The auction of Brookfield Hall in Nantwich has been delayed until the end of July to see if a campaign group can save it as a community asset, Cheshire East has confirmed.
The council wanted to sell the hall at auction on June 22-23 with a price tag of £150,000.
The final works to get the new A51 Reaseheath Bypass in Nantwich open look set to take place in July.
Cheshire East Council highways have announced that the developer-led works are scheduled to start from Monday July 6th.
White Stuff have now opened their new store in the former NatWest Bank in Nantwich town centre.
The popular clothing brand has revamped the ground floor of the building at 36 High Street, and they opened for the first time yesterday (June 18).
A researcher and trustee at Nantwich Museum has been honoured with a prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) prize.
Dr Helen Cooke has been named winner of the RSC’s Inspirational Member Awards, for dedication to the Chemical Information and Computer Applications (CICAG) committee and development of the Distillate newsletter.
Residents in Willaston have aired concerns over plans to convert a former pub into a new children’s nursery.
Proposals have been submitted to Cheshire East Council to convert The Lamb on Wistaston Road into a nursery.
Crewe & Nantwich MP Connor Naismith says he backs a new social media ban for U16s which he says will “protect childhoods”.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer made the seismic announcement yesterday with the ban set to come into force next spring.
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A Nantwich man has been jailed for more than three years today after he was caught creating and possessing indecent images of young girls.
And it emerged that Christopher Heavey, 38, contacted his victims on social media offering to sell them vapes.
Nantwich Town Council is to consider which services if any it will take over from cash-strapped Cheshire East Council under plans for more devolved power.
It could see the town council eventually take over services such as street lighting, street cleaning, parks and play areas, the museum and even off street parking.
By Jonathan White
A volunteer at the popular Peacock Railway miniature railway near Nantwich has become the first female member of the South Cheshire Model Engineering Society to qualify as a steam locomotive driver.
A Nantwich woman aged 101 years old has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours for almost six decades of service to amateur dramatics.
Pauline Patricia Knifton Hough has been awarded the BEM for services to theatre and to the community in Nantwich.
Town councillors have backed a campaigner to call for Cheshire East Council to pause any auction of Brookfield Hall in Nantwich.
Sam James is spearheading a campaign to save the hall and turn it into a community asset for local groups to use.
A Nantwich resident has celebrated her 100th birthday in style with family and friends.
And Betty Taylor attributed her amazing longevity down to porridge and fresh air!
Cash-strapped Cheshire East has confirmed it is in talks with unions and staff over possible job losses as part of its restructuring programme.
The council, like many local authorities, has had to rely on exceptional financial support to balance its books over the past couple of years and is currently looking at ways to transform and restructure.
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