because there “appeared to...

  • Artspace reopening

    By on August 23, 2020

    Macclesfield Community Artspace will be re opening week beginning 14 th September for regular sessions and to welcome both old and new friends into the...

  • Fifty years of service at The Moss

    By on August 21, 2020

    Macclesfield Town Football Club pays the following tribute to Alan Cash, who will have completed fifty years of service with the Silkmen this month: For...

  • Record numbers enjoying Peak Park

    By on August 19, 2020

    Record numbers of people are enjoying the Peak District National Park ‘multi-user’ trails following lockdown. Since the government’s coronavirus lockdown was lifted in May, traffic-free...

  • Israeli tech firm buys into Macclesfield company

    By on August 19, 2020

    Macclesfield software firm Custom Gateway has been acquired by Israel-headquartered Kornit Digital. A developer of cloud-based workflow software for on-demand production, Custom Gateway, based on...

  • New safety measures for Macclesfield Hospital

    By on August 19, 2020

    Patients admitted to Macclesfield Hospital for elective surgery procedures will now have greater peace of mind due to new safety measures. Before the Covid-019 outbreak...

  • Prevent caravan and motorhome theft

    By on August 18, 2020

    Cheshire Constabulary is using a new tool to aid the force’s fight against caravan and motorhome thieves. Even with video evidence police attempts to combat...

  • Extradited Macclesfield rapist jailed

    By on August 18, 2020

    A rapist who fled the UK 14 years ago has been jailed after being extradited from the Philippines. Gary Johnson, formerly of Mayfield Avenue, Macclesfield,...

  • Relegation for Silkmen confirmed

    By on August 18, 2020

    The English Football League has turned down Macclesfield’s request to allow them to retain their League Two status. The Silkmen were demoted to 24th spot...

  • Another acquisition for Bollington Insurance

    By on August 18, 2020

    Adlington Business Park based Bollington Insurance has completed the acquisition of  Bolton-headquartered insurance broker Watson Laurie. Founded in 1988 by Andrew Crompton, and joined by...

  • Tony’s Ed Sheeran portrait is the winner

    By on August 18, 2020

    The Macclesfield Open Online Art Exhibition which ended on Sunday, despite being virtual, has proved to be a huge success. Artists from in and around...

  • Criminal damage in Prestbury

    By on August 17, 2020

    Following a number of incidents in Prestbury, when several shop windows were broken in the village, police have released CCTV images of a man they...

  • Lifeline for DW Sports

    By on August 17, 2020

    DW Sports shop and gym on Pickford Street in Macclesfield may have been thrown a lifeline. It’s being reported that Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has...

  • EFL regulation could see Silkmen saved

    By on August 17, 2020

    Macclesfield want the EFL to invoke a regulation that would halt their relegation into non-league football. The EFL will discuss at a board meeting today...

  • Multi-Storey car parks opening in Macclesfield

    By on August 15, 2020

    Cheshire East Council will be re-opening Jordangate and Grosvenor Centre multi-storey car parks on Monday 17 August 2020. The car parks were closed as a...

  • Dog walkers warned to be wary

    By on August 14, 2020

    Would be thieves attempted to steal a Bichon Frise similar to the one above Two would-be dog nappers attacked a man after he thwarted their...