By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Recycling sites across Cheshire East are under threat as the council looks to make savings ahead of the contract’s renewal.
CEC Cabinet members voted to launch a consultation on plans to close some of the borough’s eight recycling centres.
Nantwich residents are being urged to take litter home after these pictures emerged of overflowing litter and dog poo bins in the town.
Bins near the Nantwich Aqueduct, Mill Island and near Nantwich Lake off Shrewbridge Road were all seen overflowing with piles of rubbish and poo bags littered around them.
Bentley Motors chiefs have vowed to crackdown on staff parking on local streets close to the Crewe site amid road closures from next week.
The company is to close sections of Sunnybank Road and Pyms Lane from November 16 as part of bigger plans to develop the campus.
A Councillor called for increased CCTV coverage of Nantwich town centre as another labelled it a “frightening place to be” after dark.
Cllr Stephanie Wedgwood said certain parts of the town needed increased security after reports of anti-social behaviour by groups of younger people.
Highways teams have painted specially designed poppy markings across roads in Cheshire East to mark Remembrance Sunday.
The iconic poppies, including one outside Nantwich Civic Hall, have been painted in honour of the service and sacrifice provided by our Armed Forces, veterans and their families.
Two big-hearted Stapeley youngsters made the most of their half-term – by collecting bags of litter across their estate.
Millie Leeson and Lexie Newman, both eight years old and pupils at Pear Tree School, took matters into their own hands to tidy up the Pear Tree estate.
Demolition of vacant shops at Crewe’s Royal Arcade site has started, marking a significant milestone in the town’s transformation.
Plant and machinery arrived on site this week to begin the demolition works.
Leaders from councils and emergency services across Cheshire met today to discuss the impact the Government’s month-long lockdown will have on the county.
And they now plan to bring forward a localised test, trace and isolate system, to be fully operational at the end of the new lockdown period.
Firefighters in Cheshire are urging people to think twice before they light a bonfire or have a firework display in their garden.
Fire chiefs are concerned the spike they saw in garden fires at the start of lockdown may repeat itself around Bonfire Night as all professionally organised bonfires are cancelled.
The RSPCA has issued a warning to dog owners after a badger was rescued with horrific injuries from a suspected dog attack in Nantwich.
The badger was rescued by the RSPCA from a ditch by a canal in Baddiley Lane on Tuesday (October 27).
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Missed bin collections in Cheshire East almost trebled last year.
A Freedom of Information request to the council showed 21,340 collections were missed in 2019-20, compared to 7,182 the year before.
Residents have launched a petition to save a historic pub in a village near Nantwich.
Plans have been submitted to turn The Nags Head in Haughton, a 17th Century Grade II listed pub, into residential properties.
Parks and green spaces in Cheshire East have been honoured in the 2020 Green Flag Awards.
Queens Park in Crewe is among seven locations in the borough which will be raising their Green Flag Awards granted by Keep Britain Tidy.
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