News in Macclesfield

Clocks change this weekend, and in a couple of days, the English 'stay at home' order will be lifted.

That will feel like a marked difference as more social visits are permitted, and lighter evenings will also provide more opportunity to get outdoors.

Lotto players in Macclesfield are being urged to double check their tickets after a £1 million prize remains unclaimed.

EuroMillions Millionaire Maker guarantees to create a millionaire in every draw, but the lucky winner in Cheshire East from the draw on 12 March 2021 has still to check their ticket and claim their prize.

Cheshire East has been named as one of the healthiest areas of the country, according to new research.

The borough is in the top 20 of all 149 English local councils for overall health in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) first official Health Index for England.

An internet pioneer from Macclesfield has been honoured by the university where he took a degree in computer science more than 50 years ago.

Rob Barrow MBE DL, who is also a trustee of East Cheshire Hospice, has been made an Honorary Doctor of Technology.

Nearly nine in ten of Cheshire's over-50 population have had their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, new data shows.

The data, from NHS England up to March 21, shows that an average of 87.3 per cent of those in the various age groups from 50 onwards have had their first dose.

A former scuba diving shop in Macclesfield is set to be turned into an office and apartments following approval from Cheshire East planners.

The owner of the New Horizons premises on Park Lane intends to subdivide the retail unit to create four one-bedroom apartments and a ground floor office.

Cheshire East Council has announced it plans to commemorate the impact of the pandemic, but no details have been provided of what form it will take.

The announcement comes as people across the country marked one year since the first lockdown was put in place.

Firefighters have put out a vehicle fire in Henbury earlier today (24 March).

A crew from Macclesfield fire station were called to the scene on Chelford Road at around 3:45pm where they found a "small car well alight" on the main carriageway outside The Cock Inn.

A long-running planning battle over housing development in Henbury, near Macclesfield, reached some form of closure today (24 March).

That's because Cheshire East Council's strategic planning board approved proposals to build 134 homes on the site off Chelford Road, near The Cock Inn pub — but refused permission for another 23 houses on an adjoining site.

Thirteen students from Beech Hall School in Macclesfield, ranging from year 9 to 11, are exemplifying their school motto; 'They can because they believe they can,' by taking on the English Channel Relay challenge.

The students have been training since September in the school's pool, continuing with Saturday training throughout lockdown and with the pool's boiler switched off temperatures plunged to just three degrees but they persisted nonetheless.