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  • Buxton Film launches young programmers project

    By on September 3, 2016

    Buxton Film is being funded by Film Hub North West Central to run a project to engage young people in the programming and marketing of...

  • More disabled bay cheats

    By on September 2, 2016

    Friday 2nd September and two more drivers who either couldn’t read or chose to ignore the ‘disabled parking only’ signs. The driver of the van...

  • Free training to boost local businesses

    By on September 2, 2016

    Cheshire East Council is to hold a series of free workshops to help business people learn how to win public sector contracts. The award-winning procurement...

  • Cheshire East Council pays tribute to hero Tom

    By on September 2, 2016

    Cheshire East Council Leader Rachel Bailey has paid tribute to hero Tom Jackson who died after trying to save a fellow backpacker as she was...

  • Cafe closure mystery

    By on September 2, 2016

    Mystery surrounds the sudden closure of Livesey’s cafe and sandwich shop in Chestergate. The business appeared to be thriving and had been receiving excellent reviews...

  • Under Macclesfield skies

    By on September 2, 2016

    You don’t have to go to Jamaica for sensational sunsets. How about these images taken in Macclesfield on Thursday evening.   Share this... Facebook Pinterest...

  • Historian to play his part in Quarry Bank’s future

    By on September 2, 2016

    One of the country’s best-loved historians is to play a part in the future of a historic place in Wilmslow. ‘An Evening with Michael Wood’,...

  • Your Health Matters – Cardiology

    By on September 2, 2016

    A reminder that the next Health Matters talk will be held on Tuesday – 6th September 2016, 7-8pm. This month’s talk is about Cardiology  People can learn...

  • Help solve the puzzle of Christ Church’s box pews

    By on September 1, 2016

    Can you help solve a puzzle about the Christ Church pews? Macclesfield’s grade II* listed Georgian church built by entrepreneur and industrialist Charles Roe in...

  • If you’re not disabled – please don’t use their bays

    By on September 1, 2016

    Disabled parking bays are provided for disabled drivers. Maybe if the drivers of these vehicles – none of which were displaying blue badges – see they’re being recorded,...

  • International Artist to give talk at Art Fair 2016

    By on September 1, 2016

    Above: Caryatids by Susie MacMurray A special event at Art Fair 2016 this month will give visitors the chance to hear contemporary British artist, Susie...

  • Fruits of the Forage

    By on September 1, 2016

    A glorious summer evening provided the perfect backdrop for the first pop-up Wild Food Supper Club hosted by local foraging company, Fruits of the Forage....

  • Manchester airport expansion for Jet2.com

    By on September 1, 2016

    Budget airline Jet2.com is on a major recruitment drive. A combined total of 310 pilots, cabin crew and engineering positions at Manchester Airport are up for grabs...

  • The Blockheads

    By on August 30, 2016

    The Blockheads, the band that brought us Hit Me with your Rhythm Stick, What A Waste, Reasons to be Cheerful (Part 3) and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll,...

  • Swinging at the Cotton Club

    By on August 30, 2016

    Take a step back into 1920s and 30s New York City and through the doors of Harlem’s hottest nightclub, in an action-packed show celebrating the...

  • John is 10,000 light years ahead

    By on August 30, 2016

    Towards the end of 1966, a young Birmingham-born bass guitarist joined the flagging Moody Blues around about the same time as a guitarist and singer...

  • Chinese State Circus

    By on August 30, 2016

    Get ready for some eye-popping entertainment in Buxton later this month, when the internationally acclaimed Chinese State Circus arrives. The famous circus troupe will be on...

  • Man charged after investigation into Handforth incident

    By on August 30, 2016

    Officers from Macclesfield Local Policing Team have charged a 19-year-old man from Wilmslow following an investigation into an incident in Handforth. Shortly after 8pm on...

  • Plans approved for Jodrell Bank’s Square Kilometre Array headquarters

    By on August 27, 2016

    Permission has been granted for the construction of new headquarters for the international Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project at Jodrell Bank. Cheshire East Council’s strategic...

  • Cheshire East students celebrate impressive GCSE results

    By on August 27, 2016

    Pupils in Cheshire East have, once again, performed above the national average after chalking up some impressive GCSE results. Provisional figures show that 66 per...