Thousands of free places for summer activities in Cheshire East are now available for parents and carers of children eligible for income-related free school meals.
Cheshire East Council is supporting local schools, childcare providers and community and voluntary organisations to provide activities over the school summer holidays, including sports, arts and crafts, baking, games and trips out.
Fire crews battled a blaze after two sheds were reported to be well alight on Welshman’s Lane in Nantwich.
The fire broke out at around 4.45pm yesterday (July 4th) and was attended to by fire engines from Crewe and Nantwich.
A man has been arrested in possession of a knife in the Acton area of Nantwich.
Police said Response Patrol Officers from Crewe were deployed to an incident in Acton last night (July 4th).
By Jonathan White
An inaugural charity football match held in memory of Nantwich man Peter ‘Fred’ Chandler has raised more than £1,400 for Prostate Cancer UK.
Friends, family, footballers and supporters gathered at Crewe FC’s Sports Pavilion for the first Peter ‘Fred’ Chandler Memorial Trophy, organised in memory of Peter ‘Fred’ Chandler, who died from prostate cancer in 2025.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A furious opposition councillor has clashed with the council leader after being refused permission to speak at a Cheshire East Council cabinet meeting.
Cllr Liz Wardlaw, deputy leader of the Conservative group on Cheshire East, attended yesterday’s (July 2nd) meeting in Crewe to ask questions about the authority’s finances and the waste strategy.
The Friendly Mart store on High Street in Nantwich was among a number of outlets raided by police and trading standards today.
Cheshire Police carried out a number of warrants on premises as part of a crackdown on convenience stores suspected of being used for or engaged in criminal activity.
Residents across Nantwich and Crewe are set to receive new outdoor food waste “caddies” delivered as Cheshire East Council prepares for weekly food waste collections.
Thousands of the caddies will start to be delivered to residents from Monday July 6th ahead of the new service starting in September.
RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre in Nantwich has raised around £5,500 after hosting a successful summer fair.
The annual event hosted by the animal charity on London Road included live music for the first time.
Teachers, governors, parents, pupils and local councillors joined forces today to walk the controversial new “safe walking route” between Willaston and Malbank School – and it took them almost 70 minutes!
The route has been put together by Cheshire East Council to justify axing a free school bus which has operated between the village and its feeder secondary school almost three miles away in Nantwich.
A councillor has appealed for help to trace fly-tippers who dumped two lots of waste in rural lanes near Nantwich.
Cllr Janet Clowes, of Wybunbury Ward, is leading the appeal after these two incidents.
Hundreds of students stepped into the spotlight when Reaseheath College and University Centre in Nantwich hosted its annual Presentation of Awards events.
It began with a celebration of students who entered and were published in the national Young Writers Stranger Sagas competition.
A man from Nantwich has been arrested after a vehicle failed to stop and led police on a pursuit along the A500.
Police said officers from the force’s Roads and Crime unit sighted a suspicious vehicle travelling on the A500 near Shavington.
A blaze on board a canal barge in Nantwich left one person injured.
Fire crews were called to the incident on the Shropshire Union Canal off Coole Lane, between Nantwich and Audlem.
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