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  • Vic Barlow’s Top Ten

    Ex-Macclesfield Express columnist, dog whisperer, raconteur and local legend-in-his-own-lunchtime Vic Barlow is joining our team and will be offering the occasional off-the-wall thoughts on Macclesfield in his usual...

  • Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre & Countryside Park

    As the school holidays draw closer parents are checking out which attractions in Cheshire will keep their precious broods occupied for a few hours. ....

  • Appeal for help in tracing missing teenager

    Police are appealing for help in tracing a missing teenager from the Tarporley area. Officers growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of 14-year-old Kizzy Whitehurst....

  • Police appeal following Bollington cyclist fatality

    Cheshire police are appealing for witnesses following the death of a cyclist who was in collision with car. The collision happened around 5.20pm on Tuesday 7...

  • What price freedom? The EU – in or out?

    On 23rd June we have a choice – to remain a member of the EU or wrest control from the unelected Brussels bureaucrats who have...

  • Bollington motorcyclist fatality

    A motorcyclist has died following a collision involving three cars in Stockport. The crash happened at the junction of Reddish Road and Broughton Road in...

  • Ashgrove student wins Rotary poetry prize

    Image: Rotarian Mary Grant and Grace Bailey Rushton The North West Rotary clubs ran a competition to see who could submit the best poem to...

  • Manchester Ideal Home Show this weekend

    Whether you’re interested in meeting Restoration Man George Clarke – and hearing his views on saving old buildings – or hearing Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s views on interiors, you’re guaranteed...

  • Hold tight – it’s 60’s night!

    A popular night of sixties music and entertainment returns to the garden theatre at Gawsworth Hall, near Macclesfield on Saturday July 9, in aid of...

  • Man sought following Alderley incident

    Police officers from Macclesfield have released an image of a man they would like to speak to in relation to an incident in Alderley Edge....

  • Music line up announced for Barnaby 2016

    There’s an edgy and eclectic mix of musical talent in evocative settings at the Barnaby Festival – which runs from Friday 17 to Sunday 26...

  • Reach Out and Recover

    The work being done by a local charity which supports people who face addiction issues and homelessness has been praised by local MP, David Rutley,...

  • Macclesfield: The Ripper Connection

    Local author Doug Pickford is joining the ilovemacc team and will be posting occasional columns. Some of the items have appeared in print, many have not been...

  • Health Matters – Are you zzzzleepy?

    The next talk in the Health Matters programme is about sleep disorders. Are you zzzzzleepy?  will be held on Tuesday 7th June 2016.  The talk will be presented by Dr Sriram Iyer, Respiratory Consultant and Kate...

  • Obituary – Mike Black

    I found out today that someone I’d known, over 50 years, passed away a few weeks ago. I didn’t know him intimately nor was he...

  • Petrol-head Paradise

    The fine weather contributed to the crowds of Cheshire petrol-heads who ventured into darkest Gawsworth for the Spring Bank holiday Youngtimers Car Show. The event...

  • Could you be a foster carer?

    Cheshire East Council is looking for people to take on a highly-rewarding career and register their interest in becoming foster carers. The appeal for more carers...

  • Win tickets to The Royal Cheshire County Show 2016

    The organisers of Royal Cheshire County Show 2016 have generously provided us with two pairs of complimentary admission tickets for this year’s show – for use on...

  • Brewing Culture

    Brewing Culture – an event that will combine conversations about the ingredients of a good town with a tour of brewing in Macc – with...

  • Performers to breathe new life into Quarry Bank’s history

    They were some of the most influential characters in Manchester’s history and now their fascinating story is to be revisited in the city they helped...