News in Macclesfield

Staff at M&S in Macclesfield are celebrating a bumper year of fundraising for The Christie - by doing it all over again for another year.

Staff at the store selected The Christie as their chosen charity for 2019/20 and set about raising as much money as possible to support the bid to build a new Christie centre in Macclesfield so local patients can receive as much of their cancer treatment as possible nearer to home.

The Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service has created a video to warn against the dangers of fireworks ahead of Halloween and Bonfire Night.

Firefighter Ted Perry tells the fictional story of Matt who suffers loses his hand as a result of an accident while using fireworks to highlight the potential consequences.

Bollington's Remembrance Sunday event will be live-streamed this year with Coronavirus restrictions meaning the normal scenes of crowds paying their respects won't take place.

The town council announced that they will still hold a pared back service will be led by the mayor, Cllr John Cadman Stewart.

Doctors are encouraging the women of Cheshire to attend their breast cancer screening appointments.

The Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance are encouraging women who receive an invitation to attend a breast cancer appointment, to act on it as soon as they can.

The East Cheshire Hospice Christmas Tree Collection is still going ahead despite Covid-19.

Organisers are having to make changes for the service on the weekend of January 9-10 to comply with government guidelines.

Social distancing guidelines mean this year's Halloween will be different for many, but this isn't stopping Macclesfield residents adapting to ensure their kids have a frightfully good time.

Instead of the traditional trick or treating children are used to seeing, two mums from the Weston estate have organised a pumpkin trail that has inspired dozens more across the town.

Firefighters in Cheshire are urging people to think twice before they light a bonfire or have a firework display in their garden this year.

Due to Covid-19 and the current restrictions, and the fact that all professionally organised bonfires are cancelled, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is concerned that the spike they saw in garden fires at the start of lockdown may repeat itself around Bonfire Night.

A Macclesfield pub has been ordered to shut temporarily following incidents of violence and disruption at the premises.

The Prince Albert pub on Newton Street was told to close for eight weeks after a closure order application was made at South Cheshire Magistrates Court today (27 October).

We are delighted to confirm that following a vast effort by existing members, the Packhorse Bowling & Social Club will remain fully open.

A new committee was accepted at the Club AGM on Friday 23 October and we intend to hit the ground running despite Covid restrictions.

Abandoned bikes left at Macclesfield railway station are being donated to charity thanks to the efforts of a British Transport Police PCSO.

Each year thousands of abandoned bikes pass through the hands of British Transport Police.