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  • Public speaking success for Tytherington School

    By on January 31, 2020

    Above: Winning Senior team Emily, Morgan and Alice with Mrs Burke, Patrick Tyrrell and Mary Grant Seven teams, from Macclesfield and Knutsford schools, took part...

  • Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service high on the Stonewall list

    By on January 31, 2020

    Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service has been ranked the third most inclusive employer in Britain for the second year running by lesbian, gay, bi and...

  • Light on the supernatural at Little Moreton Hall

    By on January 31, 2020

    Above: Anna Massey prepares for Candlemas at Little Moreton Hall. ⓒ Alan Ingram / National Trust To most of us, personal security means protecting ourselves...

  • Barnaby Festival receives Arts Council grant

    By on January 31, 2020

    Above:  Liz West installation for exhibition LUCE – at the Daniel Benjamin Gallery until February 15 2020.   Image ⓒ: Dan Weill Arts Council England has awarded...

  • New owner for Scamps nursery

    By on January 30, 2020

    Scamps Day Nursery, based in Poplar Road in Macclesfield, has been acquired by one of the UK’s leading childcare providers, Busy Bees. Scamps offers 98...

  • Major AstraZeneca project completed

    By on January 30, 2020

    Above: The secondary packing line in the global packing centre at AstraZeneca’s Hurdsfield, Macclesfield site The £50 million project to upgrade and future-fit the warehousing,...

  • Macc Town players terminate their contracts

    By on January 30, 2020

    Three Macclesfield players have had their contracts terminated following an approach to the English Football League. It is currently unclear who the players are or...

  • Snow hits Buxton Road traffic

    By on January 29, 2020

    Image: Hayley Parker/StokeonTrentLive Snow and ice are causing disruption near the Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire border. A Cheshire Police spokesman said:  “There has been an...

  • Can you deliver Barnaby’s Vision?

    By on January 27, 2020

    The 8th Barnaby Festival 2020 theme is Vision and once again Barnaby is inviting the people who live and work in Macclesfield out to play...

  • Manchester Bike Show 2020

    By on January 27, 2020

    MANCHESTER BIKE SHOW28-29 MARCH 2020EventCity, Manchester, M41 7TB JUST TWO MONTHS TO GO!There are just two months to go until the Manchester Bike Show. Have...

  • Macclesfield celebrates Chinese New Year

    By on January 27, 2020

    Image: by Keith Townley. The Chinese New Year was celebrated by  huge crown in Macclesfield town centre on Saturday 25th January.  To welcome the Year...

  • Police appeal following Wilmslow robbery

    By on January 27, 2020

    Cheshire Police are appealing for witnesses or information after a man was seriously assaulted during a robbery in Wilmslow on Sunday 26 January. The victim...

  • MP remembers The Holocaust

    By on January 27, 2020

    Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, Macclesfield MP, David Rutley, signed the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s Book of Remembrance, in honour of all those who perished...

  • Alan Carr Tour comes to Buxton

    By on January 27, 2020

    It’s been four years since Alan last went on tour, and in that time he’s managed to find himself in all sorts of dramas. Between...

  • East Cheshire Hospital Pancake Race

    By on January 27, 2020

    It’s back!  The ECHO Annual Pancake Race for 2020. Last years event was the best yet with 20 teams participating, but organisers hope to beat...

  • King’s School redevelopment

    By on January 27, 2020

    The fate of Macclesfield’s historic and iconic Cumberland Street site comes before council planning decision makers on Wednesday 29th January. The King’s school is redeveloping this...

  • New CEO for Kinaxia

    By on January 27, 2020

    Macclesfield-based Kinaxia Logistics has appointed Simon Hobbs to the newly-created role of group chief executive. Simon is a leading industry figure having held senior positions...

  • Barnaby Presents: Arts Marketing, Audience Development & Social Media

    By on January 26, 2020

    Join us for a free Barnaby Presents: Arts Marketing, Audience Development & Social Media workshop which will take the form of two mini masterclasses, followed by an...

  • King Arthur and the Knights of the Moss Rose . . . Forest Green Rovers (Home)

    By on January 26, 2020

    Jen Kelly – a.k.a. Cheshire’s Revenge / The Word Nerd – brings ilovemacc her own take on the highs and lows of The Silkmen You...

  • Flood report deepens Henbury homes row

    By on January 24, 2020

    Controversy over three proposed schemes off Chelford Road near Macclesfield has intensified following publication of a flood risk report. Developers Bellway, Jones and Redrow plan...