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  • Digging the dirt on National Trust gardens during lockdown

    By on April 29, 2020

    Above: Dunham Massey gardens are only being visited by the gardener and wildlife ⓒ Amy Watson While National Trust gardens remain closed to visitors, work...

  • Can you help locate Aaron Grundy?

    By on April 27, 2020

    Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace Aaron Grundy – a wanted man known to have connections in this area. Aaron Nicholas Grundy...

  • Macc Town players and staff furloughed

    By on April 25, 2020

    Macclesfield Town have put all of their first team, backroom staff and majority of their office staff on furlough leave during the coronavirus pandemic. The...

  • Armed robbers jailed for more than 30 years

    By on April 24, 2020

    Above: Rebanne Cantrill, John McLeod and Devon Patterson Three men who were part of a group that raided a property in Rainow and threatened the...

  • Burglars target homes in Cheshire

    By on April 23, 2020

    Burglars are continuing to target homes in Cheshire despite the current coronavirus crisis. In the space of a week police received reports of 50 residential...

  • English Touring Opera’s St John Passion free online

    By on April 21, 2020

    English Touring Opera’s first ever broadcast premiered with a communal listening experience on Easter Sunday. The film was part of their commitment to keeping music...

  • Statiflo is an export champion

    By on April 21, 2020

    Above: Statiflo managing director Gareth Fry Macclesfield-based engineering company Statiflo has been recognised for its international trading success by being named as an Export Champion...

  • Cheshire East focusing on COVID-19 business grants

    By on April 20, 2020

    Cheshire East Council has distributed more than £35m in financial aid to companies throughout the borough – and is urging businesses to bear with it...

  • Cheshire East Council welcomes heritage sector support

    By on April 20, 2020

    The National Lottery Heritage Fund has launched a £50m emergency response package to support the heritage community following the Covid-19 crisis.  The Heritage Emergency Fund...

  • Paul’s pics

    By on April 19, 2020

    A wonderful image of one of Britain’s most notorious raptors – the sparrow hawk – from local wildlife photographer Paul Beech. The Sparrowhawk has pale...

  • Sex-tortion scams on the increase

    By on April 18, 2020

    As a result of a recent rise in the number of reported sextortion scams, police are urging people to be aware of and report threatening...

  • Can you help COVID-19 patients?

    By on April 18, 2020

    The NHS needs to locate people who’ve recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19) asking them to donate blood plasma, as part of a potential clinical trial to...

  • Lockdown with Spring nature diary

    By on April 17, 2020

    Hundreds of diary entries written during the first official week of spring have been published by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and National Trust...

  • Police stations open just one hour a day

    By on April 16, 2020

    Image: @mistergrist It’s good to know that despite the harsh press coverage meted out to a number of the UK’s police forces during the current...

  • Soundscape celebrates Peak Park Anniversary

    By on April 14, 2020

    Above: Poet and audio artist Mark Gwynne Jones has created Voices From The Peak, a new soundscape for the Peak District National Park (photo by...

  • Great-gran, 97, beats coronavirus

    By on April 10, 2020

    Above: Joyce fell ill on March 16, but has now fully recovered from her ordeal and is back home (Image: Stoke Sentinel / BPM Media)...

  • Avoid the Peak Park this Easter

    By on April 9, 2020

    National Park Authority urges visitors to keep staying at home ahead of Easter weekend break. As the country comes towards the end of a third...

  • Housing market comes to a standstill

    By on April 9, 2020

    The housing market in the region has come to a complete standstill. The March 2020 RICS UK Residential Market Survey results show that, despite the...

  • Enjoy Easter at home 

    By on April 9, 2020

    Image: © National Trust, Megan Taylor Stay at home this Easter, urges Hilary McGrady, at what is traditionally one of the charity’s busiest times Trust...

  • Stay connected to nature

    By on April 8, 2020

    Above image: Newborn Hebridean lambs Tatton’s Parkland is a beautiful space, especially in springtime, and though Tatton Park is closed for the period of the lockdown,...