News

  • Gradus mill to be demolished

    Peaks & Plains will soon commence the demolition of the derelict mills at Park Green – to make way for a new 67-apartment development. The...

  • Did you witness Wilmslow robbery?

    Officers from Macclesfield CID are appealing for witnesses to an attempted robbery on 24th February just before 2am on Albert Road, Wilmslow. The victim, a...

  • Peak Park urges fire safety

    The Peak District National Park is asking visitors to be ‘fire aware’ after a period of unseasonably warm weather, and recent wild fires. This week,...

  • Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

    Get ready for an evening of inspirational adventure films coming to Buxton Opera House from the wildest corners of the globe! In this selection of...

  • Jon Boden & The Remnant Strings

    In 2017 former Bellowhead front-man and multiple BBC Folk Award winner Jon Boden introduced the new big band Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings. Supported...

  • Bess the Commoner Queen

    A new play by award-winning playwright Kevin Fegan, featuring Michelle Todd as Bess. A female story of survival and astonishing business success in the brutal world...

  • An evening with The Hairy Bikers

    With their irresistible enthusiasm, An Evening With The Hairy Bikers will be an epic night of cooking and conversation. Big hearted, down-to-earth cooks with a love of good...

  • Poynton Air cadets need your help

    2448 (Poynton) Squadron Air Cadets is calling for more adult uniformed volunteers to help run and maintain this important local service for young people in...

  • Treacles WI bare all

    In a bid to raise funds to fight cancer, Tytherington Treacles Women’s Institute group stripped off for a fundraising calendar – and raised nearly £10,000....

  • ‘Faces of Change: Nature’s Champions’

    Above: Gertrude Jekyll, National Portrait Gallery National Trust exhibition celebrates the champions of the natural world in partnership with National Portrait Gallery 23 March – 9 June, Dunham...

  • What’s On at Cinemac

    CinemacOld Sunday SchoolRoe StreetMacclesfield SK11 6UT Recorded Information: 01625 423535Enquiries: 07534 920495 Tickets• can be purchased on the door, subject to demand• can be booked...

  • Cultural heritage spring lectures

    What better way to spend an evening than learning about fire, foxholes, bullets and barrows? Or how about hearing tales of Anglo Saxons in the...

  • Firefighters splash out for charity

    Firefighters in Knutsford are hoping to swap buckets of water for buckets of cash.   They are getting ready to roll up their sleeves to raise...

  • Work starts on Congleton link road

    The construction of the Congleton Link Road scheme started yesterday (25th February) at an event attended by Cheshire East Council’s leader councillor Rachel Bailey, transport...

  • Residential scheme for County Hotel

    Planning consent has been given for a residential scheme on the site of the former County Hotel on the B5359 (Alderley Road) in Alderley Edge....

  • Appeal to help trace Gawsworth man

    Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 65-year-old man from Gawsworth who hasn’t been seen or heard from for six days. John...

  • Police candidate rejected for being a white, hetero male

    A 25-year-old man has been rejected for a Cheshire Constabulary position for being a “a white, heterosexual male without disability”, a tribunal heard. Matthew Furlong,...

  • TEDx = better connections

    The inaugural TEDxMacclesfield in 2018 was a whirlwind of eight intriguing and varied talks by nine speakers, all focusing on an “idea worth sharing” and...

  • New-build levy to benefit community

    A levy on newly built homes and property sites will be in place in the borough by 1 March – which Cheshire East Council say...

  • Spring comes early to Hare Hill Gardens

    It’s not yet March but in at least one small quarter of Cheshire – spring has well and truly arrived Local family and child photographer,...