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  • Queen’s Fire Service Medal for Cheshire’s Fire Chief

    By on October 10, 2020

    Cheshire’s Chief Fire Officer has been awarded the Queen’s Fire Service Medal after almost 31 years in fire and rescue. Mark Cashin has been recognised...

  • Hovis to go Italian?

    By on October 6, 2020

    The maker of Hovis bread could be changing ownership after Italy’s Newlat Food launched a bid to buy the 134-year-old firm. In a statement on...

  • Premiere League Kicks

    By on October 6, 2020

    As part of the youth street sports, activity and movement strategies, Macclesfield Town Council is working with Macclesfield Town Football Club Community Sports Trust in...

  • Cheshire East wants your feedback on Open, Fair, Green

    By on October 5, 2020

    Cheshire East Council is asking residents, business and other organisations in the borough to give their feedback on its plan for the next four years....

  • Kinaxia is one of UK’s best

    By on October 5, 2020

    Kinaxia Logistics has been recognised as one of Britain’s leading mid-market private companies with its inclusion in the 16th annual Sunday Times PwC Top Track...

  • Feel good at Tatton Park this autumn

    By on September 24, 2020

    We’re at the turning point of the seasons, and entering the time of year when days are shorter than nights and the weather can make...

  • Vinci to build £14m The Christie at Macclesfield

    By on September 24, 2020

    VINCI Construction UK has been appointed to deliver a £14.5m contract for the construction of a new two-storey building to house the new Christie cancer...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    By on September 22, 2020

    Cinemac, Old Sunday School, Roe Street, Macclesfield SK11 6UT Recorded Information: 01625 423535Enquiries: 07534 920495 Important Information: Michael Ball & Alfie BoeDue to Covid –...

  • Treacle teamwork

    By on September 22, 2020

    Treacle Market will be back on Macclesfield’s streets on 27th September. The first pared-back market at the end of August was enthusiastically received by visitors who...

  • The power of peat

    By on September 21, 2020

    Image: Left to right: Esther McVey MP, David Rutley MP, James Melling, Trust Campaigns Officer and Rachel Giles, Trust Evidence and Planning Manager.  Macclesfield MP, David...

  • Welly Walk and Nature Needs You

    By on September 18, 2020

    Join the RSPB Macclesfield Wildlife Explorers on Saturday 10th October for a free virtual outdoor and nature themed event. The event – Welly Walk and Nature Needs You...

  • Council’s action plan listed for national award

    By on September 17, 2020

    Cheshire East Council’s action plan to be carbon neutral by 2025 has been shortlisted for a national environment and sustainability award. In May last year,...

  • Council to remove green belt allocations

    By on September 17, 2020

    Cheshire East council is taking the next steps towards finalising the second part of its Local Plan Strategy.   The Local Plan was approved in 2017....

  • Debt sinks the Silkmen

    By on September 16, 2020

    Macclesfield Town Football Club has been wound up in the High Court over debts totalling more than £500,000. Judge Sebastian Prentis made a winding-up order...

  • 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...