A new ‘Warm PlaCEs’ scheme to help people facing the cost-of-living crisis has been launched by Cheshire East Council.
Warm PlaCEs are spaces where people can go for free to spend time to keep warm if they are struggling to heat or keep their homes warm.
Two anxious moggies found under floorboards of a house are seeking new homes after being nursed back to health by staff at RSPCA Stapeley Grange in Nantwich.
Named after Star Wars characters, Luke (left) and Leia have come on leaps and bounds with foster carers and a stay at the Nantwich cattery on London Road.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East planners have given the go-ahead for a 104-home affordable scheme in Crewe.
The development, a mix of one, two, three and four-bed homes, including apartments, maisonettes, semi-detached and terraced dwellings, will be built by Breck Homes on land east of Broughton Road and north of Bidvale Way.
A Nantwich agricultural law firm has again been re-appointed to the National Farmers Union’s Legal Panel.
Bowcock Cuerden LLP took part in a review by the NFU and were praised for commitment to NFU members and the quality and breadth of service provided.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich Bookshop & Coffee Lounge on High Street has won a double award for floral excellence.
The town centre premises received two Certificates of Excellence for their floral contributions to the town this year.
Plans to re-surface Beam Street in Nantwich town centre have been delayed until 2023, Cheshire East Council has confirmed.
The announcement comes after highways completed the 18-week “footway improvement scheme” on the street between junctions with Manor Road and Waterlode.
A family-run apiary in South Cheshire and a Nantwich gin company are proving a tasty team!
Crewe-based Buckley’s Bees, which cares for bees and produces honey, is providing this sweet ingredient for Three Wrens Gin and its new award-winning drink.
By Jonathan White
A charity auction in memory of a popular Crewe Vagrants hockey player helped to raise almost £2,000 for cancer.
Crewe Vagrants held a mixed Veterans Hockey Tournament and Charity Auction earlier this year in memory of Sarah Knight “Greenie”.
A hedgehog’s horrific death has prompted a warning from RSPCA in Nantwich about the dangers of carelessly discarding fishing tackle.
The juvenile hedgehog was taken to RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre on London Road after he was found entangled in a fishing line in a Nantwich garden by a member of the public on October 2.
Organisers of Nantwich Food Festival have been honoured with an award from the High Sheriff of Cheshire, Jeannie France-Hayhurst.
The special award to the entire Nantwich Food Festival Family was presented to recognise “their exceptional service to the community”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East councillors have narrowly approved a new code of conduct despite opposition from nearly half the council because it doesn’t include a right of appeal against complaints.
Conservative councillors had called for the matter to be deferred, saying the working group set up to look into the new code hadn’t completed its work.
Cheshire East Council’s revised planning policy for the borough has been declared “sound” by an independent planning inspector.
The draft plan, known as the site allocation and development policy document (SADPD), outlines changes following various consultations with residents and local councils.
A Nantwich student has secured her first illustration deal for a children’s book while studying her A levels!
Amelia Hatt, a year 13 student at Malbank Sixth Form, has agreed the deal with Candy Jar Books.
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