A £3.5m renewable energy scheme is underway at two Nantwich primary schools.
Acton CE Primary Academy and Calveley Primary Academy are the first schools in the North West to benefit from heat extracted through boreholes, in a drive to reduce their environmental impact.
Hundreds of dead fish found in River Weaver in Nantwich could be caused by low oxygen and high temperatures, says the Environment Agency. And they say similar events are happening in rivers all over the North West. People reported seeing lots of dead fish and many struggling to survive along various stretches of the river in and around Nantwich. Today,[Read More…]
A Nantwich family is heartbroken after their daughter discovered she has a rare ovarian cancer after almost a year of being misdiagnosed.
Nikki Rowe, 26, has Stage 3 Primary Peritoneal Cancer, and despite major surgery and 18 weeks of chemotherapy, has been dealt the terrible blow by specialists of a “short term life expectancy”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is unlikely to rake in the millions it forecast by introducing garden waste charges and the knock-on effects could impact the council’s carbon neutral target, the Tories claim.
Plans to introduce the charges were voted through as part of the budget in February.
Cheshire Police say they are cracking down on motorists not wearing a seatbelt as part of a two-week long operation.
The force is backing the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) annual seatbelt operation.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A councillor has questioned the “appropriateness” of a report into Cheshire East’s culture being carried out by the person who was the council’s auditor at the time of the issues being investigated.
Grant Thornton wants to bill the council a whopping £319,370 for the public interest report it did on the impact of the council’s culture and governance arrangements during 2014 – 2018.
Residents can have their say on controversial plans to cut library services in Cheshire East.
Cheshire East Council is consulting on its revised proposals aimed at making budget savings over the next four years.
Fire crews were called to tackle a fire caused by a patio heater in a Nantwich garden.
The incident happened around 8pm last night (June 9) on Heron Way in Nantwich.
Frustrated residents in Nantwich feel they are being left in the dark over the progress of the A51 spine road at Reaseheath.
The road, initially planned to be opened in February 2022, remains closed with work still to do on both connections points.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is being urged to look at ways to prevent developers creating so-called ‘fleeceholds’ whereby residents can be ripped off for services such as public space maintenance.
Under current law and planning policy there is no requirement for new open space that is created as part of a new residential development to be transferred to the council by the developer.
By Jonathan White
A Nantwich Town coach has complete a megawalk challenge to help raise funds for The Christie.
Ryan Jones, 29, first team coach for Nantwich Town Ladies Ladies, was joined by his brother-in-law Michael Brown for the challenge.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich News readers are being urged to contribute to a new book which chronicles the air raids in South Cheshire during World War Two.
The book – “When The Bombs Rained Down on Crewe” – covers the period between July 1940 and April 1941, when the town experienced air raids which saw houses and buildings destroyed and residents killed.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is training up social workers to fill vacancies but some then hop over the border to Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire because they pay more, a councillor has said.
Like most local authorities, Cheshire East has to rely on agency staff because it can’t recruit enough social workers.
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