A man was knocked down by a car near the Chilli Banana in Wilmslow last night.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision involving a grey Ford Focus and a pedestrian on Alderley Road, at 10.08pm on Thursday, January 26.

The way Cheshire Police records crime has been rated excellent, according to a new report. It follows an audit of 120 crime reports Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

The inspectors analysed how accurately crimes - including burglary, robbery, vehicle crime and violence - were recorded and if appropriate action had been taken.

A man has set up a charity for terminally ill people in memory of his father and is organising a bike event in Wilmslow to raise money. Stuart Fraser-Thomson was fit and active when he developed a brain tumour in December 2009.

Lights fitted outside flats in Alderley Edge are so bright they shine into other homes, a resident says. Councillors are reporting the lights, along the blocks of flats at Wood Gardens, to environmental health.

A female wrestler turned chef who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer has not stopped fighting yet. Chrissy Thompson, 59, was told she had lung cancer before Christmas. It has spread to her other organs and she doesn’t know how long she has left.

Town councillors are demanding Cheshire East gives clearer information about bin collections after confusion at Christmas. Wilmslow town council discussed the collections at the last meeting and criticised information put out by the council.

The Council says it must save more than £21m over the next year with swingeing cuts to adult care, bins and highways – and an increase in service costs. More than 150 Cheshire East workers also face the chop.

After trading at the Alderley Road site for 37 years, the company decided not to renew the lease.

The company has not confirmed how many workers will be affected by the closure on Friday. It is one of 12 stores to be axed nationwide.