By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans to expand a special school in South Cheshire and provide an extra 80 places for children with severe learning difficulties look set to be approved next week.
Springfield School in Crewe is the only school in the south of the borough for children and young people with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties.
A man who killed a dad and seriously injured a daughter following a collision in Blakelow near Nantwich has been jailed for 12 years.
Mark Taylor, of Railway Street, Crewe, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment when he appeared at Chester Ccrown Court yesterday (May 16)
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A village pub which has been renovated added an outdoor dining area to cater for any customers’ concerns following the Covid pandemic, a licensing committee heard.
The Royal Oak at Worleston near Nantwich has recently reopened after undergoing a full refurbishment.
Cheshire East Council has launched an urgent appeal for more local people to consider fostering.
It comes as a national fortnight celebrates the work of foster carers across the borough.
People in Cheshire who have firearms are being urged to hand them in to police as part of a two-week surrender.
The firearms amnesty, from May 12-29, means all guns can be handed over anonymously at police stations throughout Cheshire.
Nantwich “community” heroes were honoured last night when the winners of the annual “Salt of the Earth” awards were unveiled.
In his final meeting before retiring as Mayor, Cllr Stuart Bostock presented some of the town’s unsung heroes with accolades.
The new Mayor of Nantwich Cllr Peter Groves has officially taken over the chains of office for 2022-23.
Cllr Groves was formally elected as the new Mayor of Nantwich to take over from Cllr Stuart Bostock at the annual Mayor Making Ceremony last night (May 12).
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
More than 170 families in Cheshire East have now offered a place in their homes to Ukrainian refugees.
Latest available figures released by Cheshire East Council – up to May 4 – show the number of residents who applied for the Homes for Ukraine Scheme increased by 33% in a week.
Former world darts champion Ted Hankey has been jailed after he admitted sexually assaulting a woman in Cheshire.
Hankey appeared at Chester Crown Court today (May 12) where he was sentenced to two years in prison.
A bid to reopen a Beeston and Tarporley railway station on the Crewe-Chester line has taken another step forward.
Members of the Beeston and Tarporley Station Reopening Group have delivered a Feasibility, and Preliminary Business Case submitted to the Dept for Transport
Major South Cheshire employers like Mornflake and Boughey Distribution have thrown their support behind the returning Nantwich Food Festival.
And other local businesses like Whitegates, Applewood and Snugburys have also backed the event.
Nantwich Museum staff have launched an appeal to find out more information on a prisoner of war camp near Tarporley.
They want more information about Racecourse Camp 74, which housed World War II Prisoners of War, after it recently received a hand-crafted document box.
Staff and volunteers at Leighton Hospital have marked its 50th birthday half a century to the day it was opened by the Queen in 1972.
Phil Malam, the Trust’s longest serving member of staff who started working at Leighton just days before the Queen arrived, cut the anniversary cake.
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