Hope House Children’s Hospice has today reopened its Nantwich shop following its temporary closure during lockdown.
The move comes after new working practices were brought in to make the shop safe for customers, staff and volunteers.
A Nantwich school headteacher has demanded an apology from Network Rail for using an image of its pupils taken more than two years ago to highlight rail safety.
The image, which we have chosen not to publish but has been shared widely, shows two former Brine Leas pupils in school uniform posing on a section of rail tracks between Nantwich station and London Road level crossing.
Parents have scored a major victory in a battle to restore bus services for sixth form students in Audlem travelling to schools in Nantwich.
Our story earlier this week and parental pressure on Cheshire East Council has prompted swift action after we revealed up to 30 post-16 students were left stranded with no way to get to school.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust has blasted a Government move to allow what they say is the largest ever seasonal cull of badgers.
The move could see nearly 2,500 badgers in Cheshire alone being killed this Autumn, the trust says.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Vulnerable children in Cheshire East were given hundreds of laptops from the Government during the coronavirus lockdown, new figures reveal.
The Department for Education provided 200,000 devices to local authorities and school trusts between May and July to help children access remote learning while schools were closed.
Police are appealing for information and dashcam footage after a cyclist was injured in collision with an HGV in Willaston earlier today (September 8).
The incident happened on the A51 at the Peacock roundabout at around 7.50am.
Angry parents say sixth form students in Audlem have been left “stranded” and unable to get to school in Nantwich after public transport was pulled by Cheshire East Council.
It’s feared up to 30 students could be affected by Cheshire East’s decision not to provide school transport for Brine Leas year 12 and 13 students.
Rotary club members across Nantwich and Crewe are celebrating after Africa region was declared wild polio-free.
Local rotary clubs have played a role in the major global public health achievement, after years of fundraising and campaigning.
A new initiative to reduce reoffending by women in Crewe and Nantwich area is being trialed by Cheshire Police and restorative justice provider Remedi.
The scheme, with funding from Police Crime Commissioner, will work with female offenders to address the root causes of their crime.
Pupils, parents and staff in Cheshire East have been praised by education chiefs after figures showed attendance at fully open schools was more than 92%.
There were fears that many parents would continue to keep children off school amid the Coronavirus pandemic when classes restarted this week.
The winners of this year’s Nantwich Food Festival “Lockdown Awards” have been unveiled.
Organisers launched the awards as an alternative after having to cancel the 2020 Nantwich Food Festival because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A Government Minister is to push to end tariffs on exported ice cream vans made by South Cheshire firm Whitby Morrison.
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss is to seek an end to a 5% tariff on the vans which can cost up to £80,000.
HS2 Ltd has today announced the formal start of construction on the project which will eventually connect South Cheshire to London in under an hour.
It follows the announcement in April when Department for Transport gave approval for HS2 Ltd to issue Notice to Proceed to the four Main Works Civils Contractors working on the project.
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