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  • They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

    By on April 7, 2019

    It’s a wall, a stone wall, a very impressive stone wall . . . and a stone wall with real history. This wall – and...

  • May the Fourth be with you

    By on April 5, 2019

    Macclesfield Town Centre will be visited next month nine 9 well-known Star Wars characters – as part of the international Star Wars Day celebrations. Organised...

  • Men charged with drug offences

    By on April 5, 2019

    Two Manchester men have been charged in connection with drug offences in Macclesfield. Kayson Thomas, aged 20, and Nico Edgar, aged 20, both of Tipton...

  • Discover National Parks fortnight

    By on April 5, 2019

    This Saturday (6 April) marks the start of Discover National Parks Fortnight – a two-week celebration across the UK with events and experiences running throughout...

  • Men identified following football match disorder

    By on April 5, 2019

    As the three men, wanted in connection with disorder at a football match in Macclesfield have been identified, Cheshire Police have requested us to take...

  • Your Health Matters

    By on April 4, 2019

    The next in this year’s series of Health Matters programme is “What’s new in HIV and Aids” The talk, starting at 7 pm prompt, will...

  • Manchester Airport’s Pier One opens

    By on April 4, 2019

    Manchester Airport is celebrating the completion of the first major phase of its £1bn transformation programme. Passengers flying out of the UK’s third largest airport...

  • Bank card scammers – warn your elderly relatives

    By on April 4, 2019

    Cheshire Police are urging residents – and to advise any elderly or vulnerable friends and relatives – to be vigilant, after a Wilmslow couple were...

  • What’s On at Cinemac

    By on April 3, 2019

    Recorded Information: 01625 423535Enquiries: 07534 920495 Tickets• can be purchased on the door, subject to demand• can be booked in advance at cinemac.org.uk • can...

  • ‘Rare’ Victorian tiled floor may be lost

    By on April 3, 2019

    A community action group comprising local pub-goers are attempting to halt the conversion of The Macc pub, on Mill Green, into a number of residential...

  • Silkmen still awaiting March wages

    By on April 3, 2019

    Despite action from their supporters club, Macclesfield Town Football Club’s players are still waiting to be paid, despite their wages for March being due last...

  • Future of Boots store in question

    By on April 3, 2019

    Owners of Macclesfield Grosvenor Centre’s anchor-tenant, Boots, has warned it could close a number of less-profitable stores and cut jobs after its US parent company...

  • Low cost direct flights to Istanbul

    By on April 3, 2019

    Turkey’s low-cost carrier, Pegasus Airlines, is launching a flight programme between Manchester Airport and Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen, on July 1. Pegasus’ new flights will take...

  • Millyard and Miller unveil stunning bikes at Stafford

    By on April 2, 2019

    Above: Allen Millyard Velocette – Image ⓒ Allen Millyard With less than a month to go until the next instalment of the world’s biggest classic...

  • Make it a Milkshake this half term!

    By on April 2, 2019

    Tickets are selling rapidly for the two matinee performances of Milkshake! Monkeys Musical on Monday, 15th April – so go online or phone now to...

  • Cheshire’s new Deputy Chief Constable

    By on April 2, 2019

    Following a selection process, Julie Cooke has been appointed Deputy Chief Constable at Cheshire Constabulary. Julie joined the force in February 2019 in an acting...

  • Cricket pavilion memorial will be demolished

    By on April 2, 2019

    One of our readers, incensed by the plans to demolish the King’s School war memorial cricket pavilion writes: Do I detect a skew of morals?...

  • King’s School housing plans challenged

    By on April 2, 2019

    Local residents are calling on other townsfolk to take a close and urgent look at a proposed housing development for the King’s School historic site...

  • Macc Town players fail to be paid – again

    By on April 2, 2019

    The Macclesfield Town supporters’ group has threatened to stop giving money to the club after players and staff were not paid March’s wages on time...

  • Townley Street Chapel to become housing?

    By on April 2, 2019

    Plans have been submitted to demolish the 231-year-old Townley Street Chapel and substitute new homes. Many local residents see development of a site as a...