Macclesfield was once the world's largest producer of finished silk, with 5,000 looms and 71 mill factories A historical silk mill has been given a new lease of life in a bid to "conserve the ...

Firefighters had to cut their way through buses a car 'collided with trees' in an early-hours smash. Emergency services were ...

So, sporting a Macclesfield Sheep Dog Trials hat, I set about exploring this “cultural wasteland” myself. It seemed proper to start with the creative backstory, so I begin at the Silk Museum.

Emergency services were called out to The Silk Road in Macclesfield where a car had 'left the road'. And one casualty had to be freed from the Seat Cupra by firefighters. The alarm had been raised ...