By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Labour is putting forward an urgent motion calling on Cheshire East Council to do everything it can to prevent fracking in the borough.
Certain areas are believed to have the geological conditions suitable for hydraulic fracturing process to extract shale gas.
Cheshire East Council is holding a public exhibition on plans to regenerate a key area of Crewe town centre and create new public space.
Plans aim to transform an area between the Lifestyle Centre and Memorial Square and deliver the first phase of a public realm scheme.
Nantwich Town Council says it will “discuss alternative delivery methods” with organisers of external markets it plans to withdraw from.
It says the decision to withdraw from around 12 externally organised Artisan and Antique Fair markets was taken because of difficulties attracting staff and wellbeing on existing workers.
A former Reaseheath College butchery apprentice has represented Team GB in the “Young Butcher” category at the World Butchers Challenge in California.
Jason Edwards was selected due to his success at the WorldSkills UK butchery national finals.
Solicitors based in Nantwich and Crewe have teamed up with St Luke’s Hospice to run the fund-raising “Make a Will Week” campaign.
Hibberts and Poole Alcock are among the firms taking part during the event which runs from October 17-21.
Conservative MPs across the North West have backed Crewe’s bid to become the home of Great British Railways.
Eighteen MPs have signed a joint letter to the new Secretary of State for Transport Anne-Marie Trevelyan including the Crewe & Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan who organised the approach.
A specially designed “Flu Bus” is in Nantwich town centre this week aimed at making the flu jab more accessible for residents and reduce health inequalities.
The walk-in Mobile Health Bus, organised by Well Pharmacy, will be based on Nantwich Town Square in front of the church on October 13, 15 and 15 from 9am- to 5.30pm each day.
Town councillors in Nantwich are hoping a £15,000 “weed-buster” machine will help clean up its allotments and streets.
They voted to test out the new “Foamstream” machine with a view to buying one for the council’s use.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council looks set to give councillors paid parental leave to encourage more people to stand for election and take part in the democratic process.
If the policy is agreed by full council it would apply to parents, regardless of their gender, and cover adoption leave to support those who choose to adopt.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The cost of getting married in Cheshire East is going up – although the increase in the ceremony fee won’t affect most couples until 2025.
Couples who get married or enter into civil partnerships in premises such as Tatton Park, hotels, stately homes or other approved premises in the borough on a Monday to Friday pay registration ceremony fees of £600.
A new Tomosynthesis (Tomo) digital X-ray mammogram technology kit has been funded by Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity for the Breast Care Unit at Leighton Hospital.
The £58,000 machine creates clear, 3-dimensional images of the breast, which helps early cancers and difficult to detect lesions to be identified.
Councillors have backed plans to axe around 10 externally run Antique and Artisan markets in Nantwich town centre.
The proposal would see the council stage more live music and children’s activities on the square in their place.
A first quarter finance review of Cheshire East Council spend shows it is facing massive deficits in 2022-23 of up to £12 million.
The review, published this week, forecasts a reduction in the council’s coffers of £11.7m – with the largest rise in expenditure in the council’s adults and children’s services.
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