Letters & Opinion

READER’S LETTER: Cheshire Chief Constable “living in fantasy world”

READER’S LETTER: Cheshire Chief Constable “living in fantasy world”

Dear Editor,
In Cheshire East overall, 80% of robbery, 94% of burglary and 98% of bike and personal theft went unsolved over the last three years.

These are the worst performance figures in Cheshire EVER.

October 5, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Spare thought for children on World Mental Health Day

READER’S LETTER: Spare thought for children on World Mental Health Day

Dear Editor
This World Mental Health day, spare a thought for families struggling to care for a seriously sick child.

We often hear comments such as ‘I feel totally isolated’, ‘life has been turned upside down’ and ‘I have no idea how to control things’ from the families we support.

October 5, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Children at potential risk of criminal exploitation in Cheshire East

READER’S LETTER: Children at potential risk of criminal exploitation in Cheshire East

Dear Editor,
I was saddened and disappointed that Ofsted has found that some of most vulnerable of our children and young people in the Borough have not been best-served by the organisations across Cheshire East that have a duty to protect them.

September 30, 2022
READER’S LETTER: A seven point plan for Crewe Town Centre

READER’S LETTER: A seven point plan for Crewe Town Centre

Dear Editor
This is what needs to be done urgently to save Crewe Town Centre from oblivion.

Here is the seven point plan, proposed by ‘Putting Crewe First’.

September 25, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Taxpayers don’t want “fake” Crewe Heritage Wall

READER’S LETTER: Taxpayers don’t want “fake” Crewe Heritage Wall

Dear Editor,
Crewe’s ‘Heritage Wall’ cost £5,625 to design and will cost up to £50,000 to erect.

The Historic Crewe Works Wall in West Street (pictured) was an actual Heritage Wall but it was demolished by developers in 2019 and Cheshire East did nothing to stop it being demolished.

September 15, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Memories of the Queen in Crewe

READER’S LETTER: Memories of the Queen in Crewe

Dear Editor,
On June 24 1987, Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Crewe Rail Heritage Centre.

The Crewe Rail Heritage Festival took place to mark 150th years since the arrival of the first passenger train to stop at Crewe station on the Grand Junction Railway.

September 11, 2022
READER’S LETTER: A message for new PM Liz Truss

READER’S LETTER: A message for new PM Liz Truss

Dear Editor,
My message to new PM, Liz Truss. These are the priorities the PM needs to act on urgently.
1) Freeze energy bills so people can afford to stay warm this winter

September 7, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Crewe most dangerous town in Cheshire

READER’S LETTER: Crewe most dangerous town in Cheshire

Dear Editor,
According to the Crewe 2022 Crime Scorecard:
Crewe is the most dangerous major town in Cheshire. Crime in Crewe is 48% higher than the regional crime rate in the North West. And crime in Crewe is 22% higher than the national crime rate.

August 31, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Local Conservatives taking credit for Labour achievements

READER’S LETTER: Local Conservatives taking credit for Labour achievements

Dear Editor
They say plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery, so it is pleasing to see the local Conservatives seeking to take credit for the achievements of the Labour-led Cheshire East Council.

August 30, 2022
READER’S LETTER: What cost Social Care?

READER’S LETTER: What cost Social Care?

Dear Editor,
As we wait for the outcome of the Prime Ministerial contest, I’ve personally asked both candidates this question; “Cheshire East spends two thirds of the budget on Social Care. How will you support and fund social care going forward?”

August 30, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Geothermal energy will boost Crewe residents

READER’S LETTER: Geothermal energy will boost Crewe residents

Dear Editor,
At a time when everyone is worried about the ever escalating energy prices, it is good news that Crewe residents could be the beneficiary of cheaper clean energy.

August 27, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Caught out by Nantwich restaurant’s parking system

READER’S LETTER: Caught out by Nantwich restaurant’s parking system

Dear Editor
I would like to make your readership aware of the parking system at a bar and restaurant in Nantwich.

Myself and a friend had drinks and a meal at The Townhouse bar & restaurant on Mill Street in Nantwich on a weekday evening in July this year.

August 27, 2022
READER’S LETTER: New fencing erected after four-year battle

READER’S LETTER: New fencing erected after four-year battle

Dear Editor,
After four years of campaigning by Woolstanwood Parish Councillors, the Borough Council has erected a new metal safety fence between the footpath and the drop down to the Valley Brook, in Middlewich Road, near to the Rising Sun public house.

August 25, 2022