By Stephen Topping
A new training centre for Cheshire’s firefighters has moved a step closer to reality – but its cost has soared by more than £1.6 million.
Members of the Cheshire Fire Authority approved plans for a state-of-the-art training centre in Winsford last September, with the facility expected to cost more than £9 million.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust says it has secured more funding to secure landscaping and ecology work when the HS2 rail line is built through South Cheshire.
Members of the trust say they have “received assurances” from the company that their concerns have been taken on-board for Phase 2a of the work.
By Stephen Topping
A former HR officer who lost her employment tribunal case against Cheshire East Council says she will now rebuild her mental and physical health after a demanding 18 months.
Sue Wallace, of Connah’s Quay, claimed the local authority had unfairly dismissed her in December 2016 because she attempted to highlight a failure to pay the minimum wage to staff who worked ‘sleep-in shifts’ through the whistleblowing process.
By Stephen Topping
A former HR officer who accused Cheshire East Council of unfairly dismissing her after trying to raise concerns through the whistleblowing process, has lost her employment tribunal.
Sue Wallace, of Connah’s Quay, claimed the local authority dismissed her in December 2016 because she attempted to highlight a failure to pay the minimum wage to care staff and Tatton Park employees who had worked ‘sleep-in shifts’.
By Stephen Topping
Urgent measures to improve support for youngsters in Cheshire East with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) have been drawn up following a damning inspection.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found “serious weaknesses” when they assessed Cheshire East Council and NHS bodies in the borough on their provision for SEND support in March.
Nantwich Town councillors could request Barony Park be transferred to them from Cheshire East Council in a bid to resolve ongoing issues with unauthorised traveller encampments.
The idea was mooted at last night’s Nantwich Town Council where members of the public, police and councillors discussed how to prevent traveller groups gaining access to the park.
Crewe & Nantwich MP Laura Smith joined the search for new life-saving breast cancer treatments at a research fair in Parliament.
The fair, hosted by UK charity Breast Cancer Now, was an opportunity to meet scientists behind cutting-edge research.
Cheshire East councillors have backed a £1 million expansion of a school in South Cheshire for children with special educational needs.
Springfield Special School, in Crewe, is to increase from 132 pupils places to 156 under proposals backed by the council’s cabinet.
The suspended chief executive of Cheshire East Council Mike Suarez has handed in his resignation, the authority has confirmed.
Mr Suarez was suspended in April 2017 by the council’s investigation and disciplinary committee.
A long-serving Nantwich town councillor has died.
Cllr Norma Simpson (pictured) had served as a Conservative councillor, representing the South Ward, for the town since 2007.
Cheshire East Council enforcement teams are dealing with another illegal traveller encampment on Barony Park in Nantwich.
The travellers arrived yesterday afternoon (July 6), three weeks after a previous group left following a week-long stay on the park and nearby Volunteer Fields which involved two court applications.
By Stephen Topping
A council-owned company could be set up to protect social care services in Crewe and Nantwich from further cuts.
Care4CE, Cheshire East Council’s provider of adult social care services, has been slashed in size over the past nine years from a workforce of 1,500 to fewer than 700 – while some services are no longer offered.
Nantwich town councillors could open up the Civic Hall for a mass screening of the World Cup final if England make it all the way!
World Cup fever is gripping the area after England’s dramatic win over Columbia.
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