By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
More than 11,300 households in Cheshire East have so far signed up to the council’s subscription scheme to have their garden waste bins emptied from next year.
Of those, 9,500 have already paid the annual £56 charge, which has boosted the council’s coffers by £532,000.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council says matters relating to contaminated land have “almost been resolved” on a 263-home estate which is being lived in but doesn’t have planning permission.
The recently built Coppenhall Place, on the site of the former Crewe Works off West Street, was granted planning permission in 2018.
Police chiefs have confirmed they are investigating a gang of youths who vandalised a property and threatened residents with weapons.
The incident in Nantwich last night (October 23) was caught on CCTV, showing one of the youths brandishing a home-made spear.
A gang of youths have been caught on CCTV trying to vandalise someone’s Nantwich home.
And the group of around eight aged around 12-13 appear to threaten neighbours with a home-made spear and rocks when residents confronted them.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council should suspend proposed parking and green bin charges until it knows how it will be financially compensated for the scrapping of HS2, a councillor said.
Cllr Reg Kain (Lib Dem) said if the council had committed £11m to HS2, of which £8m had already been spent, then the additional £3m would be returned to the council budget.
A man was rescued from the fast flowing River Weaver in Nantwich in the early hours of this morning.
Fire crews and ambulance teams were on the scene at around 3.15am at the river in Mill Street area of the town.
NINE separate flood warnings along the River Weaver are today in place from the Environment Agency including areas in around Nantwich.
Heavy rain for over 24 hours from Storm Babet has seen huge amounts of water into the Weaver which has overflowed its banks in a number of places.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Fly-tipping costs Cheshire East Council £239,000 a year but it has a “dismal” record for dealing with offenders and issued just 22 fixed penalty notices for 4,456 offences, councillors heard.
A national league table published by the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs revealed Cheshire East was 211 out of 308 councils when it came to issuing notices (FPNs) for fly-tipping.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council would have to increase council tax by 20% just to cover the deficit in its special needs budget, the council leader has said.
Cllr Sam Corcoran (Lab) has called on all councillors to look into the SEND provision (special educational needs and disabilities) so they can debate the issue at the next meeting of full council and come up with suggestions as to how the system can be improved.
Nantwich retailer Webb House Furnishers have bought the former Bratts store building in the town centre to convert it into a new second showroom.
The company, based on Mill Street, have revealed they have purchased the whole building and plan to open all three floors for retail.
Thousands more dead fish have been floating in the River Weaver in Nantwich, prompting fears of yet another massive slurry pollution incident.
Nantwich Town Council and Cheshire East Cllr Anna Burton said she alerted the Environment Agency to the latest incident.
The popular Nantwich Luncheon Club for the over 60s is opening its doors to those living outside the Nantwich boundary.
For years the group met twice a week at The Gables on Beam Street before moving to its new venue at Nantwich Civic Hall last year.
A Nantwich man has completed the exhausting 4x4x48 challenge – an ultra marathon with a twist!
For two days, Jim Wyatt’s alarm went off every four hours to tell him he needed to get out and run another four miles around Nantwich – day and night.
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