1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (485+ words) A "WARM and nurturing" pre-school where staff and children "enjoy spending time together" is celebrating after its first inspection under Ofsted"s the new grading framework. S4 YC@Whitegate Preschool, on Dalefords Lane, met the expected standard in all six inspection…...

22+ hour, 20+ min ago  (298+ words) POLICE seized more than 200, 000 counterfeit cigarettes from shops in Northwich with suspected links to immigration crime. " On Wednesday, April 2, officers launched Operation Accommodate, targeting four shop in Market Street, Station Road, Northwich Road, and Chester Road. At all four shops,…...

19+ hour, 35+ min ago  (304+ words) A NURSERY has been celebrating friendship and inclusion. Kids Planet Winnington in Cheshire took part in activities for World Down Syndrome Day, supporting Down Syndrome UK's 21-day countdown campaign. This year's theme focused on tackling loneliness. The nursery joined others…...

1+ day, 48+ min ago  (336+ words) Mortgage rates are likely to remain higher for "some time yet" despite some signs of the upward pressure easing, according to a financial information website. Global stock markets have been recovering after the US and Iran agreed a two-week ceasefire,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (160+ words) LEAGUE title and knockout final success has been achieved in the Mid Cheshire Table Tennis League. The Championships Finals night was staged at Lostock Social Club, where 70 people attended and watched a high standard of action followed by the presentation…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (318+ words) With the incidents of violence against prison staff reaching an all-time high (assaults almost trebling in the last decade) I brought a debate in Parliament last week asking that all prison staff be issued with protective body armour. Nationally, in…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (214+ words) Former footballer Joey Barton has denied assaulting a man outside a golf club. The 43-year-old, wearing a grey zip-up fleece and with glasses on, appeared via videolink from HMP Liverpool for the plea hearing at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (163+ words) A HORSE 'stuck' in a canal in Middlewich gave firefighters the runaround. Crews were called out to the tow path of the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, near Coal Pit Lane, to reports of a horse trapped in…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (283+ words) A NORTHWICH teenager is lucky to be alive after a tree came crashing down on top of his car. Rossi Stanners was on the way back from his friend's house on the night of Saturday, April 4. The 18-year-old, from Kingsmead,…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (123+ words) THE A530 Nantwich Road was closed in both directions after an incident near Middlewich. The emergency services were called to the main road in the early hours of Sunday, April 5. A Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said it was closed…...