Nantwich resident Mary Slinn is looking forward to becoming Mayor, representing the town she has loved since a teenager and calls ‘the best place to live.’
Mary, who has lived in Nantwich 45 years, will be invested as Mayor tomorrow (May 15) at Nantwich Town Council.
Network Rail says it has completed a clean-up of Nantwich Station after complaints by residents at the state of the site.
There were concerns at the amount of rubbish piling up on land at the station.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Devolution will benefit the Cheshire and Warrington region which is currently losing out to the mayoral authorities of Greater Manchester and Liverpool, Cheshire East’s council leader has said.
Cheshire and Warrington is part of the government’s devolution priority programme and a public consultation ended last month.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire’s Police Crime Commissioner says new technology will help police crack down on people who attack emergency workers and bring them to justice.
Commissioner Dan Price was responding to a question about attacks on police after Chief Constable Mark Roberts revealed 10 officers and PCSOs had been assaulted over a 48-hour period one weekend last month.
Cheshire East Council has been served with a warning notice by Ministers who say they have “concerns” over how the authority is being run.
The “Best Value Notice” was issued today by Jim McMahon, Minister for Local Government and Devolution
Former Bunbury ward councillor Sarah Pochin has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election for Reform UK by just SIX votes.
Ms Pochin, who was Conservative councillor and then Independent councillor on Cheshire East, was declared the winner earlier this morning after Labour ordered a recount.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council is spending a whopping £203,000 on a specialist agency to recruit top bosses to vacant posts.
The information was revealed in a freedom of information request from a member of the public.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans to use a field at Walgherton near Nantwich as a dog exercise paddock have sparked objections from neighbours and the parish council.
Steve Newman has applied to Cheshire East Council for permission to use part of a field at Ballaglass, off London Road, as a fully enclosed paddock for members of the public to exercise their dogs.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillor Janet Clowes is stepping down as leader of the Conservative group on Cheshire East Council due to ill health.
The Wybunbury councillor was rushed to hospital last month after she collapsed and was unconscious for some time.
by Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council claims introducing evening and Sunday parking charges will not involve any additional cost for the council to enforce.
The controversial charges are due to come into force on council-owned car parks on May 26, together with a hike in prices.
Crime in Cheshire has dropped for the third year running, according to latest figures.
Statistics compiled by Cheshire Police suggest crime decreased in the county by nearly 2% (-1.7%) in 2024-25 with 77,791 crimes recorded in the past 12 months, compared to 79,152 in 2023-2024.
Cheshire East Council has appointed a new executive director of children’s services.
Dawn Godfrey, who was previously strategic director children and families at Rutland County Council, will take up the role as permanent executive director of children’s services.
Patients in Crewe and Nantwich are to benefit from a new state-of-the-art hospital after the Department of Health and Social Care rubber-stamped hundreds of millions of pounds of funding to redevelop Leighton Hospital.
Health Minister Karin Smyth has confirmed funding available for schemes in the first wave of the New Hospital Programme, including Leighton Hospital.
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