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  • Is the end of the supermarket nigh?

    By on May 4, 2016

    There could be light at the end of the tunnel for Macclesfield town centre. Maybe (and hopefully) the days of large supermarkets dominating trade in...

  • £1m street enhancement scheme

    By on May 4, 2016

    Cheshire East Council has plans to give Macclesfield town centre a £1m makeover that reinforces Macclesfield’s unique identity. Cheshire East say “This represents a further phase in...

  • Local schools set for parliamentary lessons

    By on May 3, 2016

    The work of the Parliamentary Education Service has been backed by the Member of Parliament for Macclesfield, David Rutley, ahead of the North West’s Outreach...

  • Cheshire’s primary schools can curry flavour

    By on May 3, 2016

      The #GROWYOUROWNCURRY campaign is looking for Cheshire primary schools to organise gardening clubs aimed at encouraging their pupils to grow curry ingredients from seed! This activity can...

  • Win tickets to Barnaby’s ‘Astronomer’s Story’

    By on May 3, 2016

    ilovemacc has three pairs of tickets for one of the Barnaby Festival’s highlight – The Astronomer’s Story. The spellbinding story of La Lune unfolds in...

  • The best show on Cheshire’s earth

    By on May 3, 2016

    The best show on Cheshire’s earth – The Royal Cheshire Show 2016 Tickets now on sale: Adult £16.00 in advance; £18.00 on the gate Children...

  • House of Fairy Tales brings magic to Quarry Bank

    By on May 3, 2016

    Families will be able to enjoy an adventure of intergalactic proportions at Quarry Bank this summer. The House of Fairy Tales – a nationally-renowned children’s educational...

  • Two charged following Poynton bank robbery

    By on May 2, 2016

    Two men have been charged with robbery following an incident in Poynton on Friday 29th April.  Paul Hughes, 31, of no fixed abode, Liverpool, and Sean...

  • Pets at Home buys veterinary practices

    By on April 30, 2016

    Handforth-based Pets at Home has bought two veterinary specialist referral businesses. Eye-Vet Referrals (EVR), based in Frodsham, a dedicated opthalmology centre with six veterinary clinicians,...

  • Upton Priory School celebrate The Bard’s birthday

    By on April 30, 2016

    The 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death was marked at Upton Priory School with a performance of “Mini Macbeth” by Year 4 pupils, and a visit by local...

  • Poynton bank robbery – two men arrested

    By on April 29, 2016

    Shortly before 5pm on Friday 29th April police received reports of a robbery taking place at a bank in Fountain Place, Poynton. A number of...

  • Barnaby’s back

    By on April 29, 2016

    Barnaby Artist in Residence Poet Ailsa Holland is working on 2 projects as Artist in Residence. The first is Back Wallgate Books, inspired by her Library in the...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    By on April 28, 2016

    What’s on at Cinemac Heritage Centre
, Roe Street
, Macclesfield SK11 6UT Recorded Information: 01625 423535 Enquiries: 07871 422937 Wednesday 4 to Thursday 12 May   Wednesday 4 to Thursday...

  • Artist Bedwyr Williams explores yoga

    By on April 28, 2016

    Macclesfield on a Sunday morning found artist Bedwyr Williams in sun salutation pose and exploring yoga with local teacher Andrew Wrenn – who is subject of...

  • Trump tomato

    By on April 28, 2016

    One of our readers, Steve Leigh, took the photo of Trump Tomato. He told us: “I thought you might like this shot I took of...

  • The Simon and Garfunkel Story

    By on April 28, 2016

    Has it really been 50 years since the most successful Folk/Rock Duo of all time recorded their first no1 hit single ‘The Sound of Silence’?...

  • Rotary blood pressure campaign success

    By on April 27, 2016

    The Rotary campaign – run jointly with the Stroke Association – to make our communities safer by encouraging the public to have their blood pressure...

  • Recycling gives Moss Lane residents an early wake-up call

    By on April 27, 2016

    Moss Lane residents are up in arms over Cheshire East Council’s failure to ensure their own contractors adhere to regulations set by the same council. Cheshire East doesn’t have...

  • Fermaine Academy on track for July expansion

    By on April 26, 2016

    Macclesfield MP, David Rutley, has visited the town’s newest school, to see progress in the construction of its new school building. The Fermain Academy, which...

  • North Lees Hall open weekend

    By on April 26, 2016

    It proved to be quite a trek – with my sat-nav sending me down some pretty tough (and incorrect) tracks – but eventually we found the...