This is the view some angry residents in Nantwich have after weeks of not having rubbish collected.
Residents of Weaver House and Wheelock House, on Barony Road, say the piles of rotten garbage are now attracting rats and magpies and causing a horrendous stink.
An aspiring garden designer will celebrate his community allotment’s 100th birthday in his debut show garden at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park.
Harry Dean, 19, a landscape architecture student at University Centre Reaseheath in Nantwich, will lead a team of 11 fellow vegetable growers from Over Allotments in Winsford on the garden build.
Nantwich community leader Anna Burton joined members of the Nantwich Litter Group this week to blitz an area of the town plagued by litter.
The team of 10 environmentally minded residents collected a dozen bin bags full of cans, bottles, crisp packets, cigarette butts and “disposable” vapes in just a couple of hours.
Residents have launched a bid to have new roads in Nantwich named after D-Day veterans in the town.
Local campaigners want veterans like Frank Tew, pictured, to be honoured and remembered with a permanent road naming.
A new memorial bench to honour Nantwich metal man Michael “Flash” Meakin is close to being completed and unveiled.
Nantwich Town Council said today that a local company is manufacturing the bench in Flash’s name.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has given the go-ahead for two large employment developments near Crewe which could create 2,900 jobs despite claims “grey sheds” will be a “blot on the landscape”.
Muse Developments was granted full planning permission for three large units for light industrial or warehousing and distribution on land at Basford East, near the A500.
A key Sunday bus service connecting Nantwich, Willaston and Crewe is being axed from July.
The loss of the D&G service means the 84 corridor will only have a service every 90 minutes on Sunday with Stagecoach.
Nantwich residents have been getting in a flap this week as a stray Peacock has been seen roaming around the town.
And the colourful creature is quickly gaining fame – even having his own Facebook Page launched!
Works to improve access to Crewe town centre will continue in June as Cheshire East Council’s Southern Gateway project gets underway.
The Southern Gateway works aim to improve the route for pedestrians and cyclists from the south of Crewe into the town centre from High Street to the Lifestyle Centre.
Nantwich Museum has celebrated the town’s salt-making history by making salt in the square by the traditional method of evaporating brine.
Visitors viewed the boiling of local brine similar to that taken from Nantwich’s Old Biot salt spring, which for centuries supplied the brine which the town’s prosperity was built on.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is one of 26 councils to receive a share of a £1 million government pot to tackle fly-tipping and help protect communities.
The grants have been awarded to support various schemes to crackdown on criminals who dump rubbish in towns and the countryside.
Nantwich home care provider Right at Home South Cheshire has given the town’s “Growing for Health Community Garden” a bloomin’ nice boost!
The award-winning firm has donated a “Rose Arch” to the garden on the Brookfield Allotments site.
Police say they are probing the deaths of two Riverside cygnets in Nantwich amid fears of foul play.
The baby swans are a popular sight along the river each year.
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