Fire chiefs in Cheshire say they can maintain improvements in public safety, despite having to find £1.9 million savings.
Members of the Fire Authority were told to expect ongoing cuts of 8% a year from central Government funding – savings of nearly £8 million over the next four years.
Plans to build a massive solar park on farmland near Nantwich will go before councillors this week.
Markus Wierenga, of Green Switch Developments Ltd, has applied to build the solar park on land at Hatherton Lodge Farm, on Hunsterson Road.
Nantwich councillors are to run a ground-breaking scheme to crackdown on nuisance parking in the town.
The town council has signed up to a pilot scheme after receiving scores of complaints about on-street parking.
Nantwich Police have been hitting the town’s busiest roads to clamp down on rogue drivers.
PCSOs have been out and about at various “hot spots” in response to concerns about traffic from residents.
Council chiefs claim they are winning the battle against potholes – despite criticism over the amount of compensation paid to drivers.
Cheshire East Council says reports or complaints about potholes have fallen to 2,849 in 2014/15 – down from 17,241 in 2012/13.
A public open day is being held in Nantwich to unveil the planned £200,000 restoration of Nantwich Aqueduct, on the Shropshire Union Canal.
The 10-week project is due to start at the end of March and will involve the temporary closure of the A534 Chester Road which runs underneath the aqueduct.
One of the busiest stretches of road in Crewe and Nantwich is to close for all of half-term week for electrical work.
Nantwich Road outside Crewe railway station will be closed for five days to allow Scottish Power Energy Networks to carry out the works.
A councillor has made an impassioned plea for planning chiefs to stop the second phase of a major development in Nantwich.
Cllr Arthur Moran spoke out about the Gladman Developments application to build another 118 homes on a site off Queens Drive.
Big-hearted volunteers in Nantwich have been praised for saving the taxpayer £10,000 on revamping the town’s Civic Hall.
Staff at the centre have clubbed together to carry out a range of repairs and decorations at the venue on Market Street.
Charity collectors in Nantwich could be limited to working just one day a week, if councillors get their way.
Retailers and shoppers have complained about too many collectors, known as Chuggers, targeting Nantwich town square over recent months.
Drivers will be hit as emergency works are carried out on a collapsed sewer on a busy road in Wrenbury, Nantwich.
Cheshire East Council has closed Wrenbury Heath Road from the junction with Sound Lane to the junction with New Town Road.
Two thirds of sunbeds tested in Cheshire East were not safe enough, startling figures have revealed.
In an inspection of tanning salons across Nantwich, Crewe and other towns, only 32 of 90 sunbeds met European safety standards.
Scottish Power has suspended works on London Road in Nantwich after complaints about traffic control and parked vehicles.
The works began this week as part of a £3.9 million project by SP Energy Networks to upgrade supplies to Nantwich and Stapeley.
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