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  • The family silver is being sold

    By on March 12, 2025

    We’re told that the amalgamation of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Warrington will bring investment and prosperity for all. We’re told that businesses will have...

  • Macclesfield to Whaley Bridge road – latest

    By on March 11, 2025

    Cheshire East Council says work to repair the B5470 Macclesfield to Whaley Bridge road could take several months. The embankment collapsed taking the road with...

  • Sarah’s legacy continues

    By on March 11, 2025

    The second phase of a breast cancer study created at the request of Girls Aloud singer, Sarah Harding, will begin this year. Funded by The...

  • Blank-firing guns handed in

    By on March 11, 2025

    Cheshire Constabulary is supporting a month-long amnesty. The operation is intended to secure blank-firing guns which can easily be converted into weapons. The four-week amnesty...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    By on March 10, 2025

    Monday 10th & Tuesday 11thBridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (15) 16:45Mickey 17 (15) – 19:30 Thursday 13thBridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (15) 16:45Mickey...

  • Local children benefit from opticians gifts

    By on March 10, 2025

    Specsavers Macclesfield has donated a selection of new toys to Macclesfield Children and Baby Library. The library group, run by volunteers, helps families in need...

  • The tip: Macclesfield’s new theme park?

    By on March 10, 2025

    Accessing Macclesfield refuse tip is akin to queuing at a theme park. Once you’ve made it off the main road, having earned the ire of...

  • Macclesfield schools under pressure

    By on March 10, 2025

    Above: Fallibroome Academy Anyone with half-an-ounce of sense could see it coming. When the government introduced VAT at 20% on private education, it was inevitable...

  • Does Macclesfield need Gails?

    By on March 9, 2025

    Gail’s opened the doors of its Macclesfield bakery on Friday and the BBC were on hand to quiz some Macc shoppers. There is a cheerful...

  • Selling off the family silver?

    By on March 8, 2025

    Above: Churchill Way car park which may be sold off No, not the mayor’s regalia – that’s for the future, today it’s our car parks....

  • New camera tech for Macclesfield Hospital

    By on March 8, 2025

    Above: Mark Morrison, Endoscopy Nurse Specialist with Staff Nurse Jingbo Ellison.  East Cheshire NHS Trust have launched a new transnasal endoscopy (TNE) service. The facility...

  • Courier fraud on the increase

    By on March 8, 2025

    With the rise in the number of courier frauds across the county Cheshire police are issuing more warnings to residents. Courier fraud is where a...

  • Flipping fantastic pancake race

    By on March 7, 2025

    East Cheshire NHS Charity’s Macclesfield Pancake Race turned Shrove Tuesday into a day of fun and fundraising, with over £900 raised. Crowds gathered in the...

  • Chilly Charity Challenge for Beech Hall

    By on March 5, 2025

    Members of the Beech Hall School community faced the freeze for the school’s annual Ice Challenge Swim – in aid of homelessness charity, Crisis. The...

  • u3a & Macclesfield Castle Rotary

    By on March 5, 2025

    Macclesfield u3a members continue to provide Community support with the Macclesfield Castle Rotary club to the schools Mock Interviewing programme for 16 year olds in...

  • Should cash-haemorrhaging car park be sold?

    By on March 5, 2025

    Applause, along with some laughter, filled the council chamber, when a Cheshire East councillor posed the question. Cllr Reg Kain (Alsager, Lib Dem) had enquired...

  • First choice for 95% of schoolchildren

    By on March 4, 2025

    Eager parents have learned whether their children have secured their preferred secondary school place. And, for the vast majority, it’s been good news. This year...

  • Legends of the Edge

    By on March 3, 2025

    Above: Joe Beard, Malcolm Robinson, Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer Legends of the Edge is a celebration of some of the myths, legends and stories from...

  • Quarry Bank restoration could cost £100,000

    By on March 3, 2025

    Above: National Trust Images/Paul Harris It could cost “in excess of £100,000” to restore a National Trust estate after it was badly damaged by heavy...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    By on March 3, 2025

    Macclesfield Comedy club is back this Friday! Join us for some of the best comedians in the UK! It’s not long until Sea Fever are...