Local News from Thursday, October 30th, 2025

To mark Befriending Week 2025 (1st – 7th November), Cheshire East Council has announced the launch of a new Befriending Network across the borough, aimed at tackling social isolation and loneliness through innovation, collaboration and community spirit.

A man has pleaded guilty to breaking into an address in Congleton and attacking a man and woman inside.

Buxton Opera House today announced the full cast and creative team for their 2025 festive family show The Elves and the Shoemaker.

Two teenagers have been arrested following an incident in Macclesfield.

A man has been charged with drugs offences following a stop check in Knutsford.

A 66-year-old man has been sentenced after admitting to a series of exposures in Alsager.

Officers from the Constabulary’s Eastern Protecting Vulnerable People and Exploitation team were joined by colleagues from Cheshire East Trading Standards teams for a deployment targeting illegal products and immigration crime at retailers across the area.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has downgraded the rating of Mayfield House in Crewe from requires improvement to inadequate and placed the home into special measures to protect people, following an inspection in August.