LIFT-OFF! NEW YOUTH PROJECT IS UNDERWAY
A MAJOR community masterplan that will dramatically improve the lives of Bollington youngsters is finally under way and campaigners are delighted. The Bollington Cross Youth Projec...
Wilmslow is a knockout!
STAFF from Chafes Solicitors took part in an “It’s a Knockout” challenge at their Annual Summer Event. It was held at the Stags Head in Great Warford, where more than 55 adults and...
Prestbury’s Guiding HQ reopens after flood drama
PRESTBURY’S Rainbow, Brownies, Guides and Senior Section are delighted to have regained the use of their headquarters in Bollin Grove. After burst pipes in January’s big freeze cau...
More Jiffy bags boost for frontline
HUNDREDS more ‘goody bags’ are on their way to boost local troops battling the Taliban. Workers at Cheshire East Council, their families and members of the public filled more than ...
You can’t beat that!
A COLOURFUL centuriesold military ceremony in Macclesfield has raised more than £2,000 for an Armed Forces charity. The Beating Retreat has become an annual spectacle in the town a...
Feathered friend visits local vets
THE vets at Cheshire Pet in Holmes Chapel are used to treating a wide variety of animals but none of them were expecting their most recent visitor. A Little Owl was brought in by t...
Mastermind Elizabeth returns to chair
ALDERLEY Edge’s Mastermind champion Elizabeth Horrocks returned to the famous black chair for a special champions of champions show. The former English teacher and author won the i...
Robin Hood makes merry!
MACCLESFIELD’S Grosvenor Centre is the place for great family entertainment every Saturday in August. The entertainment-packed Saturday’s include a visit from Robin Hood and the Sh...
Dean Row celebrates its 21st birthday
DEAN Row Day Services in Wilmslow celebrated 21 years of service to the community with an open afternoon. Service users, families and local residents attended the cutting of the ca...
Charlotte’s big television date
TALENTED Bramhall musician Charlotte Hickman is hitting all the right notes on a new television show. The 14-year-old student at St Bede’s College in Manchester has been featuring ...
Alderley girls help Kenyan women
TALENTED Sixth Form students at Alderley Edge School for Girls showed off their creativity and held a fashion show to raise funds for The Samburu Womens’ Empowerment Group in Kenya...
Midnight makeover!
ONE of Cheshire’s biggest charity fundraising events has been given a makeover with organisers determined to make this year’s big night even more magical. East Cheshire Hospice’s M...
Joel’s on the write track
POYNTON schoolboy Joel Bearn is about to see his name in print – and not just on the pages of your Cheshire Independent! The 10-year-old youngster, who goes to Vernon Primary, has ...
Cheshire’s cheese proves tasty for flower show visitors
CHESHIRE East’s gardeners put in a goldmedal winning display at this year’s RHS Tatton Park Show with a display that caught the imagination of the thousands of visitors to this yea...
Guides’ back to back success
CHESHIRE’S Girlguides celebrated their organisation’s centenary with a blooming great success at the Tatton Park Flower Show. Girlguiding Cheshire Border won a Bronze Medal in the ...
Gardens bloom at Tatton
CHESHIRE’S Gardens of Distinction are celebrating a clean sweep of awards at this year’s RHS Show at Tatton Park after hitting the right note with judges. Its four “back-to-back ga...
Flagging up parks
SIX parks in Cheshire East have won a prestigious award that recognises the best green spaces in the country. Green Flag status has been given to Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserv...
MAST appeal scores thanks to the Silkmen
MACCLESFIELD Town joined forces with the MAST scanner appeal for an event that proved a real home win for Silkmen supporters and the local charity. The club’s special Open Day rais...
Cats in need of loving homes
THIS month the Animal Support Volunteers have had a number of cats needing their and your help. A stray cat found its way to the Ark Veterinary Surgery in Mobberley and two pairs o...
Poynton’s £3.5m makeover is unveiled
THIS is the first view of how Poynton village centre will be transformed by a major £3.5 million makeover that will act as a model for regeneration schemes across Cheshire. The Poy...
