By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Security was tightened at Cheshire East Council’s first meeting since the killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess.
Guards were outside the door throughout the meeting on Wednesday and all bags were checked before anyone was allowed inside the hall at Macclesfield Leisure Centre.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has been allocated £2.2m of government funding to help provide food and essentials for vulnerable households over winter.
The household support fund runs from October 6 to March 31, 2022.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans to build 45 affordable homes in the open countryside in Wrenbury have been recommended for approval despite objections from the parish council and local residents.
Sovini Homes wants to build the houses across two plots, on land south of Sandfield House, Station Road.
Staff shortages are being blamed for delays facing patients trying to get through to a Nantwich doctors practice.
Scores of patients have taken to social media to complain about Kiltearn Medical Centre in recent days.
Cheshire East councillors are being urged to back Crewe’s bid to become the home of Great British Railways.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has asked “traditional railway towns” to put a case forward to develop new headquarters for Great British Railways – a new, single, accountable public body responsible for running Britain’s railways.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan has hit out at the lack of progress on making car parking charges across Cheshire East fairer.
Users of car parks in Nantwich and Crewe are currently charged for car parking, and face some of the highest charges in the borough.
Council chiefs say they will carry out a “further review” of a controversial crossing in Nantwich where a teenage boy was injured by a car earlier this week.
The 17-year-old Brine Leas student was using the drop down kerb crossing over Peter de Stapleigh Way when he was hit by a car.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Ansa managers were forced to drive bin lorries to maintain Cheshire East collections when the service was threatened by driver shortages.
Cheshire East was one of the few councils which managed to keep bin collections, including recyclables and garden waste, going during pandemic lockdowns.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Complaints against Cheshire East’s planning department have risen by a third as the council battles a backlog of planning applications and staffing shortage.
A consultation on plans for a new primary school in Nantwich is underway.
Cheshire East Council chiefs want to hear views of people in Nantwich and surrounding area which will be built at Kingsley Fields, near the Nantwich Town football ground.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s former mayor has donated part of his allowance to charity and foodbanks after holding the post for two years.
For the first time, Cheshire East had the same mayor for two years because of the Covid pandemic.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Rotting food has been left in garden waste bins in parts of Cheshire East where fortnightly collections have been missed because of a lack of staff.
Cllr Rachel Bailey (Audlem, Con) has called on the council’s audit and governance committee to look at how waste food is collected and how the scheme operates to see if anything can be done.
A Cheshire East woman was told she would have to wait six months for an appointment to register her baby’s birth, councillors heard.
Members of the audit and governance committee are now seeking assurances that, if there are delays, it won’t prevent families from claiming child benefit immediately after the baby’s birth.
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