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Cheshire East to move into Tier 3 from Boxing Day

Cheshire East to move into Tier 3 from Boxing Day

Cheshire East is to move into tier 3 – the Covid ‘very high alert’ level.

The change will apply from one minute past midnight, in the early hours of Boxing Day, Saturday 26 December.

December 23, 2020
Police find body in search for missing South Cheshire man

Police find body in search for missing South Cheshire man

Police officers searching for a missing man have found a body in a wooded area in Crewe.

The body has been formally identified as Jordan Lawton.

December 23, 2020
Wistaston youngster battling rare cancer sees Christmas wish come true

Wistaston youngster battling rare cancer sees Christmas wish come true

A Christmas wish has come true for a remarkable Wistaston boy whose brave fight against cancer prompted a massive fundraising drive for his treatment.

Eleven-year-old Georgy Capener was diagnosed with the highly malignant Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, following a fall in a friend’s garden on Easter Sunday in 2018.

December 22, 2020
Wrenbury canal liftbridge - new boater control pedestal and Darren Spann

Historic canal lift bridge in Wrenbury upgraded in £150,000 project

The historic canal lift bridge in Wrenbury, near Nantwich has undergone a £150,000 upgrade to give it modern safety controls.

The work has taken two months to complete and means easier operation for boaters on the Llangollen Canal.

December 22, 2020
FEATURE: Christmas is Coming – 8 Best gift ideas for men this holiday season

FEATURE: Christmas is Coming – 8 Best gift ideas for men this holiday season

Christmas is coming!

As the holiday is nearing, you’re probably in a panic because you’re not sure what to get your special man.

December 22, 2020
READER’S LETTER: “20’s Plenty” Motion is great day for Cheshire East

READER’S LETTER: “20’s Plenty” Motion is great day for Cheshire East

Dear Editor,
It was a wonderful feeling being part of the Cheshire East Labour/Independent administration on Wednesday 16th December after voting in favour of a 20’s Plenty in 2020 motion to reduce speed limits on Cheshire East roads where people live and work, on housing developments, town and village centres.

December 22, 2020
Cheshire College students provide 300 hampers for families in need

Cheshire College students provide 300 hampers for families in need

Cheshire College students have joined forces with businesses to support local learners and their families over the Christmas break.

They have pulled together more than 300 hampers full of essential food items and toiletries.

December 22, 2020
Nantwich Town Christmas fixtures postponed as games “not viable”

Nantwich Town Christmas fixtures postponed as games “not viable”

Nantwich Town say it has been forced to postpone its festive period fixtures with Stafford Rangers and Witton Albion due to the impact of the pandemic.

Dabbers chairman Jon Gold said the games were “not viable” with many teams in tier 3 areas not allowing supporters in.

December 22, 2020
GP practices begin roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine in Cheshire communities

GP practices begin roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine in Cheshire communities

Groups of GP practices in South Cheshire have started rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine in local communities.

Initially focusing on protecting those at highest risk, it follows the launch of the vaccination programme in hospitals on December 8.

December 22, 2020
FEATURE: Impact of Annus Horribilis 2020 on Nantwich businesses

FEATURE: Impact of Annus Horribilis 2020 on Nantwich businesses

The year 2020 has been a disaster for businesses around the country.

And those based in and around Nantwich have been just as badly affected.

December 21, 2020
READER’S LETTER: Vaccine will NOT be a magic bullet on Covid cases

READER’S LETTER: Vaccine will NOT be a magic bullet on Covid cases

Dear Editor,

The Crewe Labour Party have criticised some of my tweets in my tremendously popular twitter account @CllrBSilvester, which has an amazing 55,000 followers.

December 21, 2020
Weather hits Crewe Regional Sunday fixtures as Crewe Ath move third

Weather hits Crewe Regional Sunday fixtures as Crewe Ath move third

Wet weather forced a number of Crewe Regional Sunday League games to be postponed.

Crewe Athletic took advantage by moving third in the Premier Division with a thumping 6-0 win at The Raven.

December 21, 2020
Millfields Primary School children go green fingered to create garden

Millfields Primary School children go green fingered to create garden

Green-fingered primary school pupils in Nantwich have created a vegetable garden thanks to a £1,250 grant.

Year 6 youngsters at Millfields Primary have worked their site manager Mr Cornes to create the garden.

December 20, 2020