Dan Price has today taken office and started his four-year term as Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).
Mr Price won a three-horse race to be elected as the new PCC last week, bagging an annual salary of around £78,000.
A prolific shoplifter who has targeted stores in Nantwich and Crewe has been banned from entering convenience stores across the area as part of efforts to tackle his offending.
Ian McIntyre, 45, was handed the two-year order at Chester Magistrates’ Court following multiple incidents of shoplifting across Crewe and the surrounding areas.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nantwich nightclub The Studio has been given permission to extend its opening hours on Fridays and Saturdays to 4.30am despite objections from some nearby residents.
The Studio, on Castle Street, currently has permission to open until 3.30am Monday to Saturday and until 2.30am on Sundays.
Cheshire East Council and Crewe FC football club have signed a deal to spearhead a redevelopment scheme at King George V Playing Fields.
The agreement follows a formal selection process and involves creating a 3G artificial grass pitch and a refurbished pavilion at the playing fields in Crewe.
Rural bus services around Nantwich could be cut under new plans unveiled by Cheshire East Council.
But a direct service from the town to Leighton Hospital looks set to be reinstated if the proposals go ahead.
Four men including one from Wistaston have been jailed for a combined total of almost seven years following a street brawl in broad daylight in Crewe.
The men, who were sentenced at Chester Crown Court, were involved in a fight which broke out on Davenport Avenue in August 2023.
The new Crewe Bus Station has opened its doors today (May 7) following a two-year construction project.
The station’s facilities, covered by a CCTV system, include a fully-enclosed passenger waiting area with seating and 10 bus bays including one for coaches.
The public are being invited to tour the RSPCA’s RHS Garden which has been relocated to the wildlife centre at Stapeley Grange in Nantwich.
The garden made its mark during the 2023 RHS Chelsea Flower Show at Kensington, where it achieved a silver-gilt medal from judges.
New mobile household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) are being considered by Cheshire East Council amid plans to revamp its service.
The staffed mobile centres would visit “public spaces” once a month around the borough.
Nantwich residents entitled to Beam Heath Trust dividends can claim their payment this year on July 3.
The modest annual dividend is from an ancient trust, which was updated by the Beam Heath Act, 1823.
Labour candidate Dan Price has won the election to become Cheshire’s next Police and Crime Commissioner.
Mr Price, a former Warrington councillor, won 48.1% of the votes, polling 86,279.
A man from Crewe has been charged with a shoplifting offence at a convenience store on Middlewich Road in Nantwich.
Police were called out to an incident on Saturday April 20 amid a report of a male who had stolen items from the convenience store in Nantwich
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans for a car wash on vacant land near Nantwich Town’s stadium have sparked noise and environmental concerns as well as traffic-related fears.
A total of 34 residents – mainly neighbours – have objected to the proposal earmarked for land which is sometimes used as an overspill car park on match days.
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