A South Cheshire nurse has penned this powerful poem as thousands are set for more strike action to highlight the growing crisis in the NHS.
Jenny Howarth has worked as a nurse in the region for several years.
Nantwich is being given a £750,000 pot of money to spend on improving the “public realm” in the town, councillors were told.
The money comes from the Section 106 agreements between developers and the council for the Kingsley Fields housing developments.
Council chiefs are to meet the owners of a building in Nantwich town centre after it was hit by a lorry.
The Hope House Hospice building on High Street has suffered a number of collisions over the years as vehicles struggle to negotiate the tight bend on Swine Market.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has applied for funding to set up two new free schools for children with special educational needs.
If the bid is successful, it could create an extra 120 places for pupils in the borough with special educational needs (SEN)
Residents in Cheshire East will need to show photographic ID to vote at this year’s local elections in May.
The requirement to show photo ID at a polling station is a new requirement, introduced under the Elections Act, which was passed last year and comes into effect for the first time this May.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The funeral of Cheshire East councillor Steve Carter who died after a heart attack on holiday, will take place later this month.
Cllr Carter died on December 29 at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. He was 59.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Vetting procedures for police recruits in Cheshire have been tightened since a serving officer was jailed for raping a 13-year-old girl, the force’s commissioner has said.
PC Ian Naude, who was then 30, was jailed for 25 years in 2018 for raping the teenager and for four convictions relating to sexual offences against other children.
By Mark Smith, local democracy reporter
Residents in South Cheshire are being asked whether they would be prepared to pay 6.4% more tax towards the cost of policing.
The county’s Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer says inflation has added more than £14 million to Cheshire Police’s costs, with £6.7 million worth of savings already in the pipeline.
A Nantwich resident who caught the night-time “lurker” breaking in to vehicles, told today how police failed to charge him because “he’d got a good solicitor”.
The householder said she saw him trying car doors in the Blears Avenue area of Nantwich and entering, before rooting around looking for something to take.
A temporary bus station will be in use in Crewe from Wednesday January 4 as work to complete the first phase of the Cheshire East Council’s Royal Arcade scheme enters the next stage.
The existing bus station will be closed and eight temporary bus stands will operate alongside temporary passenger shelters, cycle stands and facilities for bus drivers.
Cheshire Fire Authority has launched a consultation on its precept which it wants to raise by £5 per year for a typical band D household.
The authority says the amount would raise an additional £1.3 million in funding but comes as local councils and police forces are also raising precepts in a cost of living crisis.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council bosses refused to scrap parking charges until the end of the year to help high street shops because it can’t afford to lose an estimated £180,000.
Each town which has pay and display has four days free parking per year and the dates for this are decided by the relevant town or parish council.
Bus users in Cheshire East will only pay a maximum £2 fare for any local journey after Cheshire East Council agreed to follow a Government scheme.
The Department for Transport scheme encourages people to “get around for £2” and will run from January 1 to March 31.
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