All posts by Editor

  • Latest phone scam!

    We’ve been receiving an increasing number of BT scam/phishing calls recently on our landline. Previous ones have involved someone at the other end – usually...

  • Dale Mine crowdfunder goes live!

    Above: Dr. Catherine Parker Heath with her wonderful volunteers hard at work. This week a new project from the South West Peak Landscape Partnership broke...

  • New music festival at Capesthorne Hall

    A new music festival is taking place in the  grounds of an historic stately home near Macclesfield. Hide & Seek Festival, offering a mixture of...

  • Macclesfield digital agency helps propel Air Ambulance

    Macclesfield-based UX design and development agency, Sigma has been appointed by Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (AAKSS) to deliver a better digital user experience.  Launched...

  • Tilly’s battle against plastic

    We know many youngsters are passionate about the planet and are constantly seeking new ways to help look after it. Well, meet Tilly. This 12-year-old...

  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel at Buxton

    Legendary rock icon and the original Cockney Rebel, Steve Harley, has written and recorded twelve albums in a career covering four decades, and continues to...

  • Daryl McMahon is the new Macc Town manager

    Macclesfield Town have appointed Daryl McMahon as their new head coach to succeed ex-England defender Sol Campbell who left the Silkmen last Thursday. McMahon, 35,...

  • Wilmslow man charged with murder

    A 43-year-old man has been charged with murder following the discovery of a body in Handforth. Pamela Ann Mellor, understood to be 55, was discovered...

  • Country life at its best at Tatton this weekend

    Tatton Park hosts a terrific celebration of country life this Bank Holiday weekend, as traditional fun and games, crafts, activities, food and drink take over...

  • Pandamonium! at West Park Museum

    A programme of free workshops and activities at the Museum, curated by Barnaby. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S ON AT PANDAMONIUM! THIS WEEK… 1 pm – 4 pm...

  • Man charged following hospital drug theft

    A 42-year-old Stockport man has been charged after potentially lethal drugs were stolen from Macclesfield District General Hospital. Stephen Hague was arrested at his home...

  • Johnny Cash Roadshow

    The only show to be endorsed by the Cash family is back on top form at Buxton Opera House with a brand new production on...

  • Henbury housing fight continues

    Henbury and Broken Cross residents have vowed to continue to fight proposals to build 157 homes outside Macclesfield as housebuilder Bellway advances two planning applications...

  • Home Bargains Macclesfield store opens

    The new Home Bargains store opened in Lyme Green Retail Park this morning. The store will employ 40 people and is one of more than...

  • A-level success for Cheshire students

    A-level students in Cheshire East have once again achieved impressive results that are above the national average. The borough’s 1,667 sixth-form students received their results...

  • Macclesfield Town Meeting

    Macclesfield Town Council are running open forum public meeting on Wednesday, 4th September at 6 pm at Macclesfield Town Hall, Market Place, Macclesfield. Local people...

  • Virgin and Delta unveil new Manchester-US schedule

    Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines are boosting flights between the UK and US from next Summer, with Delta returning to Manchester Airport once again...

  • Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service tackle loneliness and isolation

    Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) has teamed up with British Red Cross and The Silver Line, a charity which supports older people, to help...

  • Nominate your National Park heroes

    Above: In 2018 Osian Wilson, a youth ranger, won the Young Person category for his efforts in assisting the Eastern Moors Partnership in the Peak District...

  • Appeal following hospital drug theft

    Macclesfield CID are appealing for information after a quantity of potentially lethal drugs were stolen from Macclesfield District General Hospital Some time around 8.30 pm on Tuesday 13 August...