News in Macclesfield

A Macclesfield man who hacked his former girlfriend's email account so he could bombard her with abusive messages was told he had come close to being jailed.

Matthew Daniel Mycroft also smashed up a TV, vase and mirror during a row at Lynn Owen's flat in the town.

Police are asking the public to help them trace a 30-year-old from Macclesfield who is wanted on recall to prison.

Aaron Bradley, is around 6' tall, of a medium build with brown hair and blue eyes.

The government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme has proven to be popular across the country with 64 million meals being served throughout August.

Bank holiday Monday saw the scheme come to an end, but some national chains have announced that they will be continuing with the offer or something similar through September.

A Macclesfield man has been charged with attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child.

The man, identified as Daniel Quigley, was arrested by police on Sunday evening outside of the Shell garage on Broken Cross.

A new initiative to reduce reoffending amongst women is being trialled by Cheshire Police and restorative justice provider Remedi in Macclesfield following funding from the police and crime commissioner.

The programme works with female offenders to address the root causes of their crime, including poverty, domestic abuse or sexual abuse or drug / alcohol abuse, in order to reduce their risk of reoffending and protect the community.

Patients referred for same day treatment to Macclesfield Hospital will experience a more efficient care journey following a £2.2 million investment into a new same day emergency care (SDEC) unit.

The East Cheshire NHS Trust said the new unit will operate separately from the emergency department and will ensure that patients who have already been diagnosed by their GP or via NHS 111 will be fast-tracked to the right specialist at the very beginning of their visit to hospital.

David Rutley MP recently paid a visit to the award-winning Forest Distillery at their base in Macclesfield Forest to learn more about successful developments with the business.

Mr Rutley met with owners of the business, Karl and Lindsay Bond, who told him about how they are expanding to meet the demand for high-quality spirits.

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The swimming pool at Macclesfield Leisure Centre is to reopen tomorrow after closing over five months ago at the beginning of the lockdown.

While other areas of the leisure centre have been open since late July, the pool reopening forms part of a phased reopening by the operator, Everybody Leisure.

Labour councillors have written to the Macclesfield MP to urge him to "make every possible representation" to the government and extend the eviction ban.

The letter from Macclesfield's Labour borough councillors to David Rutley warned that hundreds of thousands of people across the country face eviction as a result of the economic fallout of the pandemic.