News in Macclesfield

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Macclesfield Town FC has said they are "exploring a number of avenues" in response to yesterdays decision to uphold the EFL's appeal.

The ruling means they will be relegated from League Two.

A Tytherington home was set on fire after being struck by lightning during last night's storm.

The fire happened on Melford Drive in the early hours of this morning.

Residents are being warned of the dangers of visiting sites with open water across Cheshire.

With summer underway Cheshire Police and Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service are asking the public to stay safe when gathering near open water.

Macclesfield Town Football Club have been relegated from League Two down to the National League after the EFL won its appeal to inflict a harsher penalty on the Silkmen.

In June an independent disciplinary commission imposed a two-point penalty and a £20,000 fine after the club were charged with misconduct for failing to pay player wages in March this year.

A determined group of Cheshire Fire Cadets, including two from Macclesfield, who raised over £50,000 before lockdown, have vowed to continue their quest to secure enough money to finish building classrooms for village children in Nepal.

The team of 13 fire cadets and six leaders had spent nearly two years fundraising and were on track to make a trip out to Nepal this year to meet the schoolchildren using the classrooms before it was unfortunately postponed due to coronavirus restrictions.

Cheshire East Council has paid tribute to students who will be receiving their A-level and GCSE results this week and next.

The council says they hope young people get the results they deserve and that they are able to progress with the next steps in their life journey.

East Cheshire NHS Trust has confirmed today that women will not be able to give birth at Macclesfield Hospital until the end of March next year.

The Trust said scans will go ahead in Macclesfield, but hospital births will continue to happen at neighbouring facilities such as Stepping Hill and Wythenshawe hospitals.

The RSPCA's key workers have responded to more than 2,000 incidents in Cheshire since the start of the lockdown, including some in Macclesfield.

The animal welfare charity's frontline officers, animal carers and vets have continued to rescue, treat and care for animals in need since the country went into lockdown on 23 March.

Cheshire East Council has launched the third phase of the local discretionary grant scheme to help Macclesfield businesses with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Eligible businesses will have until Monday (17 August) to apply for this round of grant funding.