By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A 90-year-old woman has blasted Cheshire East Council proposals to charge over 85s for a lifeline care alarm service which is currently free.
Cheshire East is consulting with residents on proposals to introduce a £5 a week charge for the telecare service which, at present, is free to residents aged 85 and over if they live alone.
CCTV bosses have hit back at claims they have not provided enough information on the system’s effectiveness in Nantwich.
Town councillors questioned at a meeting last week whether they should be paying almost £25,000 a year for the monitoring of its 14 cameras.
Businesses across Nantwich and Crewe hit badly by the Covid pandemic have just days left to apply for the government’s Restart Grant.
The deadline for applications is June 30, and businesses can apply via the Cheshire East Council website.
Thousands of volunteers across Cheshire East have been hailed as heroes by council chiefs during “Volunteers’ Week”.
Volunteer groups like Nantwich Buddies have played a key role in the pandemic response across the borough supporting more than 4,200 individuals
Travellers who broke through new barriers onto Barony Park in Nantwich in breach of a court injunction were moved on shortly before 4pm today.
It was the first test of the new two-year injunction granted to Cheshire East Council last August.
Dear Editor,
Questions were raised at last week’s Audit and Governance meeting about how inclusive the 3 day’s Health and Welfare leave granted to Cheshire East’s staff, in acknowledgment of the pressure of work they have coped with during the Covid period, has been.
Crewe’s new-look historic Market Hall is almost ready to be unveiled, says Cheshire East Council.
It’s planned to re-open the hall on May 17 with an official launch on June 21, according to Cheshire East Council and Market Asset Management – the new commercial operator of Crewe’s markets.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Recycling rates in Cheshire East have fallen slightly over the last five years.
New data, sourced from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs also shows that Cheshire East Council collected 501.3kg of household waste per person from homes in the area in 2019-20 — 18.3kg more than five years earlier.
Dear Editor,
I was pleased to read of Cheshire East Council’s success last week, in securing a High Court Order against a significant incursion onto agricultural land in the Green Belt at Mobberley.
Cheshire East Council is seeking views from residents on its plans for dealing with potentially contaminated land in the borough.
The authority is updating its five-year strategy for identifying and inspecting potentially contaminated sites.
Developers have unveiled plans for a 72-bedroom specialist dementia care home in Shavington.
The plans are for land off Gresty Road, led by Liberty Care Developments and Anavo.
Dear Editor
I am writing to you, to express my concerns about the way in which the Council has handled the closure of the unofficial St Anne’s Lane car park (in Nantwich)
Cheshire East highways chiefs say their Government funding for highways maintenance has been slashed by almost £4 million.
CEC says it has been allocated £13 million from the government’s highways maintenance funding for next financial year.
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