A public interest report into the culture and governance of Cheshire East Council between 2014-18 could cost the authority a whopping £319,370.
That’s the external auditor’s proposed fee for the report which investigates the controversial practices of the council under former leader Michael Jones.
Cheshire Police say their Operation Sceptre targeting knife crime has been a success with a number of arrests made and knives seized.
Officers from across the county carried out sweep operations in parks and residential areas.
Cheshire East Council bosses have re-launched a “Pick-Fit” scheme to help clear streets of litter and get people fitter.
CEC’s Ansa Environmental Services are linking up with Everybody Health and Leisure to run the scheme.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s “engagement” with the public about the new charge for garden waste collection poses more questions than answers, the opposition leader has said.
The council agreed at its budget meeting in February to introduce charges for garden/food waste bin collection and is hoping to rake in up to £4m when the scheme comes into operation.
Successful slimmers in Nantwich have donated bags of clothes they’ve slimmed out to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
They have taken part in the “Big Slimming World Clothes Throw” which raises funds for local Cancer Research UK shops.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council and developer Countryside need to “step up and deliver on their moral obligations” to people living on a Crewe housing estate with no planning permission, the House of Commons leader has said.
Penny Mordaunt MP also wondered “how in God’s name it could have happened” as she was responding to a question from Crewe and Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan (Con) about the plight of residents living at Coppenhall Place.
Councillor and Labour Chief Whip Connor Naismith is to apply for the Labour candidacy in Crewe and Nantwich at the next general election.
Cllr Naismith currently represents Crewe West ward on Cheshire East Council.
An arsonist deliberately started fires in a number of wheelie bins in Nantwich town centre.
Police and fire crews are investigating several linked incidents which happened in the Pepper Street area of Nantwich yesterday (May 28).
A driver was left trapped and injured after a crash between a car and a tractor on a busy road near Nantwich.
The incident happened on the A530 Whitchurch Road at Baddington at 2.30pm yesterday (May 28).
Teachers, pupils and parents at Calveley Primary Academy have celebrated hitting a magic milestone after 20 months of progress.
The school, near Nantwich, had just 63 pupils enrolled when it became part of North West Academies Trust (NWAT) in September 2021.
Nantwich pupils have scooped prizes in the latest Nantwich Rotary Club Art & Handwriting competition.
Club President Tony Webb and Deputy Mayor of Nantwich Stuart Bostock presented the awards to the young winners at the Nantwich Museum.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Red-faced Cheshire East Council bosses have been forced to cancel the first committee meeting of the new council – because they didn’t allow enough time to train councillors.
The agenda for next Wednesday’s (May 31) southern planning meeting has already been published online, but new councillors haven’t received the required training.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Labour’s Sam Corcoran has been re-elected as Cheshire East leader – and immediately vowed to try to reduce the 12-year life expectancy gap between the richest and poorest wards in the borough.
The council will again be run by a joint Labour/Independent administration after no party won enough seats to take overall control.
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