A group of young people from Crewe have graduated from a Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service-led The Prince’s Trust programme.
The graduation took place at the Crewe Hall, and the team of nine who were all dressed in evening dress, attended the event.
One of the biggest one-day events in Nantwich, Holly Holy Day, has been cancelled.
Organisers announced the decision tonight, less than four weeks before the Battle of Nantwich commemoration event was due to take place.
Developers are looking at open a new “park and ride” with filling station on land next to the A51 Burford crossing near Nantwich.
A “scoping opinion” application has been submitted for the proposed petrol filling station, coffee outlet
and 50-bay park ‘n’ ride with EV charging.
An internationally-acclaimed artist from Nantwich whose projects include facemasks made from foraged natural materials is returning to her roots as part of a UK initiative nurturing creative talent.
Visual artist and University of Chester graduate Estelle Woolley is returning to work with the university’s department of art and design thanks to the AA2A (Artists Access to Art Colleges) scheme.
Council chiefs say highways engineers “worked tirelessly” to complete works on the busy A51 at Wardle near Nantwich which was closed for 16 weeks.
Work to stabilise 750 metres of carriageway began in August and required the complete closure of one of the busiest roads in the borough.
Abuse aimed at Cheshire East highways staff is on the rise, the authority has warned.
Since April, there have been 37 incidents of staff reporting being abused by members of the public.
The historic Crewe Works site is to receive major investment after site owners Alstom won an HS2 contract to build a new generation of 54 high speed trains in North and Midlands.
Formally owned by Bombardier, the site has not been used for the manufacture of new trains since the early 1990.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Three days of icy, non-gritted roads near Nantwich and Audlem saw “three catastrophic accidents and the school bus cancelled”, the former leader of Cheshire East Council said.
Cllr Rachel Bailey (Audlem, Con) told a full council she had not intended speaking on the winter gritting programme and had planned to ask a question about home school transport.
Heavy duty HS2 construction lorries could be using some of Nantwich’s busiest junctions dozens of times every day under plans seen by Nantwich News.
HS2 Ltd has applied for permission to use certain routes for its lorries – including from Cheerbrook roundabout, Newcastle Road, Elwood Way, A51 London Road down to Checkley Lane near Bridgemere.
By Jonathan White
Businesses in Nantwich have pulled out the stops to make their festive window displays extra special this year with imaginative and eye-catching displays.
Wendy’s Florist on Hospital Street features a scale model of the frontage of her business.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
People in Crewe die 13 years before those in more affluent parts of Cheshire East so the town deserves investment following years of neglect, a councillor said.
Cllr Suzanne Brookfield (Crewe East, Lab) was speaking following an update report on the town centre regeneration programmes at a meeting of the economy and growth committee.
Coole Lane in Nantwich has seen another crash – the third in three days – after Cheshire East Council removed it from its winter gritting route.
The latest accident involved a skip lorry which crashed off the road into the ditch.
The A51 Chester Road at Wardle near Nantwich is on track to re-open later in December, Cheshire East Council confirmed today.
The “slope stabilisation” scheme on a 600-metre stretch has resulted in a full closure of the main route since August 31.
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