By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Unvaccinated Cheshire East Council staff who take time off work to self-isolate as a close contact of a Covid-19 case won’t be classed as being off sick.
From yesterday (August 16), people who are double jabbed or aged under 18 are no longer legally required to self-isolate if they are identified as a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Planning officers are recommending Cheshire East councillors give the go-ahead for a gypsy and traveller transit site.
Cheshire East Council has applied for permission to site 10 gypsy and traveller transit pitches and an amenity block on land at the former Cledford Hall Farm on Cledford Lane, Middlewich.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A piece of land near a Shavington school has become an overgrown wilderness – because Cheshire East Council did not realise they owned it!
Grass on the site outside Shavington Primary Academy on Southbank Avenue is about five feet tall and overgrown with weeds.
by Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has paid nearly £3,000 to hire buildings for meetings since the government scrapped online decision-making meetings for councils.
So far the local authority has had to hire out non-council owned buildings seven times at a cost of £2,891 so councillors could meet face-to-face and comply with Covid-19 restrictions.
Cheshire MPs are urging the Government to select Leighton Hospital as one of eight in the country to benefit from a multi-billion pound building programme.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan, Eddisbury MP Edward Timpson, and Congleton MP Fiona Bruce say they have written a joint letter to new Health Secretary Sajid Javid.
Motorists in Crewe and Nantwich are being warned of some disruption as Cheshire East Council steps up its road repairs programme in next few weeks.
With major gas pipe works on Welsh Row, bridge repairs on A530 Whitchurch Road, and fibre broadband works across the town, it could be a summer of delays and diversions.
Crewe and Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan has praised the work of a Willaston team running a Covid vaccination centre in the village.
He visited The Acacia Suite at Willaston Masonic Hall to see how the progress of the centre.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer has called on the Government to rethink a decision to freeze police officers pay.
Last week, the Government made the decision to freeze police officer pay for all of those whose salaries exceed £24,000 in 2021/22.
Cheshire East Council has launched a consultation on plans to boost council tax support scheme offer by £3.37m over the next three years for families on low incomes.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A Cheshire East councillor has called for £2 million allocated in the council budget for Crewe youth projects to be shared across the borough following the announcement of Crewe’s £22.9m “Town Deal”.
Conservative group leader Janet Clowes, of Wybunbury ward, has called on the council to “share the success” after an announcement that Crewe is one of the latest UK towns to successfully secure a ‘Town Deal’.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East planners are recommending a warehousing site in countryside near Crewe is given the go-ahead to operate 24/7 despite objections from residents and local councillors.
The Weston Hall Commercial Complex on Main Road at Weston has a long-standing history of commercial use.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Councillors have backed calls for Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points across Cheshire East as a report shows there are “extensive gaps”.
They say installing more charging points in car parks would encourage people to buy electric vehicles, improve the environment and could be a money spinner for the council.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East is in the bottom 10 local authority areas for people using buses and the council is looking at ways to improve this.
The figure was revealed at a highways and transport committee meeting this week when councillors were discussing the national bus strategy (NBS).
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