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  • Best Front Garden Competition

    Above: Jenni Lawton, winner of best large front garden category with Mayor of Macclesfield, Cllr Sarah Bennett-Wake. Macclesfield Town Council recently ran a Best Front...

  • Macclesfield Town FC lose their boss

    Macclesfield Town boss Mark Kennedy has left the club following their relegation to the National League.  The Silkmen lost their position in League Two on...

  • Silkmen respond to relegation news

    Macclesfield Town FC have responded to the news that the club will are being relegated. “Everyone at Macclesfield Town was very disappointed and saddened by...

  • Lingerie company supports the Hospice

    Pour Moi Head of Operations Rachel Kirk Lockley (left) with Kate Bowmar, Corporate Fundraiser at East Cheshire Hospice. Sales of lingerie, swimwear, sportswear and loungewear...

  • Silkmen relegated

    An independent arbitration panel has backed the EFL who argued the four point penalty imposed and suspended in June should apply immediately. With the decision...

  • Cheshire Fire Cadets help Nepalese children

    Image above from a previous project A determined group of Cheshire Fire Cadets who raised over £50,000 before lockdown have vowed to continue their quest...

  • LSH raises its Mercedes-Benz game

    Customers of the newest member of the Mercedes-Benz Vans retail network will soon be able to get their vehicles maintained and repaired at its branch...

  • Appeal for missing Buxton man

    Police have issued a new appeal in the search for a Buxton man who has been missing for nearly a month. Christopher Coleby was last...

  • Plant machinery stolen in Congleton

    Image: @mistergrist Cheshire Police are appealing for information after plant machinery was stolen from an industrial estate in Congleton on Sunday 26 July. Four men...

  • Suspended sentence for fraudster

    A man from Birmingham who attempted to steal £8,300 from a vulnerable Macclesfield man has been sentenced to just 15 weeks in prison, suspended for...

  • Roads for buses, cycles and pedestrians only

    Cheshire East Council is planning to close nine roads to motor traffic – leaving them free for cycles and pedestrians only. The Council believes the...

  • Andy Worth salutes Silkmen ‘superstar’

    Macclesfield Town supporters united with the Club’s office staff yesterday to pay their final respects to lifelong fan Alan Boothby. Alan’s funeral cortege poignantly made...

  • Peak Park bearded vulture

    Image: Bearded vulture in flight over the Peak District National Park. ⓒ Austin Morley. Sarah Fowler, chief executive of the Peak District National Park has...

  • Art welcomes visitors

    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...

  • Silkmen’s chairman Amar Alkadhi steps down

    Amar Alkadhi has stepped down as Macclesfield’s acting chairman with immediate effect. Alkadhi remains the majority shareholder of the club but is looking to sell...

  • Man wanted for Macclesfield drug offenses

    Police are asking for help to locate 24-year-old Ammin Hassan in relation to drug offences in the Macclesfield area Anyone seeing Hassan, or having information...

  • £13m deal for AstraZeneca

    Alderley Park-based Redx Pharma has agreed a £13m deal with AstraZeneca that will see the pharma giant further develop and commercialise a discovery that could...

  • DW Sports goes into administration

    The future of DW Sports in Pickford Street, Macclesfield was cast into doubt with the news that the Wigan-based retailing and fitness group has gone...

  • How many smoke alarms do you have?

    Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is encouraging the public to have a think about the smoke alarms in their home.   Statistics show that one smoke...

  • Three jailed for £600,000 burglary spree

    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...