By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has been refused access to a government support scheme to help its ballooning special needs budget deficit.
The deficit looks set to be an eye-watering £285 million by 2031, despite mitigation measures.
A Leighton Hospital worker is set to show off her moves in a glitzy Strictly-style dance competition before celebrity judges in Blackpool.
Single mum-of-two Charlotte Pemberton, who works as a Cardiac Physiologist, is through to the finals of Dance Floor Heroes Live 2024.
A quiz night hosted by a Rotary club in Nantwich has raised £1,000 to support children with life-threatening conditions and their families.
Wych-Malbank Rotary Club held their annual quiz night in aid of Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith children’s hospices, raising £860 which the club then rounded up to £1,000.
Tributes have poured in following the sudden death of David Cole, the headteacher at Brine Leas School in Nantwich.
Many have taken to social media to express their condolences and pay tribute.
The headteacher of Brine Leas School in Nantwich David Cole has died suddenly, the school has announced.
In a statement this morning, the school said: “We are deeply shocked and saddened to inform you that David Cole, headteacher at Brine Leas, died suddenly yesterday.
A Nantwich secondary school is closed all day today due what it calls “an emergency situation”.
Brine Leas on Audlem Road is closed all day April 29 to all pupils.
By Jonathan White
A sold-out “We Eat They Eat” fundraising meal in Nantwich has helped raise nearly £2,000 for Ukraine.
The event was organised by Soul2soul Wellbeing at the Basmati Bangladeshi & Indian restaurant.
Nantwich Town councillors have narrowly voted to pay £7,000 towards a consultant to get a proposed Youth Arts Festival off the ground.
The festival idea was proposed by councillors Geoff Smith and John Priest in March.
Town councillors in Nantwich have unanimously objected to plans for a 75ft telecoms tower on Second Wood Street, off Welsh Row.
They say a number of residents have written to complain about the plan for the mast.
Bosses at Reaseheath College have been forced to cancel their annual Family Festival next month.
The event, which attracts thousands to the campus in Nantwich each year, was due to take place on Sunday May 12.
Nantwich Town Council are seeking to elect a new councillor to replace Cllr Daniel Bull.
Cllr Bull has recently vacated his role as councillor representing the North ward of the town.
South Cheshire WI groups teamed up with a Nantwich councillor to highlight the pollution problems in the River Weaver in the town.
Members of the Hough & District, Middlewyches, Woodnoth-cum-Shavington and Warmingham WI wanted to highlight the national “Clean Rivers for People and Wildlife” campaign.
New figures by the Office for National Statistics show Cheshire is one of the safest places across England and Wales.
They say there has been a 6.8% reduction in the number of recorded crimes, in contrast to the national average decrease of 0.9%.
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