By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A Nantwich hairdresser is the latest driver to be fined by Cheshire East Council after she paid to park on one of its car parks.
Jessica Ledwards paid the £3 fee to park all day on Snow Hill Car Park in Nantwich.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nantwich traders say they are losing business because customers can’t find anywhere to park.
Hundreds of houses are being built in the town at the same time as about 100 spaces have been lost on the unofficial car park at St Anne’s Lane, which has closed permanently.
Nantwich Town councillors have paid tribute to their fellow councillor Philip Staley who has died after a brave battle against cancer.
Cllr Staley, of Audlem Road, was a Conservative who represented the South Ward for the town council.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is updating the way it keeps track of section 106 financial contributions from developers and when the cash is allocated.
S106 agreements are legal agreements between the council and developers to secure financial or other contributions to mitigate the impact of development.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Average speed cameras are to be trialled in parts of Cheshire with a view to parish councils possibly funding them in future to crackdown on speeders.
Three trial sites will be set up across the county in the next few weeks – and in Cheshire East the cameras will be located in Plumley.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan is confident the new Prime Minister Liz Truss will back up her words of providing economic help as millions face an energy price crisis.
Liz Truss was announced as the new leader of the Conservative Party today, beating rival Rishi Sunak by 57% to 43% of Tory party membership votes.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Crewe looks set to get a new smaller police station in town and a larger out-of-town base for CID officers, other departments and civilian staff.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer said he was out and about in the town centre looking for possible premises with members of the Crewe Town Board last week.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Leighton Hospital beds are being taken up by medically-fit patients who can’t be discharged because of the lack of care workers to look after them in the community.
Cheshire East Cllr Brendan Murphy said there were lots of reports of people in hospital who didn’t need to be there.
Business cases for two major projects in Crewe have been approved by government.
Project leaders say the approval marks a milestone as Crewe Town Board believes it “shows confidence in our vision for Crewe”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has 220 job vacancies – nearly 7.5% of its posts unfilled.
The council declined to comment on what impact the vacancies are having on services.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Striking postal workers in South Cheshire say Royal Mail’s latest pay offer would significantly change terms and conditions for the worse.
More than 115,000 postal workers are striking across the country and are due to walk out again on Wednesday (August 31) and September 8 and 9 after being given a 2% pay rise.
Council chiefs say they have made “repeated attempts” to get a footbridge in Stapeley repaired but without success.
The footbridge is on privately owned developer land on the Pear Tree development, linking Massey Close with Beechwood Close and the nearby shops.
Cheshire East Council has received a share of £7.6 million to help hundreds of adults with learning disabilities and autism into work.
It’s part of a new Government initiative to provide extra support to jobseekers with learning disabilities and autism.
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