A MEMORIAL stone for Macclesfield music legend Ian Curtis has been stolen from the town's cemetery. (Read More...)

TWO MEN– one from Macclesfield – have admitted murdering a 60-year-old man who was found badly beaten at a flat in Blackpool. (Read More...)

AS THE official deadline for appeals against the loss of six Macclesfield post offices looms, pressure is mounting to act before the "hearts of the community" stop beating. (Read More...)

VOTING has started in our hugely successful Tiny Tots competition. (Read More...)

MACC Town have announced another international pre-season fixture, against a top Chinese team. (Read More...)

FOUR of the brightest young things at Macc Town will still be Silkmen this season. (Read More...)

MACCLESFIELD-BORN sailor Ben Ainslie insists Qingdao’s difficult conditions won’t stand between him and a record third consecutive Olympic gold medal. (Read More...)

Macclesfield 143ao, Widnes 146-6 (Widnes won by four wickets) - MACCLESFIELD travelled to Widnes on Saturday for the final game of the first half of the season. (Read More...)

Pott Shrigley 179-6, Lindow 150ao (Pott Shrigley won by 29 runs) - POTT Shrigley put in a much improved batting performance to beat Lindow. (Read More...)

Poynton 248-2, Warrington 99ao (Poynton won by 149 runs) - POYNTON served a statement of intent to the division leaders with this massive win at Warrington. (Read More...)

Audlem 213-4, Kerridge 211ao (Audlem win by two runs) - KERRIDGE recorded yet another 200-plus innings this season but just fell short of the 214 needed to win against Audlem. (Read More...)

BRITAIN’S bikers are being blamed for making the notorious A537 Cat and Fiddle road a treacherous black spot. (Read More...)

THE COUNCIL is banking on the new parking wardens to bring in the cash it needs this year. (Read More...)

A SOCCER-loving dad-of-two died after a simple header during a Sunday football match triggered a tragic chain of events, an inquest heard. (Read More...)

SIR NICHOLAS Winterton and his wife hit the headlines again this week after it was claimed their new rental arrangements will cost the taxpayer more than they were claiming on their controversial second home in London. (Read More...)

COUNCILLORS representing Macclesfield last year claimed more than£350,000 in allowances and expenses with one Prestbury representative netting more than £50,000. (Read More...)

DETAILS of the town redevelopment plans were unveiled yesterday among claims the process has "misled" the public. (Read More...)

AS PAWS across Macclesfield wave a fond farewell to a vital rescue home, its devoted owner is hoping YOU will step in to adopt her house guests. (Read More...)

SPECULATION is mounting that the Wintertons are being targeted in a concerted effort to discredit them and force them out of Parliament. (Read More...)

TODAY the Macclesfield Express joins the fight to save our local post offices following the announcement of plans to close six across the town. (Read More...)

HEIGH-HO, HEIGH-HO, it was off to Henbury we go! AGAIN. (Read More...)

PHEW! When Clarice Ratchford saw two strapping firemen walk in on her birthday celebrations she thought– at the age of 99 – her luck was in. (Read More...)

BRICKS and mortar are back on the council agenda after planners brought to an end a four-year house building ban. (Read More...)

POLICE have made a fresh appeal for any information about two sex attacks which took place in Macclesfield earlier this month. (Read More...)

WHEN IT comes to happy marriage, Gordon and Rita Reece have a secret charm– a lucky horseshoe. (Read More...)

A CARER stole£1,900 from a mental health patient she was supposed to be looking after, a court heard. (Read More...)

THIEVES have been risking fatal electric shocks to steal more than a MILE of live electricity cable in a series of night time thefts around rural Macclesfield. (Read More...)

ESSENTIAL services could come to a standstill after the local government union, Unison, announced its members have voted for strike action in a row over pay. (Read More...)

A FORMER Rainow schoolboy killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan could have been saved if his vehicle was fitted with a security system, an inquest revealed. (Read More...)

PRINCE Edward arrives in Macclesfield on Friday (June 20) in the highest profile Royal visit since the Queen’s jubilee celebrations in 2002. (Read More...)