By Stephen Topping
Less than five per cent of household rubbish in Crewe and Nantwich is now being sent to landfill, says Cheshire East Council.
They say their new Cledford Lane environmental hub near Middlewich has played a big part in cutting landfill amounts.
By Stephen Topping
Ofsted inspectors have criticised Cheshire East Council for “serious weaknesses” in its services for youngsters with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).
Now the authority has to provide a ‘Written Statement’ to Ofsted to outline how it intends to improve.
By Stephen Topping
Churches Together in Nantwich is one of the first community groups to secure funding to support and rehome Syrian refugee families.
Cheshire East Council this week agreed to let community sponsors apply to rehome refugee families in the borough.
By Stephen Topping
The councillor in charge of Cheshire East’s roads insists their approach to repairing potholes is “the right way forward”.
Cllr Don Stockton believes engineers should be sent out to conduct structural repairs in a preventative way, rather than repair potholes as and when they need filling.
A housing boss bidding to push through a 1,100-home ‘Nantwich South’ development in Stapeley, claims Cheshire East Council is ‘misrepresenting’ the facts about planning permissions for new homes.
Colin Muller says almost a quarter of the homes that the authority claims it has granted planning permission for were actually approved on appeal.
Council chiefs have admitted resurfacing work on a busy Nantwich road had to be repaired – just three weeks after it was completed!
Work to resurface Station Road and Prachitts Row near Aldi supermarket was carried out the week before Easter, with closures over several days.
More than 92% of primary school applicants from Cheshire East have secured their first preference, says the authority.
Thousands of parents found out this week if they had secured their choice of primary school for youngsters starting in September.
By Stephen Topping
A former police officer who worked in the force’s complaints department believes the roll-out of body-worn cameras for Cheshire’s officers is money well spent.
The office of David Keane, Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner, has revealed that it will cost £787,000 to allow all front-line officers to have access to the equipment.
By Stephen Topping
Cheshire East Council has more employees earning more than £100,000 than any other local authority in the north west, new figures have shown.
The TaxPayers’ Alliance has published its Town Hall Rich List for 2018 – showing the number of employees that received more than £100,000 in 2016-17.
By Stephen Topping
Cheshire East councillors are urging the Government to close a loophole allowing cross-border taxi hiring in an effort to protect children.
New legislation in 2015 made cross-border taxi hiring easier, so vehicles licensed by other councils can lawfully work in Nantwich and Crewe without meeting Cheshire East Council’s requirements.
By Stephen Topping
More than 20,000 homes with planning permission are yet to be built in Cheshire East – with some dating back as far as 2010.
Cheshire East Council has granted planning permission for 20,441 homes that are currently unbuilt.
By Stephen Topping
Communities in Cheshire East will benefit from a share of a £2 million New Homes Bonus, with £324,000 allocated for Nantwich.
The cash is from a Government grant paid to councils as an incentive to build new homes.
By Stephen Topping
Leighton Hospital could struggle to close the gender pay gap due to the number of female nurses they employ, trust bosses have claimed.
Tracy Bullock, chief executive of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, told board meeting directors there will be “disparity” between pay for men and women employed by the trust due to the number of women in lower-paid nursing roles.
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