Nantwich councillors have voted to uphold a decision to sack their Town Crier for misuse of social media.
The decision comes despite a petition presented to the council last week with more than 100 signatures calling for him to be reinstated.
Two big-hearted boys from Shavington are set to embark on a 49-mile fundraising journey to raise money for St Luke’s Hospice.
Alfie Simcox and Kaiden Jennings, both 11 and big Crewe Alexandra fans, will cycle from Crewe Alexandra’s ground to Tranmere Rovers to support the hospice.
Nantwich Town Council has voted to end its lease of “Brookfield Hall” which one councillor said has “fallen into disrepair”.
The hall, off Shrewbridge Road and next to Brookfield Park, was used as the town council administration centre for many years.
A Nantwich petitioner made an impassioned speech to councillors, calling for the re-instatement of the Town Crier Dev Hobson.
Jean Thayre said without him, the town had lost its “sparkle” and “magic”.
Nantwich residents are making good use of a new lifeline bus service linking the town to Leighton Hospital.
The new direct bus service hit the road last week for the first time.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors have called for Cheshire East Council to look at how it delegates decision-making to officers following an angry backlash over the location of mobile tips and the hike in parking charges and hours.
Cllr Sue Adams (Con) has called for the whole process to be looked at so changes like the introduction of Sunday and evening parking charges cannot just be “sneaked through” by officers as a delegated decision.
Residents in Cheshire lost more than £10 million in investment fraud cases in 2024, shocking figures have shown.
There were 298 reports of such fraud in Cheshire last year, according to data from Action Fraud.
Nantwich police officers teamed up with Cheshire East Council to carry out checks on taxi operators in and around the town.
Operation Withdraw checked on taxi drivers and whether they were licensed and operating correctly in the area.
Music lovers in Nantwich are in for a treat as Applestump Records prepares to celebrate Record Store Day UK on Saturday.
The event kicks off at 8am at the independent vinyl shop, on Barker Street.
Vulnerable residents in Crewe and Nantwich who desperately need essentials like food or furniture are slipping through the net because they don’t know about the household support fund, councillors said.
Cheshire East Council has received nearly £3.9 million from the government to help the most vulnerable families with food, utilities, white goods, housing support and other household essentials.
Cheshire East Council chiefs have defended their decision to charge organisers of the Nantwich Food Festival for the use of their car parks.
In previous years, the festival was able to use car parks such as Love Lane and Bowling Green for free to stage their food hall marquees.
Two men have been jailed after being caught dealing drugs in Nantwich.
Jack Peberdy (on the right), 22, from Vincent Street, Crewe pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply a class A drug (cocaine) and Brad Plant, 20, from Edward Phipps Way, Haslington pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply a Class A drug (cocaine).
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The RSPCA have issued an appeal after a dog’s badly decomposed body was found stuffed in a duffle bag by a Cheshire lake.
The body was taken to RSPCA Stapeley Grange in Nantwich and they say there are “suspicious circumstances” around the dog’s death.
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