Patients in Crewe and Nantwich are to benefit from a new state-of-the-art hospital after the Department of Health and Social Care rubber-stamped hundreds of millions of pounds of funding to redevelop Leighton Hospital.
Health Minister Karin Smyth has confirmed funding available for schemes in the first wave of the New Hospital Programme, including Leighton Hospital.
A Nantwich resident and businessman has helped secure the future of the town’s Food Festival after reading about the car park situation on Nantwich News.
James Litchfield, managing director of LCM Family, has agreed to sponsor the use of the Cheshire East Council car parks for the next three years.
A Nantwich resident has called for work on limiting or preventing traffic on a busy town centre route to be speeded up.
Neil Dodd appeared before Nantwich Town Council requesting an update on discussions around potentially pedestrianising Pillory Street and Hospital Street in the future.
Nantwich Town Council has voted to end its lease of “Brookfield Hall” which one councillor said has “fallen into disrepair”.
The hall, off Shrewbridge Road and next to Brookfield Park, was used as the town council administration centre for many years.
Nantwich residents are making good use of a new lifeline bus service linking the town to Leighton Hospital.
The new direct bus service hit the road last week for the first time.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors have called for Cheshire East Council to look at how it delegates decision-making to officers following an angry backlash over the location of mobile tips and the hike in parking charges and hours.
Cllr Sue Adams (Con) has called for the whole process to be looked at so changes like the introduction of Sunday and evening parking charges cannot just be “sneaked through” by officers as a delegated decision.
Nantwich police officers teamed up with Cheshire East Council to carry out checks on taxi operators in and around the town.
Operation Withdraw checked on taxi drivers and whether they were licensed and operating correctly in the area.
Part of the main A51 route between Nantwich and Chester will be closed for three days from today for essential repairs, highways chiefs have warned.
Motorists are being urged to find alternative routes between April 9-12. The road will be closed between 7pm and 6am.
Cheshire East Council chiefs have defended their decision to charge organisers of the Nantwich Food Festival for the use of their car parks.
In previous years, the festival was able to use car parks such as Love Lane and Bowling Green for free to stage their food hall marquees.
Leighton Hospital has been awarded more than £32,000 to install solar panels to cut energy bills and support sustainability.
The project, funded by Great British Energy, will generate an estimated 34,000kWh of electricity a year for the site – the equivalent of powering more than 12 average UK homes for a year.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is refusing to discuss in public how much it spends on individual car parks and how much income it receives from them.
The council, which says it is ‘open and fair’ in its corporate plan, was asked by two members of its own highways and transport committee for a breakdown on the car parks.
Nantwich Food Festival is to fund the use of town centre car parks to house the food courts for this year’s event, organisers have confirmed.
The use of the Love Lane and Bowling Green car parks is an essential feature of the three-day festival, as they host the marquees and performance areas.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans for up to 29 holiday lodges at a marina site near Nantwich have been recommended for approval.
Church Minshull Aqueduct Marina Limited wants to change the use of agricultural land so the lodges and a manager’s cabin can be provided on the site, which is on the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.
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