By Stephen Topping, Local Democracy Reporter
Campaigners are urging developers to build on brownfield sites first as thousands of homes are set for Cheshire East’s greenbelt.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has identified plans to build 4,747 homes on greenbelt land across the borough.
Hundreds of Forget Me Not flowers planted in memory of someone loved and missed, have gone on display in Nantwich.
The arrangement of forever flowers has taken pride of place on the lawn opposite St Mary’s Church in the town square.
Offenders in Cheshire have put in more than 72,000 hours of work as part of the community payback scheme in the last six months, figures have shown.
People sentenced to unpaid work in Cheshire have clocked up 72,333 hours Community Payback across the county, completing a range of projects to improve communities.
By Jonathan White
Angry villagers in Wistaston have rallied in support of a pensioner after mindless vandals destroyed his popular garden gnomes display.
Laurence Perry’s gnomes, which became famous a year ago after a dispute with the local council, have proved a big hit with residents.
EXCLUSIVE
More children fleeing war-torn countries were abandoned at Cheshire’s M6 service stations in 2017-18 than in every other year this decade.
In a special report, Stephen Topping speaks to those on the front line dealing with rising numbers of young asylum seekers dumped in Cheshire.
A Nantwich care home which was plunged into controversy after the death of one of its missing dementia patients, has been ruled “inadequate” after its latest inspection.
And it has emerged that Brookfield House Care Home, on Shrewbridge Road, is now the centre of a police and local authority investigation into allegations of neglect.
Staff at Stapeley RSPCA centre in Nantwich who reunited three feline siblings are now seeking a new home for them.
Ezra, Otto and Wilma were signed into the RSPCA’s care in March after coming from a multi-animal household.
By Stephen Topping
From rescuing oxygen-starved fish in the River Weaver to a freshwater jellyfish in the Shropshire Union Canal – the Environment Agency has been pretty busy this summer.
Tucked away on an industrial estate in Winsford, the team is working around the clock to keep Cheshire’s waterways safe for wildlife.
Town councillors in Nantwich say CCTV is effective in the town after five teenagers were caught on camera vandalising flowers and plants.
Nantwich Police officers were able to identify and trace the youths from the CCTV images catching them in the act in the town square and Pepper Street.
Visitors to Nantwich Lake may have encountered a more unusual inhabitant in recent days.
For this little terrapin is now resident at the popular beauty spot among the ducks, swans and fish.
By Stephen Topping
An attempt to build 112 homes to fund the renovation of the Doddington country estate near Nantwich has been rejected following fierce opposition from neighbours.
Lady Rona Delves Broughton, who owns the Doddington Estate, wanted to build 112 homes across 12 smaller plots of land to fill a £9.6 million funding gap for the renovation of her estate – which has planning permission to become a hotel, and is on Historic England’s ‘at risk’ register in parts.
United Utilities has lifted the proposed hosepipe ban for Cheshire and the North West, just three days before it was due to be enforced.
The water company says a number of factors have resulted in the ban, due to come in on August 5, being shelved.
Private sector landlords in Crewe and Nantwich are being warned of tough new penalties to crack down on poor housing standards.
Cheshire East Council has amended its housing enforcement policy to include new powers, which could see the most serious offenders banned from letting properties altogether or entered on to a national database of rogue landlords.
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