Cheshire East Council is bidding to ditch some housing allocations from its Local Plan Strategy to prevent them swallowing up more green belt.
The move comes as the authority takes next steps to finalising the second part of its Local Plan Strategy.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Care home bed availability for elderly people in Cheshire East is under strain due to the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show.
Public Health England data shows there were just 9.8 care homes beds per 100 people aged 75 and over in Cheshire East at the end of March.
By Jonathan White
A big-hearted bar owner in Nantwich is selling branded face masks and dog bandanas to raise money for Nantwich foodbank.
Nicholas Warren, one of the managers of Ebenezer’s Craft Beer & Gin, has launched a series of products, made locally by resident Jackie Ralphs.
A father and daughter have been named winners of a “lockdown” photography competition run by Crewe and Nantwich Weaver rotary club.
Paddy McDevitt and his daughter Luna won the contest which was organised to raise money and have some fun while supporting charities impacted by Covid-19.
Cheshire East Council has appointed a new deputy cabinet member for adult social care and health due to pressures created by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cllr Marilyn Houston, ward member for Crewe West, is to support the present portfolio lead, Cllr Laura Jeuda.
An occupational therapist at Leighton Hospital has featured in a series celebrating the diversity of women in health and social care research.
Dr Yeliz Prior, an Advanced Clinical Specialist at Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, Rheumatology department at the Leighton Hospital, has been included in the NHS “Wonder Woman” films.
Cheshire East Council is unlikely to employ Boris Johnson’s Covid-secure “marshals” unless they are fully funded by Whitehall, says the authority.
The Prime Minister said last week that the so-called marshals would be used in towns and cities across the UK to help enforce the new ‘rule of six’ social distancing restrictions.
A cyclist has died after a suspected hit-and-run collision with a car in Crewe earlier today, police have confirmed.
The 41-year-old woman was cycling on Hungerford Road near to Hungerford Terrace when the incident happened shortly before 7am.
Detectives are hunting a man with an octopus tattoo who attacked and raped a woman in a park area of Woore.
The attack happened in a park area on Audlem Road in the quiet Shropshire village eight miles south of Nantwich.
Police are appealing for information after a motorcyclist died in a collision on the A49 near Cholmondeley.
The incident at Bickley Moss involved a Ford Fiesta, an Aprilia motorcycle and a Yamaha motorcycle at around 5pm yesterday (Thursday September 10)
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Leaders of Cheshire East Council have ruled out protecting bus subsidies in their next council budget.
Currently, the authority spends £1.7 million on subsidising 12 routes across the borough.
Allotment holders and NHS specialists have unveiled plans to develop and open a Nantwich Community Health and Therapy Garden.
The garden would be located at Brookfield Allotments in the town, and be used by health experts to prescribe to those with mental health symptoms.
Hope House Children’s Hospice has today reopened its Nantwich shop following its temporary closure during lockdown.
The move comes after new working practices were brought in to make the shop safe for customers, staff and volunteers.
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