By Jonathan White
Youngsters from the 26th South West Cheshire (1st Willaston) Cubs enjoyed an evening of railway rides and important rail safety education during a visit to Peacock Railway.
A group of 23 Cub Scouts and their leaders visited the miniature railway attraction, operated by the South Cheshire Model Engineering Society.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East planning officers are urging councillors not to defend an appeal from Nightingale Land to build 75 homes in the open countryside at Nantwich.
The company wants to build the dwellings on a 3.83-hectare field off Broad Lane, in Stapeley.
A community litter pick and alleyway clean-up in Nantwich has been hailed “a great success” after volunteers transformed Cow Fields alleyway.
Volunteers joined the litter picking team on Snowhill with Sustainable Nantwich before heading to Cow Fields which links Beam Street, the library, the pharmacy and the police station to the estate.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans for a new Crewe hospital on land next to the existing site at Leighton have been recommended for approval.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking permission for a new six-storey hospital, ancillary buildings, multi-storey car park, access points, parking and associated infrastructure on land off Middlewich Road.
A campaign is underway to stop Cheshire East Council from auctioning off a community hall in Nantwich.
Brookfield Hall, off Shrewbridge Road, has been put up for sale by the council and is set to be auctioned on June 25th.
Solar panels have been installed at Leighton Hospital with the aim of saving almost £10,000 a year.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is saving money through a scheme by Great British Energy.
Cheshire Police and Cheshire Fire Service are to investigate the cause of a major blaze at a chicken farm near Nantwich.
The fire broke out at the farm on Checkley Lane in Wrinehill at around 6.30am on Friday (May 29th) and fire crews were on scene for more than 24 hours.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Controversial plans for 116 homes in the open countryside at Audlem have been unanimously refused by Cheshire East’s strategic planning board.
A Wistaston councillor has branded the approval of plans for a huge 660-home development on green fields near the village “devastating” news.
Ward Cllr Margaret Simon and representatives from Wistaston Parish Council vociferously objected to the plans by Harworth Estates at the Cheshire East Council strategic planning board.
A three-year campaign to improve a busy junction in Stapeley, Nantwich, has been completed.
Improvement works have been carried out to the camber at the junction of London Road and Peter De Stapleigh Way.
A Reaseheath College and University Centre student in Nantwich is shining a light on a hidden threat to the UK’s environment, and the potential impact of her work is significant.
An organisation behind the twinning arrangements between Crewe and Nantwich and European towns is urging more young people to get involved.
Twinning/friendship agreements have their origins in the rebuilding of Europe after the Second World War.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans for up to 75 homes in Nantwich will now be decided by a planning inspector after the applicant appealed against Cheshire East’s non-determination of the application.
Nightingale Land wants to build the dwellings on land in the open countryside off Broad Lane, Stapeley.
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