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Public confusion over Cheshire East’s garden waste collections charge plan

Public confusion over Cheshire East’s garden waste collections charge plan

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s “engagement” with the public about the new charge for garden waste collection poses more questions than answers, the opposition leader has said.

The council agreed at its budget meeting in February to introduce charges for garden/food waste bin collection and is hoping to rake in up to £4m when the scheme comes into operation.

May 31, 2023
Nantwich slimmers donate over-sized clothes for Cancer Research

Nantwich slimmers donate over-sized clothes for Cancer Research

Successful slimmers in Nantwich have donated bags of clothes they’ve slimmed out to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

They have taken part in the “Big Slimming World Clothes Throw” which raises funds for local Cancer Research UK shops.

May 30, 2023
House of Commons Leader blasts Cheshire East over housing estate

House of Commons Leader blasts Cheshire East over housing estate

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council and developer Countryside need to “step up and deliver on their moral obligations” to people living on a Crewe housing estate with no planning permission, the House of Commons leader has said.

Penny Mordaunt MP also wondered “how in God’s name it could have happened” as she was responding to a question from Crewe and Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan (Con) about the plight of residents living at Coppenhall Place.

May 30, 2023
Connor Naismith

Labour councillor to stand for Crewe & Nantwich MP candidacy

Councillor and Labour Chief Whip Connor Naismith is to apply for the Labour candidacy in Crewe and Nantwich at the next general election.

Cllr Naismith currently represents Crewe West ward on Cheshire East Council.

May 29, 2023
Arsonist starts wheelie bin fires in Nantwich town centre

Arsonist starts wheelie bin fires in Nantwich town centre

An arsonist deliberately started fires in a number of wheelie bins in Nantwich town centre.

Police and fire crews are investigating several linked incidents which happened in the Pepper Street area of Nantwich yesterday (May 28).

May 29, 2023
Car and tractor crash closes busy road near Nantwich

Car and tractor crash closes busy road near Nantwich

A driver was left trapped and injured after a crash between a car and a tractor on a busy road near Nantwich.

The incident happened on the A530 Whitchurch Road at Baddington at 2.30pm yesterday (May 28).

May 29, 2023
Calveley Primary Academy has 100 reasons to celebrate

Calveley Primary Academy has 100 reasons to celebrate

Teachers, pupils and parents at Calveley Primary Academy have celebrated hitting a magic milestone after 20 months of progress.

The school, near Nantwich, had just 63 pupils enrolled when it became part of North West Academies Trust (NWAT) in September 2021.

May 27, 2023
Nantwich winners of art and handwriting contest unveiled

Nantwich winners of art and handwriting contest unveiled

Nantwich pupils have scooped prizes in the latest Nantwich Rotary Club Art & Handwriting competition.

Club President Tony Webb and Deputy Mayor of Nantwich Stuart Bostock presented the awards to the young winners at the Nantwich Museum.

May 27, 2023
CEC bosses cancel first meeting of new council – due to lack of training!

CEC bosses cancel first meeting of new council – due to lack of training!

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Red-faced Cheshire East Council bosses have been forced to cancel the first committee meeting of the new council – because they didn’t allow enough time to train councillors.

The agenda for next Wednesday’s (May 31) southern planning meeting has already been published online, but new councillors haven’t received the required training.

May 26, 2023
Labour’s Sam Corcoran re-elected as Cheshire East Council leader

Labour’s Sam Corcoran re-elected as Cheshire East Council leader

By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Labour’s Sam Corcoran has been re-elected as Cheshire East leader – and immediately vowed to try to reduce the 12-year life expectancy gap between the richest and poorest wards in the borough.

The council will again be run by a joint Labour/Independent administration after no party won enough seats to take overall control.

May 26, 2023
Leighton Hospital to be fully redeveloped, Government confirms

Leighton Hospital to be fully redeveloped, Government confirms

Leighton Hospital is to be fully redeveloped at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds, the Government has announced.

The South Cheshire hospital is one of a number which will be part of the £20 Billion hospital building programme.

May 25, 2023
Cheshire East Council appoints new committee chairs and vice-chairs

Cheshire East Council appoints new committee chairs and vice-chairs

Cheshire East Council has announced the chairs and vice-chairs of its service committees following the May 4 elections.

Elected councillors will hold the following positions.

May 25, 2023
County line drug dealers jailed for supplying drugs in Crewe

County line drug dealers jailed for supplying drugs in Crewe

Two county lines drug dealers from South Cheshire have been jailed for their role in the supply of illegal drugs in Crewe.

Jordan Taylor, of Rotary Way, Shavington, and Steven Atkinson, of Gresty Road, Crewe, were sentenced at Chester Crown Court to a combined total of 13 years and one month.

May 24, 2023