New figures show Cheshire East Council wardens dished out just 25 fines for littering across the whole borough in 2013-14. And there were just NINE fixed penalty notices for dog fouling in the region for the same period.
Nantwich’s favourite family has just expanded – after these beautiful cygnets arrived overnight! The mating swans on the River Weaver have been a popular attraction in the town over recent months.
Councillors are calling on school and highways improvements amid plans to build 268 new houses on farmland in Nantwich. Detailed plans for the site off Queen’s Drive have been submitted after Gladman Homes gained outline planning approval, despite local objections.
Chancellor George Osborne gave Nantwich’s Reaseheath College a big pat on the back – after visiting its dairy parlour. Mr Osborne praised Reaseheath for its efforts to help food producers meet the challenge of world population growth and climate change.
It’s 100,000 up for the RSPCA’s Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre and Cattery in Nantwich. That’s the staggering number of animals which have passed through the centre in London Road since it opened in 1994.
Green-fingered volunteers across Nantwich and Crewe have helped transform a garden at Leighton Hospital. A team, which included students from Reaseheath College, spent a day weeding, pruning and painting at the coronary care unit garden.
By Lee Oliver Staff at a Nantwich cattery are pleading for new homes for abandoned or unwanted cats. Lee Stewart, manager of Stapeley Grange RSPCA centre on London Road, said the cattery is full because the population is spiralling out of control.
A trainee conservationist has become the “Hedgehog Champion” for Nantwich as part of a national campaign to save the endangered species. Jack Riggall, a student at Reaseheath College, is spearheading the South Cheshire arm of the “Hedgehog Street” project.
The results of an extensive transport survey across Crewe and Nantwich are set to be unveiled. The Local Forum on Transport Strategy for Cheshire will be held tomorrow (April 23).
A Nantwich Town Council worker has ticked all the right boxes – after fixing the town’s Millennium Clock! The famous timepiece, in the Cocoa Yard between Pillory Street and Hospital Street, has baffled town leaders since it began stalling two years ago.
A campaigner fighting housing developments in Nantwich fears the latest ruling by a planning inspector on Cheshire East’s 5-year supply is a “huge blow”. Pat Cullen, who heads the Protect Stapeley group, says residents have been “let down”.
Members of Nantwich Walled Garden Society have vowed to fight to restore the garden and turn it into a tourist attraction. The garden site is owned by a private developer who has permission from Cheshire East Council to build properties on the site.
Nantwich Litter Group will be holding “Group Picks” over the next three weeks. The first takes place this Saturday April 12 at 10am, and will be followed by another on Wednesday April 30.
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