News in Macclesfield

Bus users in Macclesfield are to get an extended service that will see additional destinations, including a major hospital, a vaccination centre and Manchester Airport.

Cheshire East Council has agreed the new routes with D&G Buses, who operate the 130 service from Macclesfield to Handforth, via Alderley Edge.

A Macclesfield specialist beer seller is celebrating two years of business and have shared how they weathered the financial impact of the pandemic.

R&G's Beer Vault, located at 2 Market Place, is named after their co-owner's initials, Rosie Fryer, 37 and Greg Start, 38.

A Macclesfield estate agent has donated £3,000 to East Cheshire Hospice to mark one year in which fundraising has been severely impacted.

The team at Gascoigne Halman said they were keen to help the local charity as it supports people from a wide area "mirroring the communities served by the agent's 22 offices".

The Bollington, Disley and Poynton Care Community have been shortlisted for a prestigious healthcare award.

The HSJ Value Award of the Year is recognising the team for their Single Point of Access initiative, which was developed to offer a more integrated patient experience.

Macclesfield MP David Rutley has joined local campaigners in expressing "strong concerns" about a developer's plans to remove a large quantity of peat to make way for controversial housing.

Bellway Homes is proposing to build nearly 160 homes on former greenbelt land off Chelford Road in Henbury.

More than 200 women in Cheshire were admitted to hospital last year with a chronic condition that can cause debilitatingly painful periods.

NHS Digital data shows there were around 245 hospital admissions with a main diagnosis of endometriosis in the Cheshire clinical commissioning group (CCG) area in 2019-20 — down from 260 the year before.

New data has revealed figures for sex offenders and sex crimes in our area over the past year.

The most sex crimes in a month at Macclesfield Central was five in October 2020, when Macclesfield was under Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions.

Macclesfield residents aged 50 and over can now come forward for their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

This means that vaccination teams are now working through cohort 9 of the priority groups, the last one needing to be completed before the April 15 deadline.

Police do not currently suspect the involvement of others in the "sudden deaths" of a Gawsworth couple found in their home last week.

Officers were called to the address in Congleton Road, Gawsworth at 10.17am on Friday 12 March following concern for the welfare of the occupants.

Stalking offences are set to hit a record high this year in Cheshire, figures suggest.

Home Office data shows the number of stalking offences recorded in the six months between April and September 2020 by Cheshire Constabulary is already 85 per cent higher than the amount reported during the whole previous year.