Ambulance staff covering Cheshire lost more than 33,000 working days to Long Covid, new figures show.
And some staff have suffered absences lasting more than 12 months, according to a Freedom of Information request to North West Ambulance Service Trust.
A second walk-on Covid vaccine session is being held in Nantwich this week.
Anyone eligible for a Covid vaccination you can attend without booking an appointment at Nantwich Civic Hall on Thursday December 30.
By Jonathan White
Volunteers and members of the public teamed up to raise more than £42,000 during Nantwich’s Poppy Appeal.
In the run up to Remembrance Day on Thursday November 11, poppies were bought and worn with pride by thousands of people across the Nantwich area.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Twenty-six responses were received during a five-week consultation on plans for a new primary school in Nantwich – and 24 were in favour.
The £3.5m free school is earmarked for land close to Nantwich Town’s Weaver Stadium.
An internationally-acclaimed artist from Nantwich whose projects include facemasks made from foraged natural materials is returning to her roots as part of a UK initiative nurturing creative talent.
Visual artist and University of Chester graduate Estelle Woolley is returning to work with the university’s department of art and design thanks to the AA2A (Artists Access to Art Colleges) scheme.
Young pupils from Nantwich schools brought festive cheer to care home residents by delivering Christmas cards.
The students used the artistic skills to create personalised cards as part of a community scheme by Nantwich Educational Partnership (NEP).
A Nantwich youngster enjoyed a festive surprise from Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner after winning a a Christmas Card competition.
Eight-year-old Romani Rhodes-Fowles was visited by PCC John Dwyer and PC Panda at her Bridgemere CE Primary School.
A charity recipe book produced by popular Nantwich farm shop Cheerbrook is helping raise vital funds Nantwich District Nurses.
Staff at Cheerbrook have been working on the book for months to support its Charity of the Year, Nantwich District Nurses via Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust.
Council chiefs say highways engineers “worked tirelessly” to complete works on the busy A51 at Wardle near Nantwich which was closed for 16 weeks.
Work to stabilise 750 metres of carriageway began in August and required the complete closure of one of the busiest roads in the borough.
By Jonathan White
I enjoy the Christmas lights in the Nantwich and Crewe town centres.
But I also really enjoy the over-the-top Christmas lights and decorations – including the occasional inflatable decoration and light show – that some local residents setup each year.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Some Cheshire East residents won’t have to pay any council tax from next April following changes being made to the support scheme.
At present people in receipt of benefits such as jobseeker’s allowance or income support get 75% of their council tax paid under the council tax support scheme.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Care workers should be well paid for doing a tough and sometimes “unpleasant” job just as miners were in past years for digging coal, a Cheshire East councillor said.
Cllr Stewart Gardiner was speaking at a Cheshire East Council meeting where it was announced the authority has been awarded £982,203 to help recruit and retain care staff during the winter months.
A young swimmer from Wybunbury has achieved her Royal Lifesaving Society gold medallion – and is believed to be the youngest in the UK to pass it.
Twelve-year-old Izzy Serventi, a member of Nantwich Neptunes Lifesaving Club, worked towards the amazing achievement while attending sessions at Nantwich Pool.
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