News in Macclesfield

Sixth form students at The Fallibroome Academy in Macclesfield have been celebrating their A-level results today with 80% gaining places at their first choice universities.

The director of sixth form praised his students who performed well despite the "extraordinary set of circumstances" students found themselves in with the cancellation of exams due to coronavirus.

The headteacher at Tytherington School in Macclesfield has praised his pupils on their A-level results during a "very anxious" time for them.

The secondary school achieved what Manny Botwe called a "solid set of results", but noted that some pupils had their predicted grades downgraded during the national moderation process following the cancellation of exams.

Passengers waiting at Macclesfield bus station will soon have a 'pocket park' or small garden area in which to rest - thanks to an initiative by Cheshire East Council.

The council plans to transform the overgrown site of a former shop at the approach to the station on Mill Street into a pleasant garden rest area, with seating, planting and paving.

Calling all A-Level students and parents from Macclesfield and the surrounding area!

Please send us your photos and results from tomorrow, and we'll do our best to publish them in a results compilation article.

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.

As new councillors taking on the challenge of Ryle Street and Hobson Street sinkholes which have plagued residents for over a year now has been a massive learning curve.

Even the Leader of the Council Sam Corcoran has described as the "most complex issue he's seen as a councillor".

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.