By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is to close its loss-making school meals service next April.
It is also putting up the price of its meals for schools from September until the service ends next year.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East has been refused access to a government support scheme to help its ballooning special needs budget deficit.
The deficit looks set to be an eye-watering £285 million by 2031, despite mitigation measures.
Nantwich Town councillors have narrowly voted to pay £7,000 towards a consultant to get a proposed Youth Arts Festival off the ground.
The festival idea was proposed by councillors Geoff Smith and John Priest in March.
Town councillors in Nantwich have unanimously objected to plans for a 75ft telecoms tower on Second Wood Street, off Welsh Row.
They say a number of residents have written to complain about the plan for the mast.
Nantwich Town Council are seeking to elect a new councillor to replace Cllr Daniel Bull.
Cllr Bull has recently vacated his role as councillor representing the North ward of the town.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East residents will get their chance on May 2 to vote in the election for the county’s next Police and Crime Commissioner.
The job of the PCC is to hold the police to account.
Cheshire East highways chiefs have failed to repair around 15 faulty street lamps near one of the busiest road junctions in the region – despite knowing for five months
Several motorists have reported the faulty lighting on the A500 on approach to junction 16 of the M6 as well as the B5078 off the same roundabout.
The A500 between Nantwich and Shavington is set for major surfacing works this summer.
Motorists are being warned of road closures and disruption between July and September on the main route connecting Nantwich and Crewe to the M6 motorway.
Town councillors are bidding to install a new “Automaton Clock” in Nantwich Civic Hall. The project would involve engineering students from Crewe and Nantwich.
The idea emerged as town councillors and engineers discussed if it was possible to repair the broken Millennium Clock in the Cocoa Yard in Nantwich.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council must ensure bus routes are provided to Leighton Hospitals when it reviews the services it supports, councillors have said.
The council currently spends £2.5 million a year supporting bus services which are not commercially viable but are deemed important and socially necessary.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is to drive ahead with plans to introduce a lane rental scheme to speed up utility firms that dig up roads to carry out repairs.
But local councillors, while welcoming the news, have hit out at the delays in getting the scheme up and running.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A scheme to build 53 new homes and a pub in the open countryside at Acton near Nantwich has been refused by councillors.
Nine members of the southern planning committee voted to turn down the application on land south of Monks Lane and west of Chester Road, and one abstained.
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council spent almost £20,000 on lawyers in just two years fighting pothole compensation claims, new figures show today.
Freedom of Information data shows the council received 1,471 compensation claims for pothole damage to vehicles in 2021, 2022 and the first two months of 2023.
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