An 80-year-old coronavirus survivor from Nantwich has raised more than £1,200 for the hospital that ‘saved her life’.
Gill Bennett was admitted to Crewe’s Leighton Hospital after her temperature soared to 40 degrees.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Nearly nine in 10 of Cheshire and Merseyside’s over-75 population received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by the end of last month.
That’s according to the latest weekly data released by NHS England today (February 4).
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Financial plans which would see residents pay 4.99% more council tax next year have moved a step closer to final sign-off.
Councillors voted yesterday (February 2) to send the authority’s budget for full council approval later this month.
By Jonathan White
A painting of Captain Sir Tom Moore has been placed back on display in the shop window of Nantwich Bookshop & Coffee Lounge in his memory.
The country has been paying tribute to Captain Moore following his death yesterday. He was being treated for pneumonia and had tested positive for coronavirus.
Burglars broke into a jewellers shop in Nantwich and stole thousands of pounds worth of goods.
Police are appealing for witnesses following the break-in at Moody’s on Pillory Street, in the town centre.
A South Cheshire hospital charity has raised more than £6,000 with their festive activities, which included £5,000 from their annual Merry Miles fun run.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity (MCH Charity), part of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, moved their Merry Miles fundraiser online last month due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
A four-year-old boy is fighting for his life after a collision with a bus in Crewe, police said.
Officers are seeking witnesses after the accident which happened on West Street, close to the junction with Ford Lane.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Leighton Hospital’s emergency department could soon expand by more than 4,000 square metres.
Health chiefs have submitted a planning application to add a two-storey modular extension to the site’s accident and emergency department, which will be installed in the car park.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Talks are ongoing between Cheshire East Council and the government over expanding community Covid-19 testing in the borough.
Professor Rod Thomson, public health consultant for CEC, revealed that the authority has ‘an expression of interest with the Department for Health and Social Care to allow those individuals who have to leave home for work’ more access to community testing.
Nantwich Show for 2021 has been cancelled because of the Covid pandemic, organisers have announced.
It’s the third consecutive year the Show, one of the biggest events in the town’s calendar, has had to be called off.
Computer businesses in Nantwich and Crewe are helping children connect with online school learning by repairing donated laptops.
The Laptop Shop, on Hospital Street, and Nantwich Computer Consultant Nic Bunting are taking in donated devices so they can be fixed on passed on to youngsters without them.
A former Cheshire Gymnastics coach has been jailed for 15 years for abusing and raping an 11-year-old girl.
Ashley Wilson, 32, was coach at the Northwich-based organisation where he once held the position of Welfare Officer, with a responsibility for its centres at Holmes Chapel and South Cheshire.
MPs in Cheshire have welcomed a police recruitment drive which they say has resulted in an “additional” 91 police officers on the streets.
It comes as Cheshire’s PCC David Keane also this week approved a 2021-22 budget to recruit another 88 officers by raising the policing precept of Council Tax by £1.25 per month for Band D property holders.
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