Bungling Cheshire East Council paid out £21,520 of Community Infrastructure Levy funds to Nantwich Town Council by mistake – and only spotted the error 20 months later!
Now it has emerged they are demanding the money back – despite it already being allocated to key improvements to the town’s parks.
A Nantwich police boss has praised night-time venues after a New Year’s Eve without a single incident in licensed premises.
Sgt Matt Stonier said it was probably the first time he could remember that this had happened in the town.
The co-owners of a popular Nantwich bar have launched a campaign for more defibrillators in town venues after the tragic death of a customer.
Devoted dad and stepdad Neil Gilbert died after suffering a cardiac arrest while in GOAT bar on High Street in Nantwich on December 21st.
Cheshire East Council’s director of highways is to leave his role for a new position in the East Midlands.
Tom Moody, who was Director of Infrastructure and Highways at Cheshire East since 2022, is joining the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) as Director of Transport
Fire crews tackled a vehicle blaze on the busy Newcastle Road between Nantwich and Willaston.
The silver car was alight when fire crews arrived at around 1.30pm today.
Hundreds of music fans queued up outside a Nantwich record store to meet boy band Blue who made a special appearance!
The group were in town to visit Applestump Records where members were signing copies of their new album for adoring fans.
Reaseheath Mini Zoo in Nantwich has been shortlisted for the prestigious Great British Wildlife Restoration Award.
It’s in recognition of the zoo’s pioneering work to conserve the UK’s native dung beetles through Project DUNG.
Bosses of the new Kingsbourne Academy in Nantwich are now recruiting for a new head of school.
The primary school is currently being built close to Nantwich Town’s ground on the Kingsbourne estate and is set to open its doors to pupils in September 2026.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Referrals to Cheshire Police into online child abuse soared from more than 180 in 2023 to nearly 800 last year.
Chief Constable Mark Roberts revealed the figures during a police and crime panel called to discuss the controversial decision to axe 50 PCSO posts across the county.
Friends and family of a missing pensioner are still searching for him more than three weeks after he walked out of Leighton Hospital and vanished.
Clive Galley, aged 67, was last seen at around 7.12am on Friday December 19th leaving the hospital.
Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner says he has saved 10 PCSOs from redundancy following Cheshire Police’s announcement in December they were axing 60 in total.
Now he is calling on residents to help save others – by paying more in council tax.
Pupils and staff from schools in Nantwich embraced the festive spirit by taking part in elf runs to raise vital funds for St Luke’s Hospice.
Children from Acton CE Academy, Calveley Primary Academy, Millfields Primary Academy in Nantwich, as well as at St John’s CE Academy in Sandbach and Oak View Academy in Winsford donned elf hats and festive outfits before taking part in sponsored runs.
More than 230 people were arrested in Crewe and Nantwich during Cheshire Police’s festive period crackdown, figures show.
Across the county, the force made more than 1,900 arrests with 232 in the Crewe Local Policing Unit area which covers Nantwich.
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