• LSH raises its Mercedes-Benz game

    Customers of the newest member of the Mercedes-Benz Vans retail network will soon be able to get their vehicles maintained and repaired at its branch...

  • Appeal for missing Buxton man

    Police have issued a new appeal in the search for a Buxton man who has been missing for nearly a month. Christopher Coleby was last...

  • Plant machinery stolen in Congleton

    Image: @mistergrist Cheshire Police are appealing for information after plant machinery was stolen from an industrial estate in Congleton on Sunday 26 July. Four men...

  • Suspended sentence for fraudster

    A man from Birmingham who attempted to steal £8,300 from a vulnerable Macclesfield man has been sentenced to just 15 weeks in prison, suspended for...

  • Roads for buses, cycles and pedestrians only

    Cheshire East Council is planning to close nine roads to motor traffic – leaving them free for cycles and pedestrians only. The Council believes the...

  • Andy Worth salutes Silkmen ‘superstar’

    Macclesfield Town supporters united with the Club’s office staff yesterday to pay their final respects to lifelong fan Alan Boothby. Alan’s funeral cortege poignantly made...

  • Peak Park bearded vulture

    Image: Bearded vulture in flight over the Peak District National Park. ⓒ Austin Morley. Sarah Fowler, chief executive of the Peak District National Park has...

  • Art welcomes visitors

    The visual welcome for visitors arriving at Macclesfield by train improved hugely this week with the installation of an artwork featuring landmarks from the town.  The metal artwork mural, commissioned by Macclesfield Town Council and designed by artist Tim Davies, was the favourite choice of...

  • Silkmen’s chairman Amar Alkadhi steps down

    Amar Alkadhi has stepped down as Macclesfield’s acting chairman with immediate effect. Alkadhi remains the majority shareholder of the club but is looking to sell...

  • Man wanted for Macclesfield drug offenses

    Police are asking for help to locate 24-year-old Ammin Hassan in relation to drug offences in the Macclesfield area Anyone seeing Hassan, or having information...

  • £13m deal for AstraZeneca

    Alderley Park-based Redx Pharma has agreed a £13m deal with AstraZeneca that will see the pharma giant further develop and commercialise a discovery that could...

  • DW Sports goes into administration

    The future of DW Sports in Pickford Street, Macclesfield was cast into doubt with the news that the Wigan-based retailing and fitness group has gone...

  • How many smoke alarms do you have?

    Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is encouraging the public to have a think about the smoke alarms in their home.   Statistics show that one smoke...

  • Three jailed for £600,000 burglary spree

    CCTV image of one of the burglaries in progress Three men who stole items worth over £600,000 have been jailed for a total of 24...

  • Capesthorne Hall Plant Fair

    Capethorne Hall has teamed up with Plant Hunters’ Fairs to put on a wonderful specialist plant fair on Sunday 16th August. Over the spring and...

  • 300 homes for old Macclesfield High School

    Barratt and David Wilson Homes North West will be parters in the conversion and construction of 300 new homes at the former King’s School (High...

  • All change at Macclesfield bus station

    In a bid to make public travel safer, Macclesfield Bus Station will become a ‘Departures Only’ bus station from Tuesday 4th August. Passengers arriving in...