By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Ansa managers were forced to drive bin lorries to maintain Cheshire East collections when the service was threatened by driver shortages.
Cheshire East was one of the few councils which managed to keep bin collections, including recyclables and garden waste, going during pandemic lockdowns.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Complaints against Cheshire East’s planning department have risen by a third as the council battles a backlog of planning applications and staffing shortage.
Nantwich residents are adding their voices to calls for politicians to “Walk the Walk” and protect future generations.
Sustainable Nantwich has organised a walk at 10am on Saturday October 30 to bring people together – on the eve of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire John Dwyer and Chief Constable Mark Roberts, have welcomed a £1.1 million Government “Safer Streets Fund” handout.
It’s the joint-highest award in the country and is part of the third round of the Safer Streets Fund.
A consultation on plans for a new primary school in Nantwich is underway.
Cheshire East Council chiefs want to hear views of people in Nantwich and surrounding area which will be built at Kingsley Fields, near the Nantwich Town football ground.
Police have quizzed four youths amid reports a gang armed with hammers and knives threatened people on Brookfield Park in Nantwich.
A number of residents reported incidents on social media, saying masked youths were chasing and threatening park users with weapons at the weekend.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The number of school children who have tested positive in the 10 to 14 age group in Cheshire East is nearly five times that of the adult population.
Latest available figures quoted by director of education Jacky Forster revealed that at the beginning of the week (October 4), the overall positive rate in Cheshire East was 515 per 100,000 population.
RSPCA staff have made a plea to dog owners in Nantwich to keep pets on a lead after a cygnet was attacked and killed by Nantwich lake.
This is the shocking image of the cygnet which was brought to RSPCA Stapeley Grange wildlife centre in Nantwich earlier today.
Five South Cheshire schools are keeping the “Harvest Festival” tradition alive and helping to collect items for local Foodbanks in the process.
Primary schools in Shavington, Wistaston, Wheelock, Leighton and Congleton are part of the Learning for Life Partnership Academy Trust.
Nantwich Town Council is to launch its “Tree of Light” again this year offering residents a chance to remember loved ones at Christmas.
People are invited to make a donation of £5 to dedicate a bauble on the town square’s Tree of Light to a loved one or a special cause.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Rotting food has been left in garden waste bins in parts of Cheshire East where fortnightly collections have been missed because of a lack of staff.
Cllr Rachel Bailey (Audlem, Con) has called on the council’s audit and governance committee to look at how waste food is collected and how the scheme operates to see if anything can be done.
A Cheshire East woman was told she would have to wait six months for an appointment to register her baby’s birth, councillors heard.
Members of the audit and governance committee are now seeking assurances that, if there are delays, it won’t prevent families from claiming child benefit immediately after the baby’s birth.
There has been a significant increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Crewe and Sandbach areas, say council health chiefs.
Crewe accounts for one in five of all COVID-19 cases in the borough with 697 cases per 100,000.
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