Councillors in Nantwich are to create a Climate Change Working Party after declaring a Climate Emergency on behalf of the town.
Councillors say it is in recognition of the climate and environment crisis facing the world.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is to start looking for potential sponsors to run a new primary school proposed for a site at Basford, near Shavington.
The free school is due to open in September 2025 and will take children from new housing in the area, including the South Cheshire Growth Village.
A young orphaned otter cub found in a bin is now being nursed back to health by RSPCA staff in Nantwich.
RSPCA inspectors were called to rescue the cub which was found on Christmas Eve suffering from hypothermia.
By Mark Smith, local democracy reporter
Council tax payers across Cheshire could be asked to stump up more cash to help fund policing.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer has launched a survey seeking views of residents on raising the police precept – the component of Council Tax which helps fund Cheshire Constabulary – by 83p a month.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Garden waste bins will not be collected anywhere in Cheshire East until next Monday at the earliest because of staff shortages.
And black and grey bin collections which were missed in some areas last week should be collected by the end of Wednesday January 5, staffing levels permitting.
A man from Nantwich who had a kilo of cocaine in the car he was driving has been jailed for five years for supplying drugs.
Thomas Conway was stopped by police on Brookhouse Road in Sandbach shortly before 5pm on Thursday September 9.
By Jonathan White
Big-hearted Nantwich DJ Alan Woodhouse has continued to keep up the spirits of his fans with another live online performance.
Since the start of the pandemic, Alan has streamed more than 85 hours of free live music from his house in Nantwich to people around the world via DJ streaming website, PlayDJ.TV
By Jonathan White
Community radio presenter Gary Johnson has completed his last Breakfast Show on local community radio station The Cat 107.9 FM.
Gary’s first Breakfast Show went live on June 29 2019 – and up to December 31 2021 he had presented every weekday (7am to 9am), 600 shows in total.
Rail passengers in Nantwich are urged to check Transport for Wales emergency rail timetable from Monday January 3 amid mounting staffing issues.
TfW and Network Rail say they are experiencing “significant increase in staff absences” due to Covid which is impacting rail services.
A group of young people from Crewe have graduated from a Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service-led The Prince’s Trust programme.
The graduation took place at the Crewe Hall, and the team of nine who were all dressed in evening dress, attended the event.
Nantwich-based Paralympics star Andrew Small has been awarded the MBE in the New Year Honours list.
Small, a Paralympic sprint and middle distance athlete who won Gold at Tokyo, was honoured for services to athletics.
One of the biggest one-day events in Nantwich, Holly Holy Day, has been cancelled.
Organisers announced the decision tonight, less than four weeks before the Battle of Nantwich commemoration event was due to take place.
Developers are looking at open a new “park and ride” with filling station on land next to the A51 Burford crossing near Nantwich.
A “scoping opinion” application has been submitted for the proposed petrol filling station, coffee outlet
and 50-bay park ‘n’ ride with EV charging.
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