WEAVERHAM PRIMARY ACADEMY is the current School of the Year.

Every week, the Northwich & Winsford Guardian publishes death notices and funeral announcements from the families of loved ones who have died.

Darnhall Primary School pupil Olivia Grannell last week completed her challenge to climb Ben Nevis in Scotland.

A CRASH on the M6 is causing a long tailback and significant travel delays.

BRIDGES and tunnels were captured on camera by members of Guardian Camera Club.

Planning permission has been granted for a new outdoor sauna facility with decking at Wild Shore Delamere, adjacent to Delamere Lake Sailing and Holiday Park.

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a fire on Denton Road, off Manchester Road, at 5.51am on Saturday, October 18

Kristofer Groot said to his sibling 'no-one will be spared' in an argument over the phone.

Franks Roberts & Sons had already sold its Ilkeston site, which employed between 30 and 40 people, to its rival, Warburtons, weeks before the company announced it went into administration on Wednesday, October 15.

Former Northwich Victoria chairman Mike Connett returned the 2009 Range Rover Sport to Nationwide Car Sales (NCS) in Warrington on Tuesday, August 26, to be repaired under warranty after it broke down three days earlier.

When people mention towns in North West England that are doing well, Stockport is more often than not at or very near to the top of the list.

Police officers are due to attend after an unauthorised Traveller encampment arrives at a primary school in Northwich.

Lydia Elsby appeared at Crewe Magistrates Court for a sentencing hearing this week.

Cabinet member for finance Cllr Carol Gahan (Labour) said adult social care continued to place high demand on council finances.

PUPILS past and present joined parents and staff at a Northwich primary school to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its move to a new building.

The business behemoth is the subject of speculation in relation to a site on Pochin Way.

Tim Burgess was the front passenger in a car on Runcorn Road, Little Leigh, which was hit head-on by Joshua Eldred on July 18, 2024.

The Lost Kingdom event, featuring life-like dinosaurs, had been advertised to take place at the beauty spot from October 18 to November 2.

CHESHIRE East is asking residents to complete its ‘budget prioritisation survey’ as the council faces a £33 million funding gap for the next financial year.

Jayne Chapman, manager of Tatton Park’s Farm in Cheshire, has been nominated for the Unsung Hero Award at the Visit Cheshire Tourism Awards.

Witton Cemetery in Northwich, managed by Northwich Town Council, was awarded gold in the Cemetery of the Year 2025 Awards in the Parish, Town, and Community Council Burial Grounds category.

THE Met Office has forecast a mix of overcast skies, sunshine, and rain for Mid Cheshire this weekend.

AN immersive Halloween trail promises "spine-tingling" scares and glowing surprises.

Sports Direct, one of the UK’s leading sports retailers, has taken on a unit, offering customers a range of sportswear, footwear, and equipment from a huge range of global top brands.

Dozens of Roberts Bakery workers have lost their redundancy packages and pay already earned after the firm was bought and renamed by a billionaire food magnate.

Michael Acton, 31, is wanted for 'a number of offences' including assault and criminal damage.

Panto producers, Anton Benson Productions, have done for another cheeky leading lady for the headline slot in the form of Scarlett Moffatt, originally of Gogglebox fame.

Winsford High Street Community Primary School officially opened the immersive environment this month after the site completed renovation works this summer.

Andrew Cooper relaunched the competition for primary schoolers in a post on social media on Friday, October 10.

The local authority is considering cutting speed limits by 10mph outside 18 schools, a number of which are in the area around Northwich and Winsford.

A TOWN councillor has asked when Cheshire East is going to get serious about tackling fly-tipping, saying every time it issued a fine for an offence Cheshire West would have issued 31.

NORTHWICH is celebrating its growing network of life-saving defibrillators.

The fundraiser, held at Delamere Manor, the former Cheshire home of Take That star Gary Barlow, supported Brainwave, a charity that helps children with disabilities and additional needs.

The bronze timepiece was made by Samuel Heywood of Northwich in around 1780.

From today, the cover price of the Northwich and Winsford Guardian will increase to £1.55.

A PLAN for a new town at Adlington is such an unsustainable proposition it almost defies belief and should not be supported, objectors say.

Boparan Private Office (BPO), owned by food processing entrepreneur Ranjit Boparan, has announced an investment to secure the future of Northwich's Roberts Bakery

CF Law Limited, or Chambers Fletcher, was at the centre of a regulatory investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

The acre and a half or so of land near to The Windings, next to the Trent and Mersey Canal, is to go under the hammer next month.

Taking part in the NSPCC's 2025 Kindness Challenge, year six pupils at Darnhall Primary School in Winsford worked together to design beautiful cards, featuring thoughtful artwork and a little message.

Campaigners have claimed the Anderton Boat Lift could and should reopen soon, as alongside the current failure of Weston Marsh Lock just down the river near Frodsham, boats on the River Weaver are now isolated from the rest of the national waterways ...

A new art exhibition at Lion Salt Works reveals just where Northwich salt has travelled to, how it has been transported, and what is next for this vital resource and much valued ingredient of Cheshire life.

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting Eleven, one of Northwich’s many brilliant independent cafés, tucked away on Walker Road in Winnington.

Police received reports of a man exposing himself in St Michael’s Way, Middlewich, at around midday on Wednesday, August 13.

Police were called to reports of a fight involving group of people outside the Brighton Belle pub on Middlewich Road.

Luke Weedall was handed a criminal behaviour order on September 12 banning him shops in the town, including B&M, Home Bargains, Sainsbury's and Tesco.

Manor Care Home received an overall rating from the watchdog for the first time in three years last month.

The venue on Cuddington Lane was built in 1939 and in recent years was the former home of Take That singer Gary Barlow.

Craig Walker has suffered with epilepsy after being diagnosed following his first seizure at the age of 16.

Lyuben Pekov and Valentin Kostov were found guilty 'in absentia' at the start of this week at Chester Magistrates Court.