By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A special school in South Cheshire can go ahead with expansion plans to accommodate an extra 60 pupils after Cheshire East gave permission for an extension to be built.
Springfield School caters for children and young people, between the ages of four and 19, who have autism, severe learning difficulties and complex needs.
A wooden footbridge in Nantwich which has been out of action for months due to its dangerous condition, is to be finally rebuilt and open in time for Christmas.
The structure provides a popular route linking Massey Close in Stapeley and Beechwood Close where local shops and takeaways are based, as well as nearby Pear Tree Primary School and Cronkinson pub.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Parking charges look set to be reviewed across Cheshire East as the council struggles to balance its books because of soaring inflation costs.
Plans to introduce pay and display in towns such as Middlewich, Sandbach and Alsager – which currently offer free parking – were scuppered last year when the highways committee voted against the plan.
A nursery in Nantwich has been classed as “Outstanding” in its latest inspection by Ofsted.
La Maternelle, based on Barony Court in Nantwich, was visited by inspectors on October 17.
By Jonathan Sutton, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council could soon start issuing fines to drivers who leave their engine idling as a review of the policy is taking place.
This could mean parents waiting to pick up their children outside schools in the borough who refuse to turn their engine off could face a £60 fine.
A new project launched by Nantwich Mill Community Energy Company aims to generate clean and green energy for the town – come rain or shine.
The not-for-profit Community Benefit Society has been awarded £100,000 by the North West Energy Hub’s Rural Community Energy Fund.
More than 250 graduands who completed degrees at University Centre Reaseheath in Nantwich joined peers from the University of Chester for a spectacular graduation ceremony held in Chester’s historic cathedral.
The graduands were awarded degrees in agricultural science, animal management, canine clinical behaviour, equine science, zoo management, wildlife conservation and ecology, landscape architecture, adventure sports and coaching, rural events management, dairy technology and food science.
More people in Nantwich than anywhere else in Cheshire East have registered to take part in a new “pick up litter and get fit” scheme.
The Cheshire East Council initiative encourages people to get active, spend time outdoors and help to keep local neighbourhoods litter free.
Green-fingered volunteers for Nantwich in Bloom were honoured at a Nantwich Town Council presentation last night (November 17).
Councillors applauded the team after they scooped another North West in Bloom Gold medal at the recent awards ceremony in Bolton.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has backed calls for law changes to make sprinklers mandatory in some buildings and heard from a fire officer how ‘it’s tantamount to having a firefighter in each room’.
The council’s environment and communities committee voted unanimously to back Cheshire Fire Authority in its fight to make sprinklers compulsory in buildings such as care homes, houses in multiple occupation, schools and apartment blocks.
These cute otter cubs are undergoing specialist care at RSPCA Stapeley Grange in Nantwich after being orphaned when rivers overflowed in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
One of the juvenile otters arrived at RSPCA Stapeley Grange along with her sibling last month after they were both rescued near the River Witham at Grantham in Lincolnshire.
Nantwich Museum has launched a new booklet called “The Making of Nantwich in Six Maps”.
The initiative aims to address the dearth of town maps before 1794.
The former Wesleyan Chapel in Nantwich has been converted into eight exclusive apartments, ending a project that has taken years to complete.
“The Wesleyan” on Hospital Street was originally constructed as a dedicated Chapel in 1808 and served the community in Nantwich for many generations.
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