By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A noise-activated road-side device which triggered more than 500 warning letters to drivers in one part of Cheshire East could be rolled out across the borough in future.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer said the noise-activated camera in Wilmslow was triggered 1,099 times by cars over the decibel limit.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Children in Willaston are among 75 who could lose their free school transport because Cheshire East Council says there are available walking routes.
The move could save the cash-strapped authority an estimated £79,500 a year, as it looks to plug a massive £20 million funding gap.
Police chiefs have pledged to target e-scooters “plaguing” the streets of Nantwich, town councillors were told.
Crime Commissioner John Dwyer said six e-scooters in the town had already been seized and issued a warning to parents not to buy the “illegal” machines for their kids.
Nantwich Town councillors have agreed to pay £22,000 to keep the town’s library open for an extra half day.
But a debate at last night’s town council meeting descended into a political row over the issue.
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and video footage following an alleged assault on a woman at Nantwich Lake.
The incident happened over a month ago on Thursday August 10.
Hard-working staff at RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre are rehabilitating eight orphaned seal pups.
The centre on London Road in Nantwich had braced itself for a surge in intake of baby seals at the start of the traditional seal season.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s current £46.9m deficit on its special educational needs budget is forecast to rise to a whopping £306.9m by 2028.
Councils across the UK are struggling with massive deficits in their dedicated schools grant budget because funding has not matched soaring demand and spiralling costs.
New spray kits have been handed out to shops and businesses across South Cheshire to deter thieves.
SelectaDNA Intruder Spray kits have been installed as part of Cheshire Police’s Operation Shield initiative.
A GP practice in Nantwich is to bring in a new phone system next month after scores of complaints from patients unable to get through.
Bosses at Kiltearn Medical Practice, at Church View Primary Care Centre in Nantwich, say the new system will be operational from October 3.
Businessman and Nantwich Town fan David Smyth is tackling the 192-mile Coast to Coast walk in aid of Crewe and Nantwich Cancer Research branch.
David, joined by his two friends, is setting out from St Bees in Cumbria and walk through three national parks of the Lake District, Pennines, and North York Moors, before finishing in Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire.
Police are continuing to appeal for help to trace a driver who hit a pedestrian and drove off on London Road in Nantwich.
The 61-year-old victim is receiving treatment at Royal Stoke Hospital for a number of serious injuries.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Suicide must be de-stigmatised and there should be more awareness if more deaths are to be prevented, an NHS expert told Cheshire East councillors.
Consultant nurse Mike Caulfield, who co-chairs the Cheshire and Wirral Suicide Prevention and Intervention Group, was informing the council’s scrutiny committee about the partnership’s suicide prevention strategy.
Police are probing an apparent hit and run incident which has left a man with serious head injuries.
The incident happened last night on London Road in Nantwich, close to the junction with Jackson Avenue.
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