By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East paid out more than £160 million in Covid-related support – and £37,000 has been identified as going to fraudsters.
Councils across the country fell victim to fraudulent claims related to the pandemic as they dealt with millions of pounds of government grants.
Former world darts champion Ted Hankey has been jailed after he admitted sexually assaulting a woman in Cheshire.
Hankey appeared at Chester Crown Court today (May 12) where he was sentenced to two years in prison.
They have waited patiently for two years – and now Reaseheath College graduates of 2020 have finally celebrated!
The graduates marked their success from 2020 at a spectacular graduation ceremony in Chester Cathedral, after Covid prevented previous attempts.
A man who killed his victim after beating him with a baseball bat at their Audlem home has today been jailed for eight years and six months.
Daniel Griffiths was sentenced at Chester Crown Court after being convicted last week of manslaughter of Andrew Guy.
A bid to reopen a Beeston and Tarporley railway station on the Crewe-Chester line has taken another step forward.
Members of the Beeston and Tarporley Station Reopening Group have delivered a Feasibility, and Preliminary Business Case submitted to the Dept for Transport
Major South Cheshire employers like Mornflake and Boughey Distribution have thrown their support behind the returning Nantwich Food Festival.
And other local businesses like Whitegates, Applewood and Snugburys have also backed the event.
Nantwich Museum staff have launched an appeal to find out more information on a prisoner of war camp near Tarporley.
They want more information about Racecourse Camp 74, which housed World War II Prisoners of War, after it recently received a hand-crafted document box.
Staff and volunteers at Leighton Hospital have marked its 50th birthday half a century to the day it was opened by the Queen in 1972.
Phil Malam, the Trust’s longest serving member of staff who started working at Leighton just days before the Queen arrived, cut the anniversary cake.
Detectives investigating a large barn fire near Leighton Hospital are appealing for information from members of the public.
The barn, located on an old farm near the hospital grounds, was deliberately set alight at around 6pm on Saturday May 7.
Staff at Nantwich Clinic are flying with their fundraising efforts for Parkinson’s UK!
In their latest challenge, they sped across Penrhyn Quarry in North Wales on the longest, fastest zipwire in Europe.
The owners of the popular Stapeley House Tea Room have had a real result – by moving to a new location at Nantwich Town FC!
They opened their new permanent outlet this week called “The Tea Lounge” at the club’s Optimum Pay Stadium off Waterlode.
Big-hearted staff at Nantwich farm shop Cheerbrook have lined up more summer fundraising challenges in aid of District Nurses.
The team have already raised more than £12,000 for the cause, after local nurses cared for shop owner Andrew Shufflebotham during his brave battle with cancer.
Nantwich Museum will be closed to the public on both Tuesday and Wednesday May 10-11.
The closure will allow partition walls to be removed, providing more exhibition space in the main gallery.
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