By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council bosses refused to scrap parking charges until the end of the year to help high street shops because it can’t afford to lose an estimated £180,000.
Each town which has pay and display has four days free parking per year and the dates for this are decided by the relevant town or parish council.
Bus users in Cheshire East will only pay a maximum £2 fare for any local journey after Cheshire East Council agreed to follow a Government scheme.
The Department for Transport scheme encourages people to “get around for £2” and will run from January 1 to March 31.
A wheelchair coach for a miniature railway in Nantwich is among a number of community projects to secure grant funding from Cheshire East Council.
The project has been awarded funds as part of a project to extend the service of the miniature railway to anyone in a wheelchair.
National youth charity OnSide says it has submitted a planning application to Cheshire East Council for a multi-million pound Youth Zone for Crewe’s young people.
Subject to plans being approved, they say Crewe Youth Zone will be built on the Oak Street Car Park to the south of the town centre.
More delays to the re-opening of the A530 Middlewich Road between Nantwich and Leighton Hospital have been blamed on the weather.
The road between Pyms Lane and the hospital is now not expected to re-open until February 2023 at the earliest.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
More than 30 housing associations registered in Cheshire East have been contacted by Cheshire East Council after the tragic death of a two-year-old boy.
The council is checking on all housing associations and how they are dealing with residents’ complaints about damp and mould “as a matter of urgency”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has adopted the second part of its local plan with some councillors voting against it.
Some warned at the council meeting this week that planners would have to go back to the drawing board if it was rejected.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East will have a greater say in decisions on HS2 construction and design after voting to become a ‘qualifying authority’.
The council is already a qualifying authority for phase 2a – the route between Birmingham and Crewe.
More plaques have been installed on landmark buildings in Nantwich to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
The new plaques are on Nantwich Civic Hall, Chatwins Bakery (formerly Ye Olde Wyche Theatre), the large building on the corner of Pillory Street and Hospital Street (formerly Chesters’ store), Nantwich Museum and next to the town bridge on Welsh Row.
Staff and volunteers at Nantwich’s RSPCA wildlife centre worked against the clock to return 29 birds back to the wild – despite strict avian flu restrictions.
A major exercise swung into action when RSPCA Stapeley Grange had a 48-hour window to release the birds.
Young truck fan Alfie Simcox, who has become a celebrity in the trucking world, was treated to a VIP visit by Nantwich distribution firm Boughey.
The 10-year-old from Shavington turned his passion for trucks into photographing lorries on the M6 and raising thousands of pounds for charity by producing annual calendars.
Cheshire animal lovers have been voting to pick names for the county’s newest beavers living at Hatchmere.
And with votes counted, the names have been revealed as… Aspen and Bramble!
A rescue dog badly abused for its former owner and adopted in South Cheshire has won a national award.
French Bulldog Yogi was fostered and adopted during the pandemic by Emma Caskie, who runs Houndclub Pet Services in Crewe and Nantwich.
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