Classmates at a Nantwich school will see their work published in a new book after excelling in a creative writing contest.
Practically all Year 5 pupils at Highfields Academy are celebrating success in The Incredible Diary of… competition run by the Young Writers Publishing
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By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council will step up its efforts to hire a new chief executive this week.
A special meeting of the council’s staffing committee will take place on Friday to approve a new job description for the role.
A Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Crewe & Nantwich has called on Cheshire East Council to use a Court Injunction to prevent further unauthorised encampments on Barony Park.
Conservative candidate Dr Kieran Mullan says many other UK authorities use injunctions, which would see traveller groups removed on the same day they arrive.
A boat was destroyed in a blaze at a marina near Nantwich.
The fire broke out at the Barbridge Marina of Nantwich Road, Wardle, last night (June 23) at arond 10.30pm.
Two young farmers are looking forward to global travel thanks to an annual scholarship run by Reaseheath College and the Cheshire Agricultural Society.
Sarah Heath, a trainee land agent from Tarporley, and Rebecca Kelsall, a herdswoman from Sandbach, have each been awarded £2,000 John Platt Travel Scholarships.
By Stephen Topping
Better buses are likely to be at the top of the agenda when councillors are given the chance to overhaul the borough’s transport plan.
Cheshire East Council had been close to adopting its local transport plan for up to 2023 under the previous Conservative administration, following public consultation last summer.
A Nantwich town councillor expelled by his own Conservative party for comments over the Barony Park travellers issue, says he will appeal the decision.
Cllr David Marren was suspended initially over his comments which laid the blame at the former Cheshire East Council Conservative ruling party for a lack of action over securing the park.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Planning officers are again calling on councillors to reject Aldi’s plans for a new Crewe store despite more than 3,000 people signing a petition to support it.
The retailer is closing its supermarket at the Grand Junction retail park next year and wants to build the new 1,801sq m store off University Way as a state-of-the-art replacement.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Borough chiefs are being urged to have a ‘plan B’ for Cheshire East’s economy in case the next prime minister pulls the plug on HS2.
Cheshire East Council is currently working on an economic strategy for the next five years – setting out an ambition to create 6,200 jobs and grow the local economy by at least £15.9 billion per year.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Laura Smith has unveiled her July public surgeries.
Members of the public in her constituency can go along at various venues and dates to raise issues.
A man who plunged from a height while working at a building site in Nantwich has died, police have confirmed.
Police want witnesses to come forward after a driver fled the scene following a collision in Nantwich.
A man has been seriously injured after falling at a building site in Stapeley, Nantwich.
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