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Did you welcome one of the 230 babies born at Leighton Hospital in May?

1 day ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Heidi Summerfield

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust collates all the baby-related data every month detailing how many babies are born – boys and girls – whether there are any sets of twins or triplets and how babies are delivered. There are stats for the number of babies born on their due date, before their due date and after their due date as well as the how many new arrivals experienced skin to skin at birth or were breast fed within 48 hours.
Sam Thompson and Soccer Aid’s match ball mission heads for Middlewich

2 days ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Heidi Summerfield

The TV, radio and podcast host started his five-day challenge on Monday at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge in London – last year’s venue for Soccer Aid – making his way to Old Trafford in Manchester – the venue for this year’s event on June 15. He is aiming to take Soccer Aid’s match ball on a 260-mile journey, taking in iconic football stadiums along the way.
Welcome to the world babies born in Mid Cheshire in May 2025

5 days ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Heidi Summerfield

Welcome to the world babies born in Mid Cheshire in May 2025 (Image: supplied) IT’S time to say hello to the bundles of joy born in Mid Cheshire in May. Every month we will be appealing for your pictures of your new babies for a special supplement at the start of next year. There’s still time to send in your photograph if your baby was born in May this year by using the form at the bottom of this page.
Extreme weather caught on camera by amateur photographers in Mid Cheshire

1 week ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Heidi Summerfield

Extreme weather caught on camera by amateur photographers in Mid Cheshire MEMBERS of Guardian Camera Club have captured extreme weather on camera - right place, right time! Amateur photographers regularly share their favourite photographs as well as submit pictures based on a theme.
Man found dead in hotel room took his own life, inquest hears

1 week ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Barbara Jordan

Middlewich Travelodge (Image: Google) A MAN found dead in a Middlewich Travelodge intended to take his own life, an inquest has heard. Gordon Patton, 36, died at the hotel in Holmes Chapel Road on Monday, February 24. A written inquest was read at Cheshire Coroner’s Court in Warrington on Wednesday, May 28, by area coroner Victoria Davies. An inquest was required because the cause of his death was ‘unnatural’.
Council to review officer decision record process amid concerns

1 week ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Belinda Ryan

The matter came to a head recently when the controversial decision to close Middlewich Leisure Centre was made by officers under delegated authority. Some councillors questioned whether officers had the authority to make the closure decision. Their anger – and that of the public – was compounded by the fact the officer decision record (ODR) was not published, as is legally required, due to an administrative error.
Sandbach: Councillors back 204-home scheme off Old Mill Road

1 week ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Belinda Ryan

Members of the strategic planning board were told yesterday (Wednesday) the council’s officers had received a late objection from the environment agency due to concerns about a culvert. Planning officer Daniel Evans said the site, which is south of Old Mill Road, already had an extant permission for residential development, so if councillors were minded to approve the application it should be delegated back to officers to resolve the matter with the agency.
Green light for care home on site which previously had permission for supermarket

1 week ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Belinda Ryan

Cheshire East’s strategic planning board was unanimous yesterday (Wednesday) in giving the go-ahead for the development on the site of the former Towers and Progress Mill off Parsonage Street. The home, which will be run by Torsion Care Ltd, will provide residential care for older persons in need, as well as specialist dementia patient care.
Retirement apartments and 40 new homes approved for site earmarked for employment

1 week ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Belinda Ryan

But one councillor said he hoped this was not seen as an invitation for developers to submit housing applications on land allocated for employment. The council’s strategic planning board yesterday (Wednesday) approved an application from Muller Property Group and McCarthy and Stone for a 49-apartment retirement living scheme at Maylands Park at Stapeley. It also approved a separate application, from Muller Property Group and Anwyl Homes, for 40 homes, including 12 affordable.
'Drunk' was aggressive after he was thrown out of pub in Winsford

1 week ago | northwichguardian.co.uk | Barrie White

The Ark Inn (Image: Fleurets) A WINSFORD man who became aggressive after he was thrown out of a pub has been fined for being drunk and disorderly. Gareth Aston, 52, of School Road, pleaded guilty to the charge at Chester Magistrates Court on Tuesday, May 27. The court heard that on Sunday, May 11, he had been drinking at The Ark Inn in Market Place when, at around 9.30pm, he had been removed from the pub after being refused a drink.