A former firefighter living in a Nantwich care home was reunited with the fire service – more than 40 years after retiring!
Ted Thomas, a resident of Richmond Villages Nantwich, had a chance to reconnect with his past profession during a visit to the local fire station.
Town councillors are considering a campaign to urge dog owners to keep pets on leads around Nantwich Lake and the Riverside.
It comes amid a number of recent incidents involving dogs attacking or chasing wildfowl.
The executive director of Cheshire East’s crisis-hit children’s services team is stepping down, it emerged today.
Deborah Woodcock, executive director of a department facing huge debts, has handed in her resignation.
Fire crews were called out to put a blaze involving a pile of tyres and pallets in a school field in Nantwich.
The incident happened at around 9.30pm last night (Tuesday July 23).
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Twenty-seven XL bullies have been euthanised in Cheshire despite police saying there have been no attacks involving them in the county in the past 12 months.
The information was revealed during a meeting of the county’s police and crime panel.
Green fingers are busy across Nantwich as the town bids for glory in a major floral contest.
North West in Bloom judges will visit on August 5 and volunteers with Nantwich in Bloom hope the town has what it takes to scoop Gold for the 15th year in a row.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s “inadequate” Ofsted rating for its children’s services could cost the council up to £15 million to put right and not the £2m it has budgeted for, Conservatives claim.
The service was judged to be “inadequate” overall after inspectors found the experiences and progress of care leavers to be inadequate.
Cheshire Police has launched a recruitment drive for more police constables and detectives to join the Force.
The application window opened yesterday (July 22) for both the Police Constable Entry Programme and Detective Constable Entry Programme.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A Willaston councillor wants assurances that residents will not be charged extra council tax on a second home while legalities over a death in the family are sorted.
Cheshire East Council is due to apply the charge to all properties classed as second homes from April next year.
Calveley Primary Academy near Nantwich has been awarded for promoting its love of reading among pupils.
Liverpool Reading Quality Mark assessors have presented the school with a Gold Award.
Police are appealing for witnesses and video footage following a serious collision in Crewe.
The incident involved a white panel van and a Royal Mail lorry on University Way.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council says collecting black bins every three weeks instead of fortnightly may be the only way it can meet future legal requirements for weekly food waste pick-ups.
Tom Shuttleworth, interim director of environment and neighbourhoods, told councillors it didn’t look as if the funding being offered to implement the new weekly food waste collection scheme in 2026, would cover the council’s costs.
A driver has warned others using the A500 after teenagers were seen throwing a brick from a footbridge over the dual carriageway near Nantwich.
One driver diverted off the A500 to pursue the youths and caught up with them before calling police.
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