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Protect your personal info
By Editor on June 29, 2015
Cheshire Police Economic Crime Unit has today launched an awareness campaign encouraging residents and businesses to protect their personal information. The ‘Not With My Name’ campaign,...
Macclesfield Tennis Club – Golf Day
By Editor on June 29, 2015
Macclesfield Tennis Cub are inviting participants to their Annual Golf Day on Thursday, 10th September. Following last year’s hugely successful event, The Golf Day will...
Cheshire business is booming
By Editor on June 29, 2015
Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership has announced that it is currently the fourth most successful LEP in the UK in terms of jobs created...
Making the impassable possible brings salmon to the Bollin
By Editor on June 28, 2015
It’s 15 years since Katherine Causer, of the Environment Agency, first filmed a poignant video of salmon trying to negotiate a weir on the lower reaches of...
Don’t forget it’s Treacle Sunday
By Editor on June 27, 2015
Last Sunday of the month means just one thing in Macclesfield – Treacle Market. The sun will shine (eventually) and visitors will be flooding in to...
Vulcan XH558 over Woodford
By Editor on June 27, 2015
Not quite as good a shot as I would have liked, but to be honest the mighty Vulcan was so low it was all I...
Scotty’s Little Soldiers helped by South Cheshire Pipe Band
By Editor on June 27, 2015
As their contribution to Armed Forces Day, South Cheshire Pipe Band (http://www.cheshirepipeband.co.uk) have been playing in the Market Place today, helping raise funds for Scotty’s Little Soldiers...
Coffee Traders Angie hangs up her coffee pot today
By Editor on June 27, 2015
One of, if not the, town’s favourite café managers retires today. Angie Plumb has managed several cafes in the town for over 29 years and during that...
Have you lost a Yorkie?
By Editor on June 26, 2015
This little lady was found wandering the roads of Adlington. If you’re the owner or know them contact Cheshire police on 101 quoting incident ref 1101:26/06 Share...
The last chance to see Avro Vulcan XH558
By Editor on June 26, 2015
Tomorrow, Saturday 27th June, will see history in the making when the very last flying Avro Vulcan – XH558 – takes to the skies over Manchester and Cheshire for...
Free wifi for Cheshire’s bus passengers
By Editor on June 26, 2015
Free wifi and charging sockets are turning Cheshire East’s mobile and tablet generation into bus travellers. That’s the claim from Transport Service Solutions, Cheshire East...
New Director of Children’s Services and Deputy Chief Executive
By Editor on June 26, 2015
Cheshire East Council is set to appoint Kath O’Dwyer as its new Director of Children’s Services and Deputy Chief Executive. Kath is currently National Director,...
‘MBE’s for local groups
By Editor on June 26, 2015
Two local organisations have won the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – the MBE for local groups. Cre8 (pictured above), which provides services for young people...
Cheshire East flies the flag
By Editor on June 26, 2015
Cheshire East Council today held a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Week. The Armed Forces Day flag was raised outside the authority’s Westfields HQ in...
STOP PRESS: Serious collision closes M6 northbound between junction 16 and 17
By Editor on June 26, 2015
Drivers are urged to avoid the northbound M6 in south Cheshire after a serious incident closed motorway. The M6 between junction 16 and 17 northbound...
Macclesfield’s abseiling MP
By Editor on June 24, 2015
Macclesfield’s MP David Rutley, was involved in a cliffhanger of an event, when he took part in an abseil organised by the Macclesfield & Congleton World...
Alderley Edge Micro Beer Festival
By Editor on June 24, 2015
Alderley Edge will not only be hosting some of the county’s best beers from our local micro breweries but some of the county’s best musical talent...
ATM fraudsters continue to target Cheshire
By Editor on June 24, 2015
Cheshire Police are alerting the public to a series of cash point scams that are occurring across the county. Fraudsters are targeting cash machines positioned...
MP presses for action for Eaton
By Editor on June 23, 2015
Macclesfield MP David Rutley, joined Cheshire East Councillor Lesley Smetham and members of Eaton Parish Council at a meeting to discuss the potential impact on...
Skout PR tells Katherine “you’re hired”
By Editor on June 23, 2015
Skout PR has appointed its first apprentice as the business looks to expand further in 2015. Katherine Wilding recently joined the B2B PR consultancy in...