CREWE'S South Cheshire College is hosting an open evening for parents and employers to launch its new Ready to Work scheme. Ready to Work helps entry level students find work placements and employment when they finish their studies and aims to forge
A LOCAL Grammar School Charitable Foundation is to receive a donation of £500, courtesy of a former pupil. Councillor Brian Silvester, deputy leader of Cheshire East Council, handed over a cheque for £500 to Bill Lighton, chairman of the Nantwich
POLICE are warning drivers about six-hour road closures in the centre of Alsager for the Christmas lights switch-on and Christmas market on Sunday November 29. Lawton Road will be closed from its junction with Sandbach Road North to its junction with
SOUTH Cheshire MP Edward Timpson has expressed alarm at news that youth unemployment is at a record high. In Crewe and Nantwich last month a third of people claiming Job Seekers’ allowance benefits were between 18 and 24. Some 825 young people were
POLICE were called to Brook Lane late Saturday night, to detain youths who were starting fires in a field. The young people were spoken to about the dangers of such behaviour, and their details were taken. There were no arrests.
CREWE'S South Cheshire College has scored Focus College status, provided by British Colleges Sport and the Football Association. The award recognises the part that further education colleges play in developing football development provision and ensuring
A KINDHEARTED Rudheath student has been crowned Cheshire West and Chester’s Young Volunteer of the Year. Seventeen-year-old Joseph Rimmer, of Whatcroft Lane, received the coveted accolade for his role as an inclusive sports facilitator and support worker
THE grounds of the Residence Restaurant on Mill Street in Nantwich will be transformed into an ice rink this Christmas. Nantwich Town Council has been working closely with the Residence and Wonder Ice Ltd on the project. The plans have
CREWE residents are invited to test their fitness levels against TV’s Gladiators at the opening of a new community fitness facility this weekend. Stars of the Sky 1 series Atlas and Siren will be guests of honour at the public launch of Shavington Leisure
A WINSFORD pooch proved you do not have to be beautiful to be brilliant by reaching the final of a national dog show. Thirteen-year-old Jenny, who lives with owner Julie Nelson in Dene Drive, strutted her stuff at the Crufts equivalent for
I REFER to a letter from Anthony Kitchen regarding wailing sirens, Guardian, September 16, and the response from the police, September 23. On Sunday, September 20, I was rudely awakened at 1.45am by a wailing siren. Consequently I was still
A TEAM of officers and detectives have received commendations for tackling a case of assault and kidnapping. On December 19 last year a man informed the helpdesk at Crewe that he had been forced to hire a vehicle, which he believed was to be
POLICE in Crewe have been commended for the way they investigated a string of arson attacks in Crewe. Several wheelie bin fires were reported in the town the beginning of the year. Any of them might have resulted in a serious fire with
MORE than 70 police officers and staff from the Cheshire Police Eastern area received commendations in Sandbach last week. Among them were 45 people, including many Crewe officers, involved in an operation against drug dealing, which resulted in the
SOME four Crewe authors are set for a double book launch on Friday November 27. They have also issued an open invitation to anyone interested in publishing a title of their own. Mark Potts, Tony Marks and Howard Curran will unveil From
AT least 50 jobs are being cut at Crewe's university as the Alsager campus closes. The posts are in catering, house services, estates planning and maintenance, HR, and technical support. A spokesman for Mancheshter Metropolitan University said: "Clearly
A COFFEE morning and Christmas Fair for Hearing Dogs for the Deaf will take place on Saturday November 28 at St Mary's Church Hall in Sandbach from 10am to 12noon. The event will be opened by the Mayor of Cheshire East Margaret Simon and will feature
NEW conductor Anthony Rose, of Sandbach Voices, received a welcoming reception at his first concert in Sandbach Town Hall on Saturday night. A full house responded enthusiastically to his production of Schubert’s Deutsche Mass, which the well
MOULTON’S village design statement has been accepted into official council policy. At a meeting of Cheshire West and Chester Council, the Local Development Framework Panel agreed to adopt the Moulton Village Design Statement. It will now become a key
FIFE'S finest sons Sergeant deliver a masterclass in upbeat indie at The Box in Crewe on Saturday November 21, with a new set of tracks that will implant themselves on your psyche in seconds. In fact, so gloriously life affirming is the music from their
NANTWICH Town's Weaver Stadium has been selected as a potential training venue within England’s bid to host the World Cup in 2018. The stadium has been identified as a possible training camp to host one of the 32 competing national teams if the 2018
A UNIQUE piece of Bentley design - a 'soapbox' or Down Hill Racer designed by engineers and graduates at the Crewe firm - has raised more than £5,000 in a silent auction for The Prince’s Trust. The winning bidder, Bentley enthusiast John Watkinson
CREWE'S aging railway station is to get a major face-lift after it was branded as one of the worst in the country. The historic station has been the focus of controversy in recent years with some favouring a replacement terminal at Basford. But
BRITISH Transport Police has launched a region-wide hunt for a prolific luggage thief. The man has been operating on trains throughout the north west for the past two months and, so far, officers have been unable to trace him. Now, having released CCTV
HARTFORD’S shop owners are planning on staging a special Victorian Christmas event in December. The village has had a troubled past six months with road works causing havoc on the roads and as a result the shops on Chester Road now want to give something
