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’.
A teenage boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of a puppy in Crewe, police revealed today.
The hunt to find Mela, a Jack Russell Terrier puppy, went viral after CCTV appeared to show the dog being stolen from her young owner.
By Stephen Topping, local democrary reporter
Councillors have endorsed plans to transform mental health care across Cheshire East, Northwich and Winsford.
NHS Eastern Cheshire, South Cheshire and Vale Royal clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), the organisations which buy healthcare across the area, approved plans to improve services for adult mental health and dementia patients last November.
Angry Nantwich residents have rubbished Cheshire East Council for delays to the delivery of new wheelie bins they’ve had to fork out for.
The new £30 wheelie bin charge was brought in late last year, which families moving in to new developments like Stapeley Gardens and Kingsbourne are paying.
All ‘ayes’ were on John Bercow today when the Speaker of the House of Commons took a break from the chaos of Brexit and Parliament – to visit Nantwich and Crewe.
Mr Bercow took time out after being invited to South Cheshire by Crewe & Nantwich Labour MP Laura Smith.
A dog training team is hoping their four-legged pupils all get an A star when they start weekend dog training classes at a Nantwich school.
The Dogs Trust Dog School Shropshire and Cheshire team will be holding classes on Saturdays at Nantwich Primary Academy on Manor Road from next month.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Dualling of the A500 road between Crewe and the M6 motorway has moved a step closer to reality.
Cheshire East Council’s cabinet, at a meeting on Tuesday, gave its endorsement for work to progress on the scheme between junction 16 and the Meremoss roundabout.
Two cute pet pigs who wag their tails when happy, have been found dumped at the side of the busy A51 in Alpraham near Nantwich.
The RSPCA is now appealing for help to trace those who ditched the pigs they have named Peppa and George.
Cheshire Police arrested 227 county drivers during its festive crackdown on drink or drug driving.
Among those were 25 people in Crewe and Nantwich area arrested for driving under influence of drugs – the highest of any area of the county, and a rise on previous years.
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