By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Lockdown has had a significant impact on the mental health of children and young people in Cheshire East with as many as one in six needing support, a healthcare boss has said.
Seven kittens with colourful names will soon be looking for homes after being cared for at RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre and Cattery in Nantwich.
Staff have launched a search to find homes for these cuddly bundles of joy, while also reminding cat owners about the importance of getting their pets neutered!
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Soaring fuel prices are adding to care worker shortages in Cheshire East as those who look after people at home struggle to pay for petrol.
The council was awarded £19.4m over two years of the pandemic to help support the care market in areas including infection control, testing and vaccination and workforce recruitment and retention.
Four free car parking days are being offered in Nantwich and other towns in a bid to boost retailers emerging from the pandemic.
A previous parking incentive scheme is due to expire on August 31 2022.
A Nantwich man is planning a fundraising walk to his favourite football team for a charity helping his wife battle an eating disorder.
Jack Hughes, 30, hopes to raise awareness of how charity BEAT can help others with eating disorders and their families cope with the condition.
Family and friends of father and son Roger and Bradley Stockton are mourning their deaths after the couple were killed during a TT Race on Isle of Man yesterday.
Roger, 56, and Bradley, 21, both from Crewe, were racing in a sidecar when they crashed at the start of the second lap of their race.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Firefighters have blasted a “ridiculous” decision to use pick-up trucks with a single fire extinguisher for some incidents – and several have refused to crew the vehicles on safety grounds.
Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service (CFRS) says the rapid response rescue units (RRRUs) have operated safely from Holmes Chapel and Sandbach fire stations for the past 13 years.
Plans for a new £12,000 roundabout to be installed at Brookfield Park have been agreed by town councillors.
The new facility would be a modern roundabout also accessible for disabled and younger children.
Nantwich Town councillors have backed plans to refurbish and re-open Snow Hill public toilets in the town.
The plans include a pay-per-use scheme and provide two direct access toilets – one unisex and one disabled.
Nantwich businesses are losing trade because visitors to the town can’t find a parking space, a councillor said.
Cllr Peter Groves (Con) said Cheshire East Council had done nothing to address the loss of the 80-plus spaces on the unofficial St Anne’s car park, off Welsh Row, when the site was devel
Cheshire East Council chiefs say “pre works” including deliveries and surveys on the A530 Middlewich Road meant it had to be closed on May 9.
It comes as many have observed a lack of ‘visible’ construction work taking place on the stretch between Pyms Lane and Smithy Lane.
South Cheshire cereal makers Mornflake have come to the rescue of a musical conductor too small to be seen by members of a popular community choir!
At 5ft 2in, Clare Shackleton spent much of her time on tips toes during rehearsals with Wistaston Singers until the big-hearted Gresty Road company stepped in to help.
Everybody Health and Leisure has been shortlisted for “New Concept, Build or Design of the Year” for the Nantwich Leisure Centre redevelopment project.
The organisation is also shortlisted in the “Business Continuity, Recovery & Success following on from Covid-19” category at the ukactive Awards.
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