By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Town and parish councils like Nantwich will soon be able to pay for extra policing under the commissioner’s ‘hotspot policing programme’.
Cheshire Police and Crime commissioner Dan Price told a police and crime panel he wanted to “support local communities through the ability to purchase additional visible hot spot policing”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter.
The leader of Cheshire East Council has insisted as long as he runs the council the process around devolution will be transparent, adding he has already asked questions about scrutiny of an elected mayor.
The government announced this week that the Cheshire and Warrington region had been confirmed as part of its devolution priority programme.
Cheshire East Council will be effectively bankrupt if the government doesn’t approve the use of exceptional financial support by the end of this financial year, the council’s head of finance said.
The council applied for £17.6m of EFS last February because of the projected overspend this financial year.
Nantwich Museum has received a cash boost from major South Cheshire employer Mornflake who are celebrating a milestone 350th anniversary.
The Pillory Street museum has welcomed a £350 donation from the breakfast company which has pledged to give back to the community and support specially selected charities throughout 2025.
Residents across South Cheshire are set to pay on average £14 more for policing after a planned increase in the force’s council tax precept was approved.
Dan Price, Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC), proposed the precept which was given the go ahead by the Cheshire Police and Crime Panel.
Leighton Hospital chiefs have submitted a planning application to Cheshire East Council to build an electrical substation on land just off Flowers Lane in Crewe.
The proposed substation will provide power to the site of the planned new hospital, located to the north of the existing Leighton Hospital.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Council tax bills look set to rise by 4.99% this year after the corporate policy committee voted to recommend the increase to full council.
The increase is the maximum Cheshire East Council can impose after the government this week refused its request to hike up bills by 9.99%.
Two men who pleaded guilty to setting fire to a former print works in Crewe causing widespread disruption and displacing hundreds of residents, will be sentenced in April.
A third man has been found not guilty following a trial at Chester Crown Court.
The headteacher of Stapeley Broad Lane C of E Primary School has hailed a “fantastic” report after their latest Ofsted inspection.
The school, part of the Cornovii Trust, has been praised by Ofsted for the ‘exemplary’ behaviour of pupils, a ‘broad and ambitious’ curriculum and ‘exceptional’ efforts in supporting pupil personal development.
People in South Cheshire could soon be governed by a new devolved Cheshire and Warrington authority as part of the Government’s devolution priority programme.
The region is one of six which has been approved to go forward under the Government’s plans to restructure local governance.
A fourth blaze at the former Tilstone House wedding mansion near Alpraham closed the busy A51 earlier today.
Fire engines from Tarporley, Nantwich, Chester, Winsford and Crewe and the aerial ladder platform from Chester, plus relief crews from Malpas and Crewe have all been at the scene since 11.30pm last night (Feb 4).
Police today confirmed they have now ruled out foul play over the tragic death of Nantwich teenager Jonty Evans.
The 16-year-old was found dead in the River Weaver near to Riverside, Nantwich, on September 1 last year after being reported missing on Friday 30 August.
Cheshire East Council’s bid to increase council tax by almost 10% have been rejected by the government, it emerged today.
The cash-strapped authority had asked the government for “exceptional financial support” and permission to increase the charge by 9.99%.
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