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Are you willing to pay extra for more policing?
By Editor on December 8, 2015
John Dwyer, Cheshire’s Police & Crime Commissioner, is asking the Cheshire public to give their views on how much they would be willing to pay...
Stick up for Stanage this Christmas
By Editor on December 8, 2015
Stuck for stocking fillers? Why not treat someone special to a Stanage sticker to show their support for Stanage-North Lees and receive a year of...
Belshazzar’s Feast Christmas
By Editor on December 8, 2015
Folk music’s very own ‘odd couple’ Paul Hutchinson and Paul Sartin will be warming up audiences in Buxton on Tuesday 15th December with a live gig...
Midge backs Grosvenor Centre’s charity grotto for hospice
By Editor on December 8, 2015
A charity champion is urging shoppers help raise funds for a Macclesfield hospice by dropping in to see Santa at the Grosvenor Shopping Centre. Midge...
Bosley Primary wins Parliamentary Christmas card competition
By Editor on December 8, 2015
Children at Bosley St. Mary’s Primary School provided a high quality field of entries for David Rutley MP’s annual Parliamentary Christmas card competition. A number...
Four jailed for distraction thefts
By Editor on December 7, 2015
A gang of four who preyed on pensioners at supermarkets in Congleton – stealing cash from their bank accounts – are behind bars. Following a police...
Philharmonic Concert Orchestra to ring in the New Year at Buxton Opera House
By Editor on December 7, 2015
Champagne will be flowing at Buxton Opera House this New Year’s Eve when the beautiful theatre rings in 2016 with its popular Gala Concert. Taking...
Kennedy Avenue collision – update
By Editor on December 7, 2015
Following the appeal for information on Friday 4 December a 64-year-old man has come forward, he is currently helping officers with their enquiries. Sadly the...
Cheshire police to withdraw from site of Bosley tragedy
By Editor on December 5, 2015
On July 17 this year, the lives of four people were lost, following explosions at the Wood Treatment Ltd mill in Bosley. Derek Moore, 62, Dorothy...
Police appeal following Handforth burglary
By Editor on December 5, 2015
Officers from Macclesfield Local Policing Unit are appealing for information following a burglary in Handforth. The incident occurred at an address on Dean Road, Handforth,...
Macclesfield Open Art Exhibition
By Editor on December 5, 2015
The third Macclesfield Open Art Exhibition is now running at the Silk Museum. With almost 300 works, submitted from as far afield as Manchester, Liverpool,...
Appeal to trace driver following Upton Priory collision
By Editor on December 4, 2015
Officers from the Cheshire Roads Policing team are appealing to trace the driver of a vehicle involved in a road traffic collision in Macclesfield. The...
Local nature reserves
By Editor on December 4, 2015
RSPB Macclesfield Local Group will be hosting an indoor meeting at Macclesfield Methodist Church, Westminster Road, Macclesfield on Tuesday 8th December at 7.45 pm OUR LOCAL...
No hope of recovering body of Jason Shingler, inquest told
By Editor on December 4, 2015
An inquest has been told that there is no hope of recovering the body of Jason Shingler who remains missing following two explosions at Bosley...
MP celebrates 40th anniversary of Everest climb
By Editor on December 4, 2015
Macclesfield MP, David Rutley, attended a dinner to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first ascent of the South West face of Mount Everest – often referred...
Astronomy picture of the day
By Editor on December 3, 2015
In the Center of Spiral Galaxy NGC 3521 Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA and S. Smartt (Queen’s University Belfast); Acknowledgement: Robert GendlerExplanation: This huge swirling mass of stars, gas, and dust occurs near the...
Year 11 students interviewed
By Editor on December 3, 2015
The Rotary club of Macclesfield Castle carried out the first of the 2015 session of Mock Interviews at Macclesfield Academy. An annual event, held for the...
Bollington brewers score ‘hat-trick’ in industry awards
By Editor on December 3, 2015
The Bollington Brewing Co. has added three significant wins to its trophy cabinet, claiming North East Cheshire Business Award’s Team of the Year; Silver in...
Four charged over distraction thefts
By Editor on December 3, 2015
Following a Cheshire Police investigation into distractions thefts at two supermarkets in Congleton four people have been charged. A 44-year-old man was charged with two...
Manchester Airport boosts Cheshire East coffers
By Editor on December 3, 2015
New routes and record passenger numbers has boosted profits triggering a £25m payout for Cheshire East and its other local authority shareholders. In the six months...