News in Macclesfield

One of the more hated spots in Macclesfield has been tidied up by a community gardening group.

The Exchange Square on Exchange Street near to Age UK, B&M and an empty retail unit attracted unwanted guests.

Bin collections have been disrupted in some areas of Cheshire East over the past couple of weeks because of the impact of Covid and the availability of HGV drivers.

Macclesfield streets Lyme Green Park and London Road (including offroads) have not had their garden bins collected.

Officers are appealing for witnesses and video footage following a serious collision in the sleepy Macclesfield village of Adlington.

At around 1.15am this morning, police were called to reports of a collision on Brookledge Lane, which is just around the corner from Adlington train station.

A passionate artist has took his Macclesfield art exhibition online, despite the cancellation of many in-person Art Exhibitions due to COVID, for the second year running.

The Macclesfield Open was a popular art exhibition, organised by local artists Geoff Archer and Pat Havis and held each year at the town's Silk Museum.

A new art gallery is launching in Macclesfield next week, with all pieces being donated to raise money for charity.

Art for Charity is a new gallery opening on June 1 within Barnardo's charity shop on Thornton Square, Macclesfield.

You can now tell police about areas in Macclesfield that are unsafe - even if a crime has not been committed.

Cheshire's recently re-elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire John Dwyer has welcomed the launch of a new pilot tool, 'StreetSafe', which will allow people to flag places in their communities where they've felt unsafe.

Learning disability nurses, clinical support workers and care staff are quitting their jobs because they can earn more working in supermarkets or in pubs, to the surprise of a Macclesfield councillor.

Cheshire East is now experiencing 'some real workforce pressures' in the healthcare sector, top bosses told members of Cheshire East Council's scrutiny committee on Monday.

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A Macclesfield youth football club has installed a defibrillator to help save lives.

Tytherington Juniors FC have secured the new kit for their new home ground on Rugby Drive Playing Fields, where the nearest defib was once over 10 minutes away from the pitch.

A second man has been charged in relation to the Benjamin Mendy rape allegation investigation.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised Cheshire Constabulary to charge a second man in connection with allegations of sexual assault.