By Stephen Topping
Twenty-six ‘lessons learned’ – including issues surrounding whistle-blowing – have been considered by Cheshire East Council following recent employment tribunals.
The local authority has dealt with six employment tribunal claims in the past 12 months at a cost of £75,400 – and that figure is due to rise, with two of those claims still ongoing.
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) is now third in the LGBT charity Stonewall’s prestigious Top 100 Employers list for 2019.
The Service jumped another place from its 2018 position and is the highest performing public sector organisation in the UK.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Potholes need to be deeper in Cheshire East than in most other British boroughs before the council intervenes, a new study has found.
The RAC Foundation submitted Freedom of Information requests to each local authority in September 2018, and 190 responded with enough data for the charity’s research.
Nantwich is welcoming visitors from Dzierżoniów to sign a new Friendship agreement.
The development of twinning links between towns in the UK and European towns began in the 1950s with educational exchange visits a key element of agreements.
Nantwich photographer Judith Lawley has achieved international acclaim.
Judith has reached the final of the Guild of Photographers Image of the Year Competition for the fourth year running.
Detectives are hunting a teenage gang who attacked a 14-year-old boy and stole his bike in Crewe.
The incident happened on Monday (January 21) at around 4.45pm when the victim was cycling from Macon Way towards Ludlow Avenue through the Brook.
Nantwich pupils who took part in Rudolph Runs for St Luke’s Hospice have helped to raise £40,000 towards patient care.
Fundraisers at St Luke’s were overwhelmed by the response to the festive fun runs with 43 schools, nurseries and Girl Guide groups signing up and hosting their own Rudolph Run in December.
Nantwich-based care village operator Belong has joined a project to see how arts can improve the lives of dementia sufferers.
Belong has teamed up with Liverpool’s centre for the contemporary arts, Bluecoat, in the unique three-year research project.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
More than one in 10 Cheshire East pubs, restaurants, takeaways or grocery stores requiring inspection at least every two years is not being checked on time.
Cheshire East Council says staff vacancies are to blame for missing the target on food hygiene ratings in the first half of 2018-19.
The headteacher of Malbank School in Nantwich said she is “disappointed” with the latest Ofsted report which says the school “requires improvement” overall.
Inspectors say the school on Welsh Row requires improvement in all categories, including leadership/management, quality of teaching, outcomes for pupils, and personal development/behaviour.
The St Luke’s Hospice Christmas Tree Collection Service has raised a staggering £27,000.
In total, 2,652 Christmas trees were collected and recycled between January 10 and 13.
Firefighters tackled a tumble dryer fire on Barony Road in Nantwich.
The blaze happened on Thursday at 7.45pm.
By Jonathan White
South Cheshire fundraiser Roy Price is training hard for his latest fundraising event.
Roy, 51, is riding a bicycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats (LEJOG) in May this year to raise money for cancer charity ‘The Joshua Tree’.
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