By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Residents with non-visible disabilities are treated the same as those with visible conditions when it comes to blue badge applications, according to Cheshire East Council.
The council has defended its record on the parking permits after a BBC investigation shows a disparity in approval ratings between those with non-visible and visible conditions.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council leader Sam Corcoran believes “at least 10%” of the borough’s population have had Covid-19.
The Labour leader said today there have been 13,930 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Cheshire East — an increase of 275 from the day before.
Meet Don Marshall – the first person to receive the Covid 19 vaccination in Nantwich!
Don, 86, from Hatherton, received his Pfizer vaccine today (January 7) and is the first patient within Nantwich and Rural Primary Care Network to do so.
Nantwich Civic Centre is being turned into the main vaccination hub for the town.
The venue’s main hall on Market Street is being taken over by NHS ready to start the mass vaccination rollout programme.
A church Rector in Nantwich has urged some worshippers to stay away after it emerged some who attended Christmas services later tested positive for COVID-19.
Mark Hart, Rector of St Mary’s Church in Nantwich, said the church is still open for public worship in Tier 4.
Sixteen new GP-led COVID-19 vaccination services are set to start vaccinating people across Cheshire in the first weeks of 2021.
They include one in Nantwich, two in Crewe, and in other towns including Alsager, Middlewich, Congleton and Macclesfield.
Nantwich headteachers have praised the response of the community after appealing for help to deliver mass Covid testing of pupils on site.
David Cole, head of Brine Leas Academy, and John Harrison at Malbank have been working over Christmas to plan for the testing after the Government announced new return dates and mass testing requirements.
Cheshire East Council says it is helping schools and colleges to put arrangements in place for the return of pupils to school in the New Year.
It follows latest Government guidance issued yesterday, which will see many students not back in the classroom until January 18.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East and West boroughs will move into the tightest Covid-19 restrictions from tomorrow, Matt Hancock has confirmed.
Cheshire East has today (December 26) moved into tier 3 – the Covid ‘very high alert’ level.
The change came into effect at a minute past midnight, in the early hours of Boxing Day.
Cheshire East is to move into tier 3 – the Covid ‘very high alert’ level.
The change will apply from one minute past midnight, in the early hours of Boxing Day, Saturday 26 December.
Cheshire College students have joined forces with businesses to support local learners and their families over the Christmas break.
They have pulled together more than 300 hampers full of essential food items and toiletries.
Groups of GP practices in South Cheshire have started rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine in local communities.
Initially focusing on protecting those at highest risk, it follows the launch of the vaccination programme in hospitals on December 8.
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