A landmark international deal has been signed to open a new health science campus on the Manchester Metropolitan University site in Crewe.
The facility on the 40-acre Crewe campus currently used by MMU will host UK and international students from September 2019, offering degrees in Biomedical Sciences and Podiatry.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Councils have handed over £2.9 million to help health services run smoothly in mid and south Cheshire this winter.
NHS Vale Royal and South Cheshire clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), the bodies which buy healthcare in the area, have received the cash as part of a £240 million pot made available by the Government in October for adult social care services.
Nantwich Town councillors have vowed to fight Cheshire East Council’s plans to increase car park charges in the town.
They say that Nantwich – and neighbouring Crewe – are being treated unfairly with some of the highest parking charges in the borough.
By Fahad Tariq
A keen motorcyclist died after he drove into the back of a car in queuing traffic in Nantwich, an inquest heard.
Anthony Rushton, 58, was riding his motorbike on the A530 Middlewich Road near Alvaston Hall Hotel in Nantwich when he collided with the rear of a blue Mazda 5.
The family of a 20-year-old South Cheshire man who died in a motorbike accident have paid tribute to him.
Elliot Blease collided with a metal fence on the outskirts of a farm as he rode a motorcycle on Cledford Lane in Sproston at around 7pm on Tuesday (December 4).
Well-known Nantwich printing firm Delmar Print has ceased trading and gone into receivership, it has been revealed.
The news is a blow to the town where the company is based on Wall Lane, employing up to 15 people.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Owners of empty homes in Crewe and Nantwich could face double council tax charges under new plans by Cheshire East Council.
They want to clamp down on the owners of empty homes which are being left unoccupied and unfurnished the long periods.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Laura Smith says she intends to vote against Theresa May’s Withdrawal Deal in the “meaningful vote” on December 11.
Prime Minister Theresa May is hoping to convince enough sceptics to change their minds and back the deal she has struck with the European Union.
A new book telling the stories of 22 British war heroes features a Victoria Cross winner who was badly injured in a horrific Nantwich railway accident.
George Eardley VC was driving with his wife when their car was crushed by an express train which had crashed through barriers.
A total of 1,600 officers at Cheshire Constabulary are now using body worn video cameras following the completion of a force-wide roll out.
The cameras are being worn by officers and PCSOs and are proving to be an essential piece of operational kit.
Police have tracked down a woman who vandalised some of Nantwich town square’s Christmas lights.
The damage to the lights was done on November 27, just a few days after the display was switched on to herald the festive season.
Richmond Village retirement centre in Nantwich has been rated as ‘Outstanding’ for its domiciliary care after a visit from regulators, the Care Quality Commission.
The inspection report puts the Richmond Nantwich, which opened in 1996, among the top 3% of home care providers in England.
A prostate cancer group which offers support, awareness and prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing for Crewe and Nantwich men has raised almost £2,000 Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity.
The money has been used to buy three specialised phlebotomy chairs, two for the Phlebotomy Service and one for the Imaging Department at Leighton Hospital.
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