A script writer for Coronation Street decided to mark Volunteers’ Week – by working as a cleaner at Leighton Hospital.
Mark Bickerton swapped the famous cobbles for the hospital corridors to lend his support to frontline NHS staff battling against the coronavirus pandemic.
Cheshire East Council admitted today they will not be able to move the latest unauthorised travellers encampment in Nantwich.
Travellers arrived on the Cheshire East-owned Love Lane car park yesterday evening (June 3).
Police in Nantwich have vowed to target anti-social “hotspots” in the town’s parks after reports of large gatherings causing problems.
By Jonathan White
South Cheshire continues to bask in hot weather for a few more days yet.
With temperatures around 25-26C, the region like many other parts of the UK has broken historical records for the sunniest spring since 1929, according to the Met Office.
A town councillor has called for tighter restrictions on vehicles accessing Nantwich town centre amid damage to paved areas.
Cllr Carole Thomas says heavy delivery vehicles are causing damage to the pedestrianised town square, leading to more falls, trips and injuries to shoppers.
The busy A530 between Nantwich and Middlewich will close for up to four months from Monday for major railway bridge works.
Motorists are being warned of long delays to their journeys with diversion routes taking many around Crewe and back out if they want to get to Leighton Hospital.
Nantwich Market is to undergo a “phased” re-opening as lockdown restrictions ease, Nantwich Town Council was told.
Councillors and traders are hoping to be back in the market hall under Government plans to allow “non essential” shops to re-open in June.
A Nantwich resident is calling for reduced allotment opening hours to help limit disturbance to his family.
Andrew Spanton, who lives next to Brookfield Allotments, also told Nantwich Town Council he had been in a dispute over the use of bonfires on the site.
A councillor says he was “threatened” by angry men as took photos of an unauthorised encampment on The Vagrants in Willaston.
Cllr Allen Gage, Cheshire East for Willaston and Rope, said a number of men rounded on him when he was spotted taking pictures from a distance, one allegedly shouting “delete those, I’ll kill you”.
One of England’s few carnivorous plants has been re-introduced to Cheshire at a secret location.
The insect-eating Great Sundew (Drosera anglica), which was made extinct during World War One, was re-introduced last week, says Cheshire Wildlife Trust.
A three-year court injunction to stop unauthorised travellers accessing Barony Park in Nantwich was just weeks away before lockdown, we can reveal.
It emerged as the first unauthorised travellers of 2020 arrived on the park overnight (May 25).
A furloughed drama teacher has been keeping Nantwich families entertained during lockdown – with a “Wizard of Oz” themed stage outside her house!
Fliss Finch decided to set up the mini stage and a hopscotch trail next to it in a bid to keep her own two children occupied.
Big-hearted Stapeley youngsters are raising hundreds of pounds for MIND thanks to their amazing “Happy Trail” of stones and other initiatives.
As well as the brightly coloured stone trail, they have held charity sweet stalls and fundraising toy sales to raise funds during lockdown.
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