By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors on Cheshire East are to vote next month on increasing their basic allowances by £500 a year – four months after they considered freezing it for 2023/24.
The corporate policy committee agreed to recommend to full council that the basic allowance be increased by £500 and be backdated for 2022/3.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council looks set to scrap one of its three planning committees to save money and make the system more efficient.
At present the authority has two “area committees” – northern and southern planning – which both have the same functions and responsibilities, but deal with planning matters on a geographical basis.
A team from the RSPCA in Nantwich are taking on the infamous Three Peaks Challenge to raise much needed funds for Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre.
The centre is one of four RSPCA wildlife centres in England that supports the rehabilitation of sick, injured, orphaned and confiscated wildlife.
By Jonathan White
Wistaston scout leader John Bennett has been awarded an MBE in the Kings Birthday Honours list, for services to young people in Cheshire.
John, born in Milton Keynes in 1944, was a wolf cub and then a boy scout with 1st Wolverton Scout Group.
The countdown is on to St Luke’s Hospice “Midnight Walk” through Crewe and Nantwich.
Hundreds of supporters will be taking on the 11 or six mile walking challenge through the streets of Crewe and Nantwich, starting from Reaseheath College on Saturday July 1.
Officers are appealing for help from the public to find a wanted man from Nantwich.
Kieron Mcbarron, 40, is currently wanted in relation to a breach of bail conditions.
Developers are staging a public consultation for views on its controversial Maylands Park site in Stapeley, Nantwich.
Muller Property Group has planning permission the first phase of its Maylands Park site, on land between Peter de Stapleigh Way and Audlem Road.
A £3.5m renewable energy scheme is underway at two Nantwich primary schools.
Acton CE Primary Academy and Calveley Primary Academy are the first schools in the North West to benefit from heat extracted through boreholes, in a drive to reduce their environmental impact.
Hundreds of dead fish found in River Weaver in Nantwich could be caused by low oxygen and high temperatures, says the Environment Agency. And they say similar events are happening in rivers all over the North West. People reported seeing lots of dead fish and many struggling to survive along various stretches of the river in and around Nantwich. Today,[Read More…]
A Nantwich family is heartbroken after their daughter discovered she has a rare ovarian cancer after almost a year of being misdiagnosed.
Nikki Rowe, 26, has Stage 3 Primary Peritoneal Cancer, and despite major surgery and 18 weeks of chemotherapy, has been dealt the terrible blow by specialists of a “short term life expectancy”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is unlikely to rake in the millions it forecast by introducing garden waste charges and the knock-on effects could impact the council’s carbon neutral target, the Tories claim.
Plans to introduce the charges were voted through as part of the budget in February.
Cheshire Police say they are cracking down on motorists not wearing a seatbelt as part of a two-week long operation.
The force is backing the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) annual seatbelt operation.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A councillor has questioned the “appropriateness” of a report into Cheshire East’s culture being carried out by the person who was the council’s auditor at the time of the issues being investigated.
Grant Thornton wants to bill the council a whopping £319,370 for the public interest report it did on the impact of the council’s culture and governance arrangements during 2014 – 2018.
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