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Nantwich Community Garden go ahead with National Lottery funding

Nantwich Community Garden go ahead with National Lottery funding

A garden built by the community for the community in Nantwich has won Lottery funding to run for the next three years.

Volunteers from the Growing Health Community Garden have spent over two years raising funds for the fully accessible organic garden at Brookfield allotments.

March 3, 2023
Vital bus routes in South Cheshire could be axed under new Arriva plans

Vital bus routes in South Cheshire could be axed under new Arriva plans

Vital bus routes such as Nantwich to Chester and Shavington to Leighton Hospital could be axed for good under new plans by Arriva North West.

The company has announced that it is consulting with affected employees on a proposal to close its Winsford and Macclesfield depots.

February 28, 2023
Cheshire East Council chiefs slam “false information” on 15-minute cities

Cheshire East Council chiefs slam “false information” on 15-minute cities

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council bosses have hit out at “false information” about 15-minute cities and stressed the council has no plans to introduce any rules to restrict freedom of movement.

The idea behind a 15-minute city is that residents have access to everything they need – work, shops, medical services, parks, leisure facilities – all within a 15-minute walk or short cycling distance from where they live.

February 28, 2023
CEC leader urges council to install car park solar panels

CEC leader urges council to install car park solar panels

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The leader of Cheshire East Council is urging the council to look into installing solar panels at some of its car parks across the borough.

Cheshire East is about to start work on a large-scale solar farm – which will generate renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions – on land next to the composting plant at Leighton Grange Farm in Crewe.

February 28, 2023
Cheshire Police urge night time workers to complete training

Cheshire Police urge night time workers to complete training

Cheshire Police chiefs are urging people who work in the night time economy to complete a free bystander intervention training session.

The sessions are aimed at keeping people safe by identifying and preventing incidents such as sexual harassment of customers.

February 27, 2023
Welsh Row disruption for drivers as United Utilities start works

Welsh Row disruption for drivers as United Utilities start works

Residents and drivers on Welsh Row in Nantwich are being warned of more disruption amid United Utilities works over the next two months.

People living on the street have been issued with notices from the water company about a month of works starting on February 28.

February 26, 2023
New Cheshire East garden waste charges approved by council

New Cheshire East garden waste charges approved by council

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East residents will be charged for garden waste collection after the budget was approved.

But some councillors fear this could prove costly for the environment and the council.

February 25, 2023
CEC council tax changes for second home owners could raise £2.6m

CEC council tax changes for second home owners could raise £2.6m

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Proposed changes to council tax rules for second home owners could see Cheshire East rake in an extra £2.6m from 2024.

The government is currently bringing forward the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill which will give councils further flexibility when it comes to billing second home owners.

February 21, 2023
Reaseheath College students receive funding to build campus bungalow

Reaseheath College students receive funding to build campus bungalow

Reaseheath College’s construction students are to gain real life skills by building a bungalow on the college’s Nantwich campus.

The college has received £110,000 funding from Specialist lender Together to enable the project to go ahead.

February 21, 2023
Plans submitted for new Kingsley Fields primary school in Nantwich

Plans submitted for new Kingsley Fields primary school in Nantwich

Plans have been submitted for the proposed new primary school at Kingsley Fields in Nantwich, writes Belinda Ryan.

The one-form entry school, which will accommodate 210 pupils, is planned for vacant land off Richard Gibson Road.

February 20, 2023
South Cheshire families can tap in to Home Energy Support Fund

South Cheshire families can tap in to Home Energy Support Fund

The Home Energy Support Fund is now available to help people in South Cheshire struggling to pay rocketing domestic fuel bills.

Many people tis winter have seen their fuel bills increasing by as much as 300% to 400%.

February 20, 2023
Janet Clowes, Conservative group leader

CEC Conservatives want to charge utility firms digging up roads

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Conservatives are proposing an amendment to the budget urging the council to develop a lane rental scheme to charge utility companies which dig up roads.

The suggestion was first put forward by group leader Janet Clowes (Wybunbury) at a meeting of the corporate policy committee.

February 19, 2023
Roads Minister visits Reaseheath College in Nantwich

Roads Minister visits Reaseheath College in Nantwich

Reaseheath College welcomed Roads and Local Transport Minister Richard Holden MP onto campus during National Apprenticeship Week to see the progress of the UK’s first dedicated Bus and Coach Engineering Academy.

The academy is the result of an innovative and forward-thinking partnership between Reaseheath and First Bus.

February 17, 2023