News in Macclesfield

Police in Macclesfield have been arrested two people have been arrested during a drug operation.

Officers also been apprehended outside of the town, but within the Macclesfield Local Policing Unit area.

Older people and those living with dementia at a Macclesfield care village are reigniting their creativity by teaming up with critically acclaimed artists to explore the wellbeing benefits of using the arts at home.

Belong Care Village are running the 'We Belong Together' project in conjunction with Bluecoat, Liverpool's centre for the contemporary arts.

A major milestone has been reached in the construction of The Christie at Macclesfield cancer centre.

The structural frame for the new £26m cancer centre has been completed and the project has reached its highest point in the construction process.

A Bollington abode which for years attracted crime, is to remain boarded up for slightly longer than first anticipated.

The property at Ovenhouse Lane was a hive for anti-social behaviour, violence, and drug related activity.

Two brothers have revisited their roots at the King's School Macclesfield to use their expertise of the natural world to help with tree planting on the new campus.

Bert and Archie Thorneycroft are the founders of Fruits of the Forage, a successful local enterprise that makes products from fruits that would otherwise go to waste.

Macclesfield residents are being asked to spend 10 minutes today filling in the census.

The once-in-a-decade survey determines how many people are living in an area and what the local population needs.

The number of empty homes across Macclesfield has been released.

New local government numbers for unoccupied houses, when combined with central government figures suggest there is a stark increase in empty properties in our area.

More than 22,000 food and energy vouchers have been distributed to Cheshire East's most vulnerable children and their families.

The borough council has worked with schools, colleges and early years settings to give out the vouchers and more "in the pipeline" to cover the Easter school holidays.

Organisers of Macclesfield's Treacle Market have delayed its return until next month, saying it would be "too premature" to hold the popular event next weekend.

It has been over three months since the market was last held in the run-up to Christmas, where stallholders were selling "essentials only" to help reduce crowds.

The death of Sarah Everard has triggered a public outcry about the safety of women and how offences against them are dealt with.

Now, the Local Democracy Reporting Service and Radar agency take a look at the statistics for crimes against women in Cheshire.