By Jonathan White
More than 100 members of Nantwich Running Club took part in the annual Angela Twiss Timeless 5k and 10k Runs.
The event is a Sunday social run held in the summer months in memory of the wife of Ivor Twiss, one of the club’s founding members.
Tory councillors on Cheshire East Council have said they are “formally challenging” the authority’s plan to charge £56 for garden waste collections.
Labour-led CEC says the charge is necessary as the council is facing a £20 million funding gap and that other authorities already charge for the collections.
CEC bosses are now set to carry out works to a busy zebra crossing where markings have worn out, despite initially saying it posed “no immediate risk”.
The u-turn comes after Nantwich News highlighted the concerns of resident Bill Pearson who was nearly hit a number of times bu vehicles seemingly unaware of the crossing.
Cheshire Police issued 145 traffic reports and made two arrests after a campaign targeting drivers.
The Roads and Crime Unit (RCU) tackled HGV speeding and other offences as part of a 12-day operation focusing on the county’s roads.
Bosses of the new Navio Lounge in Nantwich have pledged to raise vital funds for a local charity in its first month of trading.
The new outlet, in the former Barclays Bank building, was opened on Churchyardside in late July by cafe/bar group Loungers plc.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors have deferred an application to use a rural outbuilding near Nantwich for pet and horse cremations.
They want to visit the site and get more information before making a decision.
By Jonathan White
Local historians Mark A. Potts and Tony Marks have written and published their new book called “A Dabber’s War”
It chronicles the service record of Flight Sergeant Joseph Wheeler 1943-1944.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has defended plans to introduce the highest charge in the north west for garden waste collections.
The council plans to start charging £56 a year to empty garden waste bins from January through its subscription service.
A Nantwich resident who reported the lack of markings on a busy zebra crossing in Nantwich was stunned to be told the authority thinks it’s not an “immediate risk”.
Bill Pearson says he has been on the crossing between the Railway Hotel and Chic Interiors several times when cars have driven through it, missing him by inches.
Cheshire East Council bosses say they are committed to tackling flooding in communities despite criticism from local MPs who accuse the authority of failing to take action.
A council report says future planning applications will adopt ‘best practice’ to surface water reduction and management.
Pupils from Acton Primary near Nantwich were among those crowned top recycling finalists for their efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle waste.
Almost 4,000 pupils across Cheshire East schools took part in the junior recycling officer scheme, managed by the council’s wholly-owned environmental services company, Ansa.
Scouts from across South Cheshire have joined 40,000 others from across the globe for the World Jamboree in South Korea.
36 young people aged from 14 to 17 travelled from Manchester Airport on a 5600-mile trip to Gunsan-si in South Korea for the two-week event between 1st to 12th August.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
More detailed plans have been submitted for the retail and employment phase of the controversial Maylands Park development on land at Peter de Stapleigh Way at Stapeley.
The application, for phase two of the development, follows the approval of phase one, for 188 homes, in March of this year.
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