By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporters
Cash-strapped Cheshire East is binning off its waste and recycling company Ansa, saying it can deliver the service cheaper itself.
The council is also closing down Orbitas, its bereavement services company, citing the same reason.
Travellers were forcibly removed from Nantwich Cricket Club grounds by police after setting up a third unauthorised encampment in as many days in the area.
Police gave the travellers a Section 60C notice to leave the site by 10.30am this morning (July 12).
Nantwich councillors are keen on a plan to build and install concrete chess tables in the town.
The council was told last night (July 11) that the idea was mooted by a resident who contacted the authority.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nantwich Library and others run by Cheshire East Council could be privatised in future, it has emerged.
The council is planning to consult on proposals which could see some of its libraries privatised and opening hours slashed.
Travellers have set up a second encampment in Nantwich after moving onto land at Nantwich Cricket Club.
Club officials say they are now working with police to serve them notice to leave the Whitehouse Lane club.
Black wheelie bins with general waste will only be collected every THREE weeks under new plans unveiled by Cheshire East Council.
The change is part of proposals set out on changes to bin collections across the borough.
The Barony Sports complex in Nantwich is open again today after it temporarily closed yesterday due to an illegal encampment on the park.
Staff at the complex announced earlier yesterday that they had had to close because of the travellers encampment, which consisted of around six caravans.
Residents across South Cheshire are taking action to try and halt the decline of red-listed species of swifts.
And one group has been helping to restore a super-colony in the west of Crewe.
Cheshire Police’s Rural Crime Team joined forces with other agencies to target criminals in a day-long operation in South Cheshire.
In one day, they stopped more than 70 vehicles and clocked around 38 offences in a crackdown on waste crime and theft of caravans and plant-machinery.
Popular Nantwich nightclub Nakatcha is to close its doors permanently “with immediate effect”, it was revealed today.
The club on Welsh Row has been a part of the town’s night-time economy for almost 20 years.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The new Leighton Hospital will be a “health neighbourhood” and will include other services and possibly a hospice.
Russell Favager, of the Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust, was updating members of Cheshire East’s health and wellbeing board on the vision for the new hospital, which he stressed was at an early stage.
Morrisons in Nantwich is planning to demolish its car wash and extend the filling station building and install EV chargers.
The plans have been submitted to Cheshire East Council by the Motor Fuel Group, which operates the petrol forecourt.
Historic Churche’s Mansion in Nantwich is back on the market after closing down as a restaurant earlier this year.
It’s on the market for offers over £1.5 million and Hidden Gems Cheshire are staging an event at the venue next week on behalf of the owners.
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