• Top accolade for biggest ever infrastructure scheme

    Cheshire East Council’s biggest ever infrastructure scheme has scooped a top award. The £90m Congleton link road project team won the Civil Engineering Contractors’ North...

  • Cheshire East scoops top parks awards

    Parks and green spaces across the country are raising their Green Flag Awards with pride as people continue to enjoy outdoor spaces in the autumn...

  • It’s not a big sacrifice to wear a mask

    Cheshire East’s director of public health is advising residents to keep on wearing face masks when inside with people they don’t live with. Latest figures...

  • A Country Night in Nashville

    A musical journey through the history of country Friday 12 November 2021, 7.30pmBuxton Opera House A Country Night in Nashville recreates the scene of a...

  • Proposed Cheshire fire service council tax increase

    Council tax payers are being invited to share their views on Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service’s plans for council tax increases in 2022-23. The Service...

  • Appeal for witnesses to Macclesfield robbery

    Police are appealing for information following a knife-point robbery in Macclesfield. At around 1.20 pm on Tuesday 19 October a 22-year-old man was walking along...

  • Royal Cheshire County Show 2022

    The Cheshire Agricultural Society will celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a return to a two-day Royal Cheshire County Show in 2022.  The attraction packed...

  • Young Macclesfield gym manager dies in crash

    Tributes have been paid to the Macclesfield FC gym manager, Anna Ledgar, who died following a car accident on Monday morning (October 18) Anna, manager...

  • Anniversary of Charles Tunnicliffe

    Above: Charles Tunnicliffe (courtesy of Photo : (left) A kingfisher by Charles Tunnicliffe (courtesy of the C.F. Tunnicliffe Estate) (right) A shire stallion by Charles Tunnicliffe...

  • Have a say in protecting your environment

    Two new planning guides have been published by Cheshire East Council. The guides give residents and developers an opportunity to voice their views on how...

  • MP supports hospitality businesses jobs drive

    Above: David Rutley MP with Div Lad, Area Manager at Caffé Nero. Local MP, David Rutley, is helping bolster Macclesfield Jobcentre Plus team’s  drive to recruit people...

  • Mini-motor for Macc FC

    Above: Robert Smethurst, Martyn Webb and Robbie Savage with LSH Auto tiny car The latest addition to Macclesfield FC’s fleet of vehicles is a tiny...

  • Our Readers Write

    Open letter to Mr David Rutley MP, and Councillors of Macclesfield regarding Bellway Homes development, Chelford Road Dear Mr Rutley & Councillors We are writing...

  • ‘Pimmy’s’ family pays tribute

    The family of a 58-year-old Alan Pimblott, who died in a collision  on Chester Road on Friday 1 October, have paid tribute to him. Mr...

  • Old Macc 5

    Old Macc was published many years ago by local historian and ex-editor of the Macclesfield Express, Doug Pickford. Doug has kindly given ilovemacc permission to reproduce...

  • Halloween fun at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

    Sunday 24 October to Sunday 31 October At a time of year when cats come into their own, there is a lot of feline focused...

  • A Christmas message from Macclesfield Town Council

    We know how much everyone looks forward to the Christmas Light Switch on in Macclesfield.  A cold November day, huddled together in the Market Place,...

  • Council combats rising school Covid cases

    Cheshire East Council has introduced a set of temporary measures in schools in areas where Covid rates are high. Measures such as the wearing of...

  • Rotary community charities Christmas bazaar

    The annual and ever-popular Rotary Club of Macclesfield Castle Charities Bazaar will be back next month encouraging everyone to support a number of local charities. As...

  • Castle Street re-opens for business

    Castle Street has reopened following a £1.6m refurbishment which includes bespoke kerbstones, incorporating extracts from the poem ‘A Love Letter To Macc’, compiled by Jacqui...