News in Macclesfield

Cheshire Police are appealing for information following reports of racial abuse towards a woman and a 10-year-old girl during Macclesfield's Black Lives Matter Protest.

Macclesfield Nub News initially reported on the incident in the days after the protest which took place on 5 June.

Cheshire East Council is stepping up its focus on active travel as part of its plans to support Macclesfield and the borough through the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Over the last few weeks, town and parish councils and local ward members have submitted more than 500 local ideas as to what measures may work in their towns and villages. The council is now developing a series of projects, informed by these ideas, that will be delivered this summer, including:

Cheshire Police are urging people not to attend an illegal rave they suspect is being organised for Macclesfield Forest this weekend.

So far there have only been a small number of incidents in the county, although there have been others in nearby counties, some of which have resulted in serious physical and sexual assaults.

Dozens of people turned out on Tuesday (16 June) to pay their respects to a 'true gentleman' and familiar face in Macclesfield.

Martin Oddie worked at the bookies in Broken Cross for 48 years, initially when it was Bill Moores then Coral for the last 45.

The start of construction on the new £26m state-of-the-art Christie at Macclesfield cancer centre has been delayed by two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Work was scheduled to commence in May, but is now expected to get underway next month (July).

King's pupils are jumping for joy to be back at school with a near 100 per cent uptake for their phased re-opening.

Both the younger pupils in the Pre-School, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 classes in the Infant & Junior Division as well as the older students in Years 10 and 12 in the Senior Division, who take public examinations next year, are back in class after the 12-week lockdown.

Burglars from Chile who came to the UK to commit crime have been jailed for seven years following burglaries in Prestbury and other areas of East Cheshire

Jorge Pinto Vallejos and Jamie Duarte Vera, who were jailed during a hearing at Chester Crown Court, arrived in the country in September 2019 and claimed that they had come to Cheshire for a long holiday.

Macclesfield features as a case study in a guide to social distancing in public places as part of a package of coronavirus recovery support designed to help high streets get back on their feet.

The High Streets Task Force slidecast video has been created by the task force's lead researcher and Macclesfield resident Professor Cathy Parker.

Two Macclesfield animal-lovers have been scammed out of hundreds of pounds after falling foul of fraudsters claiming to be selling pets online.

In both cases - one incident happened last week - conmen demanded payments for animals that were never provided.

A bus service used by key workers and people travelling between Macclesfield, Poynton and Stepping Hill Hospital, has been reinstated after the council secured a new operator

The 391/392 service between Macclesfield and Stockport was suspended when its operator – Manchester Community Transport – ceased trading earlier this year.