Cheshire East Council has approved an increase in parking charges across the borough after making a few amendments to initial proposals.
The authority received 296 representations during a three-week consultation between November 28 and December 19.
Nantwich pub The White Horse has been forced to reduce its operating hours after undergoing a licence review, town councillors were told.
The pub on Pillory Street has applied for a variation of its premises licence following the review sparked by complaints from residents in the town.
A Nantwich secondary headteacher has called on parents to sign a national petition to help schools like his secure better funding.
David Cole, head of Brine Leas Academy, says his school is one of the worst off in Cheshire East.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Bus passengers could soon face lower fares and simpler ticketing rules thanks to a project being developed across the north.
Cllr Don Stockton, cabinet member for environment, told members at Cheshire East Council cabinet meeting that “smart ticketing” is due to be rolled out on local buses over the next two years.
An outbreak of equine flu which has led to British horse racing meetings being cancelled, started at a yard in South Cheshire.
There are fears over the impact of the outbreak on next month’s Cheltenham Festival, and potentially the Grand National at Aintree in April.
Householders in Nantwich and Crewe face a further 2.99% rise on the Council Tax bills from April, it has been agreed.
Cheshire East Council says the rise is needed to help fund more frontline services.
By Stephen Topping
Crewe and Nantwich MP Laura Smith, a former teacher, has spoken up on the “urgent need” for extra education funding.
Ms Smith, who used to teach at a school in Winsford, was elected in 2017’s General Election after playing a leading role in the fairer schools funding for Cheshire East campaign.
A cat who went missing from her family home five years ago has now been reunited with her owner thanks to RSPCA staff in Nantwich.
Lucy, a black and white short haired cat, went missing from her home in Crewe in 2014.
Police have launched an investigation into suspected illegal fox hunting near Nantwich after a fox was found dead.
Officers say they received reports of a fox being killed at a hunt on land at Hack Green, near Nantwich, at around 3pm today (February 5).
A South Cheshire woman who deliberately ran over two other women as part of a revenge attack has been jailed.
Kim Venables, of Elizabeth Street, Crewe, was sentenced to nine years and nine months in prison at Chester Crown Court yesterday (February 4).
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Officers in charge of buying healthcare across the borough have spoken out against the ‘scale of savings proposed’ in Cheshire East Council’s next budget.
The local authority ran its pre-budget consultation for 2019-20 last autumn, and revised proposals will be put before councillors later this month to be signed off.
A man had to be cut free from his car today after a smash off the A51 near Nantwich closed the road.
The incident happened at around 11.45am and involved one vehicle on the busy route close to Reaseheath College.
A teenage girl was arrested after Cheshire Police scrambled a helicopter during a car chase in Nantwich.
Officers were called after reports of a vehicle taken from an address in South Cheshire at around 12.48pm yesterday (February 3).
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