John Wilmot, 68, failed to call a vet after a 10-week-old foal broke its leg. The horse, which had injured itself on a gate, hobbled around its paddock for two weeks before the RSPCA intervened.

A catalogue of stars joined friends and family of the Macclesfield Town manager at a packed funeral service in Lincoln cathedral.

The eight-month-old black kittens – temporarily named Sooty and Sweep – were found with severe burns on their backs, singed whiskers and a burned ear.

Cheshire East Council has pulled the plug on its pay-per-use toilet in Waters Green, Macclesfield, after an audit revealed the loo, which costs users 20p a go, was ‘significantly underused’.

A catalogue of stars joined friends and family of the Macclesfield Town manager at a packed funeral service in Lincoln cathedral.

Dagenham host Macc on Saturday and they will be harbouring hopes of making a late charge for the play-offs.

In their first home game since the death of their manager, Macc shocked their visitors with a fine battling performance to dent the Shakers' promotion hopes.

Their ‘lucky 13th’ successive league win perhaps did not reflect the effort that Ionians put in throughout.

The Hound welcomed back several key players missing from last weekend’s defeat to Macc Boys Seniors. Back into defence came Matty Roberts, with Gareth Gibbons forming a familiar strike partnership with Dec Fletcher up front.

Varey, aged 13, lost out in the 63kg final of the competition to William Lee of Stevenage ABC.

More than 200 children from 15 local primary schools competed in a huge event at Macclesfield Leisure Centre.

Macclesfield Magistrates were told how Robert Nicholas Devereux, 41, of Roseway, Macclesfield, sent a series of texts to his boss after finding out he had lost his job as a contractor.

Sasha the Siberian husky, five, who lives with owners Sophie Blyth and Dougie Russell, proved she has both brawn and beauty when she was honoured for her good looks at the national event just days before she competed in a ‘mushing’ rally.

Teacher Jon Goulding, 39, poured his obsession with Nuremberg’s team into a publication charting the stories of British-based fans of 1 FC Nurnberg.

Dr Adrian Heald said Maxonians should have the opportunity to meet all their representatives in a public arena.

The huge What Women Want Ball, held at Cranage Hall in Holmes Chapel at the end of last year, saw Macclesfield jewellers Cheshire Diamonds donate a half-carat natural diamond to the cause.

Scientists at Macclesfield’s iconic eye to the skies believe the cutting edge education and visitors complex can inspire a new generation of pioneers in physics and astronomy.

David Scott, 20, of Green Meadows, who has not been granted bail, attended the preliminary hearing yesterday morning..

Joanne Foster, 35, said she was ‘disgusted’ at the decision to reject her appeal against the five-year manslaughter sentence given to John Anthony Cunningham in January.

A showcase of tracks by Joy Division and New Order, the hugely exciting show will include a never-released song, penned by Macclesfield-born Curtis. Former Joy Division and New Order bassist Hooky says he’s planning to remember the 30th anniversary of Curtis’s death with a Joy Division set, including the recently finished track Pictures, at his new club FAC251.

Freddie, as he is known, commissioned the six-bedroom home nearly three years ago but is selling up after moving to Dubai.

Cheshire Peaks and Plains Housing Trust is footing the £850,000 bill for the eight new apartments on Cumberland Street.

Alexander, who recently took time off due to illness, passed away after arriving home on Tuesday night from Macclesfield's League Two match away at Notts County.

Serial sex offender Christopher Tomas William Wilkinson, 23, was said to have ‘uncontrollable urges’ and flashed five woman for his ‘own gratification’.

The company’s Macclesfield base has been spared the axe but three research and development (R&D) sites in the UK are set to be shut it was announced yesterday (March 2).

Coun Fitzgerald told The Express he had ‘no idea’ why the BBC’s new ‘English regions survey’ showed the 14,000 workforce being reduced by five per cent, equivalent to 700 jobs, over the next three to five years.

The team of pyjama-clad tiny tots – all aged between two and nine months – dived into the pool for a Haiti appeal fundraiser organised by the Water Babies swim school.

That is the challenge Macclesfield Barnaby Festival organisers were posing as they launched a photography competition this week.

This party girl, born in Lower Withington in 1903, turned the grand old age of 107 on Monday (March 1) with a celebration at Woodlands Care Home where she lives.

A 23-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man were treated for smoke inhalation after the blaze at the apartment above Best One newsagents on Merriden Road near to the town centre, in the early hours on Sunday, February 21.

More than £3m has been awarded by Cheshire East Council for the town’s ambitious regeneration scheme.

Macclesfield’s maverick Member of Parliament is refusing to retract his comments that MPs enjoyed a ‘different status’ to passengers in standard class on trains.

When the Express reported how Margaret Frain, of Ullswater Mansions, saw a series of lights hovering over town on February 14, Theresa Bowers realised she and her family were the unwitting culprits.

The Rainow-based Tatton MP’s sibling, Dr Adam Osborne, 33, used misleading and dishonest behaviour when he falsified the name of a friend on a prescription, the General Medical Council in Manchester found.

Up to 200 extra staff could arrive at Macclesfield Town Hall after the data centre is installed in April.

The Byrons Lane pub hosts its latest seasonal taste testing talent show from Friday to Sunday (February 26-28), from noon to closing each night.

Reporter Ben Turner will be sending live updates from the meeting at Crewe from 2pm.

The blaze happened in the apartment above Best One newsagents on Merriden Road off Westminster Road, Macclesfield, in the early hours of Sunday morning (February 21).

The four-legged army trooper yesterday (Wednesday) received the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) Dickin Medal from HRH Princess Alexandra, under the proud gaze of handler and former Tytherington man, Sergeant David Heyhoe.

Setting an overall budget of £177.5m, police chiefs decided they require just 2.72pc extra from their council tax precept of a Band D household - about 7p per week. Last year in contrast the precept shot up by 17pc.

Scott Richard Darlington, 47, of Park Lane, Macclesfield, appeared at Chester Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday, February 22), to be sentenced for false accounting.

He joined officers heading out on the streets on Friday night as part of Cheshire Police's ArcAngel - a high-profile campaign to check on bars and pubs, and a fight against underage drinking on the streets.
 

Notorious Darren Carnochan, 39, who has a record spanning two decades, had until now avoided capture after his heroin addiction drove him to commit a spate of thefts near his home on Mill Lane.

The annual contest to raise vital funds for Macclesfield Hospital charity MAST was cancelled last year due to a lack of participants. But its revival was met with huge support, with hundreds of supporters lining the streets to cheer on competitors including would-be MP David Rutley.

Margaret Frain, of Ullswater Mansions, Macclesfield, was mystified when she saw a convoy of strange orange lights hovering in the skies above her home on Sunday evening (February 14). - and her thoughts turned to little green men.

So the little lad was flabbergasted when six weeks later his balloon turned up in Le Havre, France – more than 300 miles from home.

The new system, to be installed this week, will measure the speed of a vehicle between any two cameras on the highway, which is a 50pmh speed limit.

The 'Empower Card' allows the elderly and disabled to manage their own budgets by paying for social and leisure services themselves.