Faddiley have won the Premier Division Cup Final after beating Crewe Athletic on penalties.
The teams were locked in 0-0 stalemate after normal time, and extra time could not break the deadlock.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Brexit’s role in the demise of Cheshire East Council’s Conservative group has been downplayed by their political rivals.
The Tories suffered a shock loss of control, ending with 34 CEC members – eight short of the number needed for a majority – with Labour on 25, Independents on 19 and Liberal Democrats on four.
By Aran Dhillon, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council leader Rachel Bailey has blamed the ‘impasse of Brexit’ after the Conservatives lost overall control of the authority in a huge shock.
After a dramatic day of results, the council – which is now made up of 34 Tories, 25 from Labour, 19 independents and four Liberal Democrats – has switched to no overall control.
Conservatives have lost control of Cheshire East Council after the local elections as they felt the backlash from disgruntled voters.
The Tories retained Nantwich South and Stapeley, as well as rural wards such as Audlem, Wrenbury, Bunbury, Wybunbury and Willaston.
Three men have been sentenced after a police dashcam caught motorcyclists travelling at speeds of up to 137mph on Cheshire’s roads.
The officer, riding an unmarked police motorcycle, had to travel at 125mph to catch up to the group after they had passed him on the A41 Whitchurch Road near Broxton on September 2.
Nantwich Partnership is hoping to carry out improvements to two visitor attractions in the town.
It has submitted plans for more seating and a landscape feature area on Mill Island.
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Hawkstone Hall & Gardens Grade I listed 18th Century mansion in nearby Shropshire has re-opened as a luxury hotel after extensive renovations.
Set within 88 acres of manicured gardens, the spectacular Georgian property has been restored to its former splendour.
Nantwich Players are continuing their season with their latest production – “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” – by Martin McDonagh.
In a small house in the mountains of Ireland, a lonely spinster locks horns with her house-bound, manipulative mother in a rage-filled battle of wills.
Girl guides from Nantwich and other Cheshire towns will benefit from a new Outdoor Activity Centre.
The centre was part funded by a Cheshire Freemasons donation of £17,000 to ‘Girlguiding Cheshire Forest’.
By Stephen Topping
Figures released by campaigners have revealed the scale of concern surrounding alleged illegal fox hunting across Cheshire.
The League Against Cruel Sports received 21 reports of suspected incidents during the 2018-19 hunt season – which began last November and ended recently.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
The number of staff employed directly by Cheshire East Council has almost halved in the decade since the authority was launched.
Figures from the council show on April 30 2009, CEC had a headcount of 6,522 employees – excluding school staff and casual workers.
This is a new group to help ladies, who live in and around Nantwich, to find friendship. Have you recently moved here? Have you just retired and miss your work colleagues and/or don’t have a friend locally? Do you miss going shopping, or having a coffee or glass of wine, with a good friend? We will meet as a group[Read More…]
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