Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival headline acts unveiled
Headline acts for the 2020 Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival have been unveiled.
It will be the 24th annual Jazz Festival held over the Easter weekend.
Human Interest
MP Kieran Mullan goes back to school in Nantwich
MP Kieran Mullan went back to school in Nantwich to celebrate activities designed to boost the health and wellbeing of children and inspire the next generation of politicians.
Drivers face delays amid road closures and works around A530 near Bentley
Drivers are being warned of potential long delays as major road closures and works on and near the A530 Middlewich Road coincide over the next few months.
And many fear it will cause chaos for people and emergency vehicles trying to get to Leighton Hospital.
Charity funded suction devices helps Leighton Hospital patients
Portable suction devices are helping to keep Leighton Hospital patients active without slowing down their recovery.
Reaseheath lambing event cancelled on February 29
Reaseheath College has been forced to cancel tomorrow’s lambing event due to forecast stormy weather.
Brine Leas closes Sixth Form over Coronavirus fears after Italy ski trip
A Nantiwch sixth form has been closed due to staff shortages after teachers who returned from ski trip in Italy were told to self-quarantine over Coronavirus fears.
It’s believed up to 12 teachers and 100 students who were on the week-long trip to Folgaria in Northern Italy have been told to stay at home for 14 days.
New chief executive for Cheshire East Council formally unveiled
Cheshire East Council has formally appointed Lorraine O’Donnell as its new £150,000-a-year chief executive.
It follows the council’s cross-party staffing committee recommending Ms O’Donnell as their preferred candidate after a recruitment process.
Cheshire East councillors fall out in Mayor appointment row
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East councillors broke with convention to appoint a mayor who has not served as deputy – leading to a Conservative councillor leaving her seat on the Tory benches.
In line with previous years, Conservative Cllr Steven Edgar was expected to be confirmed as Cheshire East Council’s mayor for 2020-21 having served as deputy this year.
Hope for fairer parking charges under new Cheshire East budget
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Councillors are hoping fairer parking charges will be rolled out across Cheshire East after approving the council’s new budget for 2020-21.
The budget includes plans for a fresh parking strategy that is expected to see CEC rake in an extra £1.5 million by the end of 2021-22.
Nantwich nursery helps raise £3,000 for Australian bushfire victims
A Nantwich nursery joined others in the same group to help raise more than £3,000 for victims of the Australian bushfires.
Youngsters at Elmscot Day Nursery in Nantwich pitched in with £127.16 raised for WIRES Wildfire Rescue.
Big rise in fines handed to Cheshire East parents for taking term-time holidays
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Thousands of fines have been handed out to Cheshire East parents for taking their children out of school at term-time following a landmark court ruling.
Figures obtained by the Knowledge Academy under the Freedom of Information Act show both Cheshire East and West councils dished out more fixed penalty notices (FPNs) in 2018-19 than in 2017-18.
Controversial Cheshire East gritting plan “called in” by councillors
Opposition Cheshire East councillors have “called in” a Cabinet decision to back plans to remove scores of rural roads off gritting routes.
More than 200 roads including many rural lanes in and around Nantwich will be taken off Cheshire East Council’s gritting routes from October under the revised Well-Managed Highway Infrastructure (WMHI) proposal.
Hoardings installed in Crewe ahead of Royal Arcade demolition work
Hoardings have been installed around parts of Crewe town centre set to be demolished in the Royal Arcade development.
The site will be developed and provide a multi-screen cinema, new bus station, multi-storey car park and retail units.
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