Residents in Nantwich are being encouraged to wear red, learn a life-saving skill and move together for heart health as Dabbers Dash marks UK Heart Month tomorrow (February 21st).
The free monthly run, walk or wheel — led by Paul McIntyre — takes place around Barony Park once a month.
A rare L.S. Lowry drawing called “A Harassed Mother” is set to be sold off at a Nantwich auction house.
Wilson55 Auctioneers & Valuers, on Market Street, are presenting the previously unknown drawing for sale on the 50th anniversary year of Lowry’s death.
An animal charity has appealed to trace the mum of seven puppies left abandoned in a box by the side of a busy Nantwich road.
A passerby found the puppies, thought to be Huskies, in a cardboard box by Middlewich Road on Monday night and took them to a local vets who contacted Animal Lifeline.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cash-strapped Cheshire East is next week set to extend the contract of an interim monitoring officer until October – at a whopping cost to the council of £1,121 a day.
The council needs about £28 million of exceptional financial support from the government to balance its books for 2026/27.
Nantwich Town Council has stepped back from bidding for a second lottery grant for its popular community garden.
They had originally planned a Stage 2 application to further fund the Growing Health Community Garden at Brookfield allotments in Nantwich.
Cheshire Fire Authority has approved a multi‑million‑pound investment package to modernise fire stations, including the Nantwich one on Beam Street.
Members have signed off a £61.7m budget to run Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service in 2026/27.
Cheshire East Council is backing a move to reduce smartphone use in schools to safeguard children, writes Belinda Ryan.
The children and families committee unanimously supported recommendations yesterday (Monday) to keep smartphones out of the classroom.
Two people were taken to hospital after a crash in Wistaston left one car on its roof.
The incident happened on Wistaston Green Road at around 8.15am today (February 17).
A town councillor has called for parts of Nantwich to be designated for “Street Art”.
In a Notice of Motion to the town council, Cllr John Priest believes areas of the town could be made more attractive with artwork.
Nantwich Police have vowed to ramp up their checks on fake IDs being used by younger people trying to access licenced premises.
Local officers say they are working with members of the town’s Pubwatch scheme to carry out more proactive targeting of those using fake IDs.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has been forced to scrap plans for an alternative provision school in Crewe because the DfE won’t engage with the council over a timeline for the scheme.
The children and families committee voted in favour of pulling the plug on plans to demolish the former Crewe Baths at Flag Lane and replace it with a school for excluded pupils.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council will need about £28 million of exceptional financial support from the government to balance its books for 2026/27.
And that’s as well as the millions to be generated from raising council tax by the maximum 4.99% from April.
By Jonathan White
A festive charity album created by South Cheshire musicians has raised more than £400 for RSPCA’s Stapeley Grange wildlife centre.
Christmas Tails, released in November and on sale until the end of January, has raised an impressive £411.29 for the London Road centre, beating the total raised by a similar Christmas album in 2023.
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