The new Nantwich Youth and Community Centre was officially unveiled at a packed event in the revamped facility tonight (November 8).
Scores of youngsters and their families along with civic leaders and the Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner were present at the event on Birchin Lane.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East desperately needs to avoid a S114 notice bankruptcy because if government officials run the council residents’ interests come second to balancing books, councillors said.
Several councillors at a finance sub-committee meeting yesterday (November 7) feared the prospect of a S114 notice could become a reality.
Suspended Cheshire MP Mike Amesbury has been summonsed to court charged with assault.
Mr Amesbury, Labour MP for Runcorn and Helsby, has been summonsed to court to face the charge of section 39 assault.
A young Nantwich girl is proving to be top dog by raising vital funds for the Paw Prints to Freedom charity.
Rebekah Edwards, nine, has so far raised hundreds of pounds – including some from a swear jar used at her mum’s wedding!
Residents have rubbished Cheshire East Council’s plans to introduce three-weekly black bin collections with 84% opposing the scheme in the public consultation.
The council says collecting household waste bins every three weeks instead of fortnightly may be the only way it can fund its legal requirement to introduce weekly food waste pick-ups by April 2026.
By Jonathan White
The community run Dabbers Dash has won England Athletics’ prestigious National Volunteer Award for Community Project of the Year.
By Jonathan White
The annual ‘Tree of Light’ in Nantwich was illuminated at a ceremony tonight (Sunday 3rd November).
Several hundred people gathered outside the west doors to St Mary’s Church for a short ‘Remember with Light’ service of prayers, a hymn, a poem, and a song.
The Macmillan Cancer Unit team at Leighton Hospital is to stage an Open Day to mark the site’s £80,000 refurbishment.
There will be live entertainment, refreshments, the chance to chat to staff, and a raffle at the event on November 16 from 10am to 2pm.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Drivers are paying to use a Nantwich car park when they don’t have to because of confusion over official signs.
Official signs on Snow Hill car park say charges apply until 6pm. But an old laminated A4 sheet higher up says it’s “free after three”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is expected to press ahead with plans which would see the former Flag Lane Baths bulldozed to make way for an alternative provision school.
The initial proposal by the Always Ahead charity to transform the Crewe building into a community hub was abandoned earlier this year.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The family of a boy whose life was saved by the rapid response of a Nantwich volunteer medic has urged ambulance chiefs to reverse their decision to stop him driving to emergencies on blue lights.
Emergency medical technician Gavin Palin took just minutes, driving through the busy Nantwich traffic, to get to three-year-old Matthew Anderson who had suffered a cardiac arrest in a town centre shop.
Volunteers for Nantwich in Bloom are celebrating after scooping a Gold at the North West in Bloom Awards last night (October 31).
They won Gold in the “Large Town” category, continuing a long tradition of winning awards for many years.
An award-winning fostering organisation is appealing for Nantwich families to offer foster places amid a major shortage in the area.
Families First says there is a local shortage of foster parents needed to support children and young people in the Nantwich area.
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