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Online mental health sessions launched for South Cheshire residents

Online mental health sessions launched for South Cheshire residents

Residents in South Cheshire are being offered virtual mental health and wellbeing sessions thanks to a funding boost.

Local policing team and volunteer group Nantwich Buddies have received the funding from the Police Commissioner’s Community Police Fund.

April 10, 2021
READER’S LETTER: Your Cheshire East parish needs you!

READER’S LETTER: Your Cheshire East parish needs you!

Dear Editor,

Do you want to be sure your historic Parish remains unique and intact?

If so, you need to support your Parish Councils now.

April 10, 2021
Nantwich Town Wolves Visually Impaired FC runs pan-disability training

Nantwich Town Wolves Visually Impaired FC runs pan-disability training

Nantwich Town Wolves Visually Impaired Football Club us staging free pan-disability football training sessions every Friday.

The sessions will run from 7pm-8pm on Nantwich Town’s 3G pitch at The Weaver Stadium, Waterlode.

April 10, 2021
Nantwich racing driver Jordan Witt to compete in European series

Nantwich racing driver Jordan Witt to compete in European series

Nantwich racing driver Jordan Witt will return to action on the continent after confirming he will compete in the inaugural season of the new Fanatec GT2 European Series with Toro Verde GT.

April 9, 2021
Crewe Live event to be staged this Saturday at market hall

Crewe Live event to be staged this Saturday at market hall

The new-look Crewe Market Hall is hosting a virtual gig experience to support local artists and give customers a taste of what is to come.

The venue aims to stage weekly “Crewe Live” music and family-friendly entertainment.

April 9, 2021
FEATURE: Storm brewing over Cheshire East boundary changes

FEATURE: Storm brewing over Cheshire East boundary changes

By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
A storm is brewing with Cheshire East’s political world — but it will not make land until 2022 at the earliest.

Parish councils can conjure up images of sleepy English villages and steam locomotives pulling in to a quaint station, but any proposed changes to boundaries and names often lead to an impassioned debate over what you call where you live.

April 9, 2021
Two-thirds of Cheshire adults have Covid-19 vaccine, data shows

Two-thirds of Cheshire adults have Covid-19 vaccine, data shows

By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Nearly two-thirds of Cheshire’s adult population have now had their Covid-19 vaccine, new data shows.

The statistics, from NHS England, show that up to April 4, 388,487 residents have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine — out of a population of 596,446 — representing 65% of the county’s over-16s.

April 9, 2021
Cheshire councillors and MPs pay tribute to Prince Phillip

Cheshire councillors and MPs pay tribute to Prince Phillip

Nantwich Town Council has opened an online book of condolences in mourning the death of Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh.

It comes as councillors and MPs across Cheshire paid tribute to the Prince, who has died aged 99.

April 9, 2021
New Adult Day Care centre to open in Nantwich

New Adult Day Care centre to open in Nantwich

A new Adult Day Care centre is opening up in Nantwich.

The centre will be run by homecare provider Right at Home South Cheshire and is to open at Frederick House, on Princes Court, Beam Heath Way.

April 8, 2021
More than 100 bikers stopped in Cheshire Police operation

More than 100 bikers stopped in Cheshire Police operation

More than 100 motorbike riders were stopped by police in Cheshire during an Easter Bank Holiday operation targeting dangerous and speeding riding.

Operation Caesar saw officers target key hotspot areas on the lookout for any motorcyclist travelling at excess speed, riding dangerously and putting their own lives other road users’ lives at risk.

April 8, 2021
Astra Zeneca vaccine “benefits” outweigh risks, says Cheshire health chief

Astra Zeneca vaccine “benefits” outweigh risks, says Cheshire health chief

By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
The ‘benefits’ of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine ‘outweigh the risks’, a leading Cheshire NHS official has said.

Clare Watson, accountable officer for the NHS Cheshire clinical commissioning group (CCG) — the organisation leading the county’s vaccination roll-out — made the comments yesterday (April 7).

April 8, 2021
Dale Robson with Denzel and Welly

New group promotes dog-friendly Nantwich shops to prevent thefts

By Jonathan White
A new Facebook group called ‘Dog friendly shops in Nantwich and surrounding areas’ has been set up to help prevent dogs being left outside and at risk from thieves.

It comes after the high-profile case of Denzel and Welly, two black Labradors stolen from outside M&S on Beam Street in Nantwich on March 27.

April 7, 2021
Aerial view of Nantwich town centre, pic by Jonathan White

Cheshire East Council prepares for reopening of town centres

Cheshire East Council says it is preparing for the reopening of town centres like Nantwich and urging businesses to access support available.

All non-essential retail will reopen from Monday April 12, as well as restaurants, bars and cafes for outdoor table service and hair and nail salons, libraries, and gyms.

April 7, 2021