By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Grave diggers are struggling to dig new plots at cemeteries in Cheshire East because of the size of some existing gravestones and items placed around them, a councillor said.
Cllr Joy Bratherton (Lab) said the council was at fault for letting the situation get out of hand and not ensuring people were aware of what they could and could not do.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan is thought to be among a group of Tory MPs considering submitting letters of “no confidence” in Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
It’s believed Dr Mullan attended two meetings today and yesterday as part of the so-called “pork pie plot”.
Flooding problems plaguing a Nantwich allotments site is likely to be being caused by a school field, a report states.
Allotment holders at the Brookfield site have been hit by floods over a number of years, with the worst occurring in January after Storm Christoph.
By Jonathan White
The 41st Willaston World Worm Charming Championship proved a success in its new “virtual” guise due to the pandemic.
Participants took part in their own gardens as the event, organised by the Friends of Willaston School Association, was screened on Zoom.
Worm charmers from around the globe will descend on Willaston Primary Academy near Nantwich later this month for the annual World Worm Charming Championships.
The quirky competition is known around the world and hundreds are expected to compete for the Best Worm Charmer trophy.
Would-be gardeners in Nantwich are literally losing the plot – amid a council crackdown on absent allotment holders.
Nantwich Town councillors are targeting a ‘growing’ problem with tenants who have ‘bean’ neglecting their sites.
Competitors from around the UK will be slugging it out at this year’s Willaston World Worm Charming Championships.
Hundreds are set to descend on the zany annual contest held at Willaston Primary School on June 24.
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