Environment

Animal cruelty charges dropped against Nantwich abattoir owners

Animal cruelty charges dropped against Nantwich abattoir owners

Animal cruelty charges against directors of a Nantwich abattoir have been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service due to insufficient evidence.

The decision comes just four weeks after a separate investigation into alleged horse passports irregularities at the same Red Lion abattoir was abandoned for the same reason.

October 27, 2014
Crewe chosen for HS2 hub station over Stoke-on-Trent

Crewe chosen for HS2 hub station over Stoke-on-Trent

Crewe is to be the site for a northern hub station for HS2, a report has finally decided.

HS2 chairman Sir David Higgins has favoured South Cheshire for the station and HS2 link north of Birmingham to the North West over Stoke-on-Trent.

October 26, 2014
Police vow to target Reaseheath speeding with new kit

Police vow to target Reaseheath speeding with new kit

Police in Nantwich have vowed to target motorists speeding at Reaseheath after the latest accident on the A51.

Residents reacted angrily this week and called for more action from police, council and college chiefs to improve safety measures.

October 25, 2014
Barratt Homes “sorry” after fencing impedes Nantwich Riverside Loop

Barratt Homes “sorry” after fencing impedes Nantwich Riverside Loop

Housing developer Barratt has apologised for barrier fencing which was put up at a Nantwich site, impeding a popular riverside walk.

Walkers complained after the high metal fencing was erected around the site off Queens Drive, Nantwich.

October 23, 2014
Nantwich photographers can feature town in HF Holidays calendar

Nantwich photographers can feature town in HF Holidays calendar

Amateur photographers in Nantwich have the chance to feature their home town in a UK holiday calendar.

Snappers can enter pictures for a chance to feature in a 2016 calendar compiled by outdoor and walker holiday specialists, HF Holidays.

October 20, 2014
New laws will clamp down on owners of dangerous dogs in Nantwich

New laws will clamp down on owners of dangerous dogs in Nantwich

Tough new laws are to be imposed in Nantwich to help prevent violent dog attacks.

Cheshire East Council is to use new legal powers available to police and local councils from today (October 20).

October 20, 2014
RSPCA Nantwich food donation centre set up by Sainsbury’s

RSPCA Nantwich food donation centre set up by Sainsbury’s

The RSPCA wildlife centre and cattery in Nantwich has teamed up with Sainsbury’s to hold collection points for donations of tinned dog or cat food.

Bosses at the Middlewich Road store approached the RSPCA Stapeley Grange manager Lee Stewart with the idea of holding collection points for food for the London Road animal centre.

October 17, 2014
Anger over new Barratt Homes site impact on Nantwich Riverside Loop

Anger over new Barratt Homes site impact on Nantwich Riverside Loop

Walkers have criticised a homes developer for encroaching on to the popular Nantwich Riverside Loop walk.

Barratt Homes are already laying out their site at the Malbank Waters development on land off Queens Drive, Nantwich.

October 16, 2014
Nantwich Aqueduct to undergo £200,000 overhaul

Nantwich Aqueduct to undergo £200,000 overhaul

Nantwich Aqueduct is set to undergo a £200,000 overhaul after councillors agreed to part-fund the project.

A £20,000 contribution by Nantwich Town Council will mean the Canals and Rivers Trust could start the work as early as March 2015.

October 13, 2014
FSA slammed as Nantwich Red Lion horse abattoir charges dropped

FSA slammed as Nantwich Red Lion horse abattoir charges dropped

Five people charged in connection with the Red Lion horse abattoir in Nantwich are to escape prosecution.

The Food Standards Agency is to drop charges of alleged horse passport irregularities at the abattoir in Sound, near Wrenbury.

September 29, 2014
Danger traffic island on Welsh Row, Nantwich to be removed

Danger traffic island on Welsh Row, Nantwich to be removed

A controversial traffic island in Nantwich is going to be removed after causing a spate of accidents.

Cheshire East highways teams are to remove this island at the junction of Welsh Row and Queens Drive in October.

September 26, 2014
Councillor’s boost to save Nantwich pub from demolition

Councillor’s boost to save Nantwich pub from demolition

A pub in Nantwich which faces demolition to make way for more housing, could be saved.

The Horse Shoe Inn, in Willaston, was earmarked under new planning proposals to be knocked down.

September 25, 2014
Planning appeal adjourned into 11 homes off Wrens Close, Nantwich

Planning appeal adjourned into 11 homes off Wrens Close, Nantwich

A planning appeal into a bid to build homes off Wrens Close in Nantwich has been adjourned until November.

Nantwich South and Stapeley councillors attended the hearing which took place at Crewe Alexandra’s Gresty Road stadium.

September 23, 2014