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  • What’s on at Cinemac

    By on April 1, 2015

    CinemacHeritage Centre
, Roe Street
 Macclesfield SK11 6UTRecorded Information: 01625 423535
Enquiries: 07871 422937Tuesday 31 March to Thursday 16 AprilPlease note that times for films showing from Friday 3 to Thursday...

  • New US lab for Cyprotex

    By on April 1, 2015

    Macclesfield-based Cyprotex, which provides outsourced services to pharmaceutical companies, has expanded in the US.The company, a specialist in ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) testing...

  • Protect your property with Operation Shield DNA liquid

    By on March 31, 2015

    Cheshire Police is working closely with second hand shops and scrap metal merchants as part of Operation Shield. Local businesses are supporting the forensic marking...

  • Stroke Awareness Day

    By on March 31, 2015

    The Grosvenor Centre will be hosting Think Ahead Stroke Awareness Day on Saturday 18th April. There’ll be an opportunity to have your blood pressure taken...

  • Tragic death of Wilmslow marathon runner

    By on March 31, 2015

    Fitness fanatic Ben Smith was pictured smiling with his ‘soul mate’ Jordan Ibsen just minutes before he entering the Wilmslow Half Marathon in Cheshire. Described...

  • Macclesfield’s regeneration has started

    By on March 30, 2015

    For several months ilovemacc has been reporting that negotiations by national retailers to take space in Mill Street had stalled once they discovered the existence...

  • You Too Roadshow

    By on March 29, 2015

      Over the next few weeks Macclesfield Artspace are presenting The You Too Roadshow. This will provide an opportunity to meet the Artspace team and have...

  • Macclesfield town centre’s future packs the Parish Church

    By on March 28, 2015

    St Michael’s Parish Church was packed on Thursday night with local residents and business owners attending a meeting organised by local MP David Rutley to...

  • Ian Curtis plaque unveiled on Ian Curtis place of work

    By on March 28, 2015

    A local housing association paid tribute to a Macclesfield music icon as part of its new development in the town. Peaks & Plains Housing Trust invited...

  • Scam alert

    By on March 28, 2015

    We’ve been contacted by one of our subscribers regarding a potential local business scam. The man telephoned their office last Thursday, claiming to be from...

  • Open meeting tonight to discuss town centre problems

    By on March 26, 2015

    Don’t forget tonight’s public meeting to discuss the problems to be faced following the apparent demise of the Town Centre Redevelopment scheme. This is taking place at 7.30-9.00pm (Thursday...

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    Secrets below the Edge revealed

    By on March 25, 2015

    It’s going to be busy at Alderley Edge this Easter as a new exhibition of photographs “What Lies Beneath” opens to give a glimpse of the...

  • Royal London to create 450 new jobs in Wilmslow

    By on March 24, 2015

    Royal London, based on Alderley Road in Wilmslow, intends to build a new office block close to its existing site. It said its decision was...

  • Peter Hook to perform entire Joy Division catalogue

    By on March 24, 2015

    To mark the 35th anniversary of the death of Macclesfield-born frontman Ian Curtis, former bandmate Peter Hook will play live all 48 songs the group...

  • New stones for Bollington toilet block

    By on March 23, 2015

    Macclesfield MP, David Rutley, joined members of the Bollington Initiative Trust (BIT), to cut the ribbon at Turner’s Lodge on Ingersley Road, declaring Simplicity Granite...

  • Police appeal for help finding Daniel Ward

    By on March 23, 2015

    Cheshire Police are appealing for help in finding a 34-year-old man who has absconded. Daniel Ward, from Macclesfield, who was serving a sentence for wounding, assault...

  • Romanian offenders found guilty of theft

    By on March 23, 2015

    Cheshire Police we were called to Mobberley, on 16th March, following a report that two males were stealing from a van in Town Lane. The...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    By on March 23, 2015

    CinemacHeritage Centre
, Roe Street
, Macclesfield SK11 6UTRecorded Information: 01625 423535
Enquiries: 07871 422937Monday 23 March to Thursday 9 AprilMonday 23 MarchSuite Francaise (15) 5.30X + Y (12A) 8.00Tuesday 24 MarchSuite Francaise (15) 5.30X...

  • Rotary Charity Swimathon – Another unqualified success

    By on March 18, 2015

    The annual Rotary Club’s Swimathon was voted yet another unqualified success. The Mayor of Macclesfield, Counc Janet Jackson, who attended the event, said “It was...

  • Paul Talbot-Greaves to demonstrate his art

    By on March 18, 2015

    Paul Talbot-Greaves, a prolific landscape painter and writer from the North of England, will be demonstrating his talent in a demonstration at All Saints Church...