All posts by Editor

  • Bay Leaf redevelopment – a cause for great concern

    The planning meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the Bay Leaf restaurant (old Wagon & Horses pub) at the foot of Grimshaw Lane in Bollington...

  • Cheshire East seeks to curb land banking

    Cheshire East Council is to ask the Government to do more to ‘get Britain building’ – to boost housing supply and relieve the pressure on...

  • Cheshire Decorative & Antiques Fair

    Fifty leading antiques and fine art dealers from across the UK come together this weekend – 9th and 10th January – at Tatton. Featuring a...

  • War and Conscience: Choices Then and Now, 1916-201

    A series of events are being held at Macclesfield Library to mark the centenerary of the introduction of military conscription – when all men aged...

  • Is your driving distracted?

    Despite warnings on the dangers of being distracted by mobile phones while driving, people continue to drive around Cheshire staring at their knees instead of...

  • Peak District project wins top award

    A Peak District project that helps people to improve their employment and life skills has won a UK National Parks Volunteer Award. Fit for Work...

  • Appeal following Macclesfield burglary and car theft

    Officers from Cheshire Police are appealing for information following a burglary in Macclesfield. The incident is believed to have taken place sometime between 4.30pm and 6.15pm on Sunday...

  • ‘Knock Knock’

    Children at 25 schools across Cheshire East have taken part in a Borough-wide safety campaign themed around the dangers of doorstep callers. Cheshire East Council’s trading...

  • Astronomy picture of the day

    Earthset from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter  Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State U./Lunar Reconnaissance OrbiterExplanation: On the Moon, the Earth never rises — or sets. If you were to...

  • Whitehead heading for Wigan

    Wigan Athletic are hoping to give another chance to midfielder Danny Whitehead. According to the Daily Mail, the Latics are set to sign the 22-year-old from Macclesfield...

  • Jasmine Park handed over

    2015 finished on a high note at Jasmine Park in Macclesfield, the pavilion was declared formally open at long last. The keys to the building...

  • What’s on at Cinemac

    Cinemac Heritage Centre Roe Street Macclesfield SK11 6UT Recorded Information: 01625 423535 Enquiries: 07871 422937 Monday 4 to Thursday 21 January Monday 4 January Star Wars: The...

  • Book online for Peak District ranger events

    It’s never been easier to work off the festive excess by exploring the Peak District National Park with the people who know it best. Booking...

  • “Catalogue of errors” by care home

    A Warwick Mews resident died from a severe, million-to-one allergic reaction to lentils in her lunchtime soup, an inquest has heard. Deborah Molloy, 52, was a long-term...

  • Chief Constable receives New Year’s honour

    Cheshire’s Chief Constable, Simon Byrne, has received the Queens Police Medal (QPM) in the New Year’s Honours list. The QPM recognises those officers who throughout...

  • Criminal investigation launched into Cheshire East fitness contracts

    Cheshire Police have launched a criminal investigation into the awarding of council contracts to a firm run by the outgoing leader’s physiotherapist. According to a...

  • Over 100 arrested in Operation Hatay

    Almost 120 people have been arrested in a week as part of Operation Hatay 6. The policing operation, which was resurrected over the Christmas period,...

  • Rescue team and air ambulance scrambled

    Buxton’s Mountain Rescue volunteers were called to Teggs Nose after bank holiday walkers were injured. Many of the paths in the country park had been...

  • Crewe link road opening

    The final stretch of road, which completes the eastern bypass around Crewe, was opened just before Christmas by the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin MP....

  • Ellie’s winning Christmas card

    Cheshire East Council’s Christmas card for 2015 was designed by a 11-year-old school girl from Macclesfield. Ellie Hill’s design of antlers, baubles and Christmas stockings...