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  • Prince Charles supports Hospice with lithograph

    Art Fair 2014 is delighted to announce that His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, has donated an Artist’s Proof of one of his own...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    Cinemac Heritage Centre Roe Street Macclesfield SK11 6UT Recorded Information: 01625 423535 Enquiries: 07871 422937 Friday 19 September to Thursday 2 October Friday 19 September The Boxtrolls...

  • Prestbury company wins planning appeal against Cheshire East

    Prestbury-based Frost Planning has won a planning appeal against Cheshire East Council over nine homes close to a country park near Congleton. Astbury Mere Development,...

  • Warning to young drivers

    As young people from across the county return to university, college or start their careers Cheshire Police is warning them that drink driving will not...

  • MP will be going pink

    Local MP David Rutley joined the fight against breast cancer by taking part in Breast Cancer Campaign’s flagship fundraiser – Wear it Pink Day. The...

  • Terry Waite CBE to speak at Art Fair 2014

    Terry Waite CBE is to make a special visit to Macclesfield Town Hall on Sunday 28th September to tour East Cheshire Hospice Art Fair and...

  • David Rutley celebrates town’s heritage

    Member of Parliament for Macclesfield, David Rutley, took the opportunity on Saturday to help promote the town’s rich heritage, as he took part in Macclesfield’s...

  • Phones 4u Macclesfield store to close

    Mobile phone retailer Phones 4u looks set to close its Grosvenor Centre store in Macclesfield after the company went into administration. The retailer, who’s 550 stores may all be closed, lost...

  • Food Festival for Wilmslow and Alderley

    The very first Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Food Festival is free event to celebrate the very finest local food, beer and street food – with...

  • Cheshire roads overwhelmed with public support for dogs home

    A Cheshire Dogs Home has been overwhelmed with offers of support following a fire at a Manchester Dogs Home. Cheshire Dogs Home in  Knutsford Road,...

  • Tennis Club’s Golf Day

    Macclesfield Tennis Club’s Golf Day (no that’s not a typo) at The Tytherington Club was hailed as a great success by the twenty-eight players who...

  • Chancellor opens new mass spectrometry HQ

    Tatton MP George Osborne joined Waters CEO Doug Berthiaume to mark the official opening of the Waters Mass Spectrometry Headquarters in Wilmslow this week, which...

  • BMX riders sought following robbery

    The victim, a woman aged in her 50s, was walking along Chester Road towards town when she was approached from behind by two men on...

  • Save 10% travelling to Spain or France with Brittany Ferries discount code

    If you’re thinking of hopping over to France or Spain by Brittany Ferries in the next twelve months we have a nice surprise for you....

  • Police Audit & Ethics Committee members needed

    Do you want to become part of an Audit and Ethics Committee which provides independent assurance on the adequacy of risk management, financial controls, integrity...

  • Embroidery artist Louise Gardiner to exhibit at Art Fair 2014

    Contemporary artist and designer, Louise Gardiner, will be taking part in Art Fair 2014 in aid of East Cheshire Hospice. The exhibition will showcase her work...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    CinemacHeritage Centre
, Roe Street
, Macclesfield SK11 6UTRecorded Information: 01625 423535
Enquiries: 07871 422937 Monday 8 to Thursday 25 SeptemberMonday 8 SeptemberThe Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) 5.15, 8.00Tuesday 9 SeptemberThe Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) 5.15,...

  • MP and Mayor get Bikefest under way

    Around 300 cyclists were under starters’ orders from Member of Parliament for Macclesfield, David Rutley, and Bollington’s Mayor, Cllr Amanda Stott, at the Bollington Bikefest...

  • Brian Ollier’s funeral

    If the mark of a man is the number of friends he has, then Macclesfield photographer, Brian Ollier must have been up there with the...

  • Bollington SciBar: CERN, the LHC and the Higgs boson

    Ever wanted to know quarks, leptons and bosons are? Especially *that* boson? What does the Large Hadron Collider do? How did scientists discover the Higgs...