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  • Likely Lads of Rainow

    By on July 11, 2021

    A couple of nights ago local police out on patrol stopped to speak to the three male occupants of a car, parked in a remote...

  • Emerging Artists at Art Fair Cheshire

    By on July 11, 2021

    Amy Stevenson, Emerging Artists Curator writes: For the first time this year, Art Fair Cheshire will have a gallery entirely focussed on Emerging Artists. It...

  • Police appeal for witnesses to M6 crash

    By on July 9, 2021

    Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision on the M6 near Knutsford yesterday (8th July) in which one driver died and three other...

  • Gawsworth Shop champion retiring

    By on July 9, 2021

    A search is underway to appoint a successor to Ray Shaw, Chairman of Gawsworth Community Shop, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. Ray’s wife,...

  • Calls for dog owners to respect livestock

    By on July 7, 2021

    Cheshire East Council is calling for dog owners to respect the countryside in response to dog attacks on cattle in the borough. Lockdown has seen...

  • Shake-up for council’s financial controls

    By on July 7, 2021

    Cheshire East Council’s new committee system is aimed at improving councillors’ oversight of the finances, increase transparency and help target resources to council priorities more...

  • From seaweed to T-shirts

    By on July 7, 2021

    Local entrepreneur Adam Costello is creating a splash by making T-shirts made from seaweed – and selling them from a shop in Macclesfield Heritage Centre. ...

  • Statiflo making waves in Scotland

    By on July 6, 2021

    Macclesfield engineering company Statiflo is making waves with a new deal to supply equipment to the water and wastewater treatment industry in Scotland. The Wood...

  • Royal Cheshire Show 2021

    By on July 5, 2021

    As the summer commences, the weather remains bright and the lockdown is easing, The Royal Cheshire County Show – this year a one-day event –...

  • Staff appointed for The Christie at Macclesfield

    By on July 5, 2021

    The Christie at Macclesfield has appointed its first key staff at the cancer centre, currently under constructed, due to open in December of this year....

  • Redesign for Cheshire East transport services

    By on July 3, 2021

    Cheshire East Council is redesigning the way in which it delivers transport services.  Following a review, the strategic, planning, commissioning and procurement functions of the...

  • Watch out, there’s a ghost broker about

    By on July 2, 2021

    Just 15% of people have heard of a ‘ghost broker’.* Do you know what one is? We’re not talking about things that go bump in...

  • Appeal for witnesses to A34 collision

    By on July 2, 2021

    Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the A34 in Handforth. Following a collision between a Suzuki motorbike and a white Ford Transit...

  • From small beginnings

    By on July 1, 2021

    In 1995, at a Macclesfield secondary school, two young people bonded over a passion for theatre and musicals. Their friendship has lasted out over almost...

  • Are you heir to an unclaimed estate?

    By on July 1, 2021

    There are people out there sitting on fortunes from unclaimed estates – never knowing anything about it. The unclaimed estates occur when owners pass away...

  • JOBS: Macclesfield Academy seeks Site Caretaker

    By on July 1, 2021

    The Macclesfield Academy is looking for a  SITE CARETAKER, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday all year (shift pattern) NJC Grade 4, £18,933 to...

  • A message from the Barnaby team

    By on June 30, 2021

    Thank you – and can we have some feedback. The team at Barnaby Festival want to say a massive thank you to everyone who came...

  • Covid passport scam

    By on June 30, 2021

    Yet another scam to target the unwary and vulnerable – this one requesting payment in return for a ‘coronavirus digital passport’. The email purports to...

  • Rotary Club of Macclesfield Castle President’s handover.

    By on June 30, 2021

    There was a markedly rural setting for the Rotary Club of Macclesfield’s President Handover evening this year, in the garden of the Harrington Arms in...

  • The Royal Cheshire Show 2021 – Closed Doors Competitions

    By on June 30, 2021

    June 21st, 22nd and 23rd 2021 saw the much-anticipated return of some of The Royal Cheshire County Show’s best loved competition classes; dogs and light...