By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
The Government has handed borough chiefs another funding boost to tackle potholes – but an opposition councillor warns some roads might never be restored.
Cheshire East Council has been given an extra £533,171 from the Department for Transport to improve the borough’s roads.
Candidates who will battle it out in the Nantwich Town Council local elections on May 2 have been unveiled.
In total, there are 16 candidates nominated in the Nantwich North and West Ward, and a further 10 in the Nantwich South Ward.
The suspended chief operating officer at Cheshire East Council has quit his job, the authority has confirmed.
Peter Bates was one of three senior officials suspended 16 months ago pending internal investigations.
Illegal dog fighting is still rife in parts of Cheshire, latest RSPCA statistics show.
In the last four years, there have been 151 complaints of dog fighting in the county reported to the animal welfare charity.
Children paid a visit to elderly residents at Richmond Village Nantwich as part of a project to bring the generations together.
Youngsters have been dropping in one residents at the retirement village off London Road to join in a range of activities.
Secondary school pupils rose to the occasion when competing in a Junior Cake-Off competition run by Reaseheath College in Nantwich.
Teams from schools across the region were challenged to bake and decorate a cake with a Spring theme which showcased their skills with sugar paste and buttercream.
The British Hen Welfare Trust team in Cheshire is on track to rehome the 1,000th hen of 2019 at their collection event this weekend (April 7).
So far this year, the team has helped send more than 940 hens off to pet homes, and save them from slaughter.
Almost 10,000 people in South Cheshire were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last year, health chiefs have revealed.
Now doctors are urging people to make urgent lifestyle changes or face risking life-threatening health problems.
Three senior appointments have been announced at Cheshire Police and Cheshire Fire and Rescue.
Julie Cooke has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief Constable at Cheshire Constabulary.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
The full list of candidates for next month’s Cheshire East Council elections have been confirmed.
Voters will head to the polls on Thursday May 2 to decide who they want to represent them on the borough council for the next four years.
Youngsters from three Nantwich schools donned their hard hats on a new housing development as part of a time capsule competition!
Year 4 pupils at Highfields Academy, St Anne’s Catholic Primary School and Acton C of E Primary School were challenged to fill a capsule which could be buried on the site of the new Tesni Homes development on Welshman’s Lane.
A new non-emergency ambulance contract for Cheshire will see more staff based locally and boosting standards of care, say health chiefs.
NHS commissioners have awarded a five-year contract to West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS).
South Cheshire people turned out in Nantwich to cheer on two former kickboxing champions as they stepped back in the ring raise money for charities close to their hearts.
There was standing room only at Civic Hall during a night of entertainment including interviews with ring legends Frank Bruno and Tony Bellew.
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