Young people in Nantwich will be exploring a range of topics as part of a new podcast project.
Students from Malbank and Brine Leas High school will work with RedShift Radio, an online community radio station, and will be taught new podcasting skills around research, productions, presentation and promotion.
The UK’s largest training and research centre for vertical farming has been completed at Reaseheath College and University Centre in Nantwich.
Vertical farming is the practice of growing plants indoors under fully controlled and sterile conditions in stacked layers.
Two Reaseheath College agriculture apprentices in Nantwich are being supported by supermarket chain Morrisons through its Apprenticeship Transfer Levy funding.
Chloe Cooper and Nick Hartland work on Cheshire farms and are studying for their Level 2 Stock Person’s Apprenticeship at the Nantwich college.
A Crewe and Nantwich campaign to provide free laptops for schoolchildren during home learning has smashed through the target of 100 devices.
People across the area have donated old devices and a team of volunteers have been collected, repairing, upgrading and preparing them to be handed out to families who need them.
More than 90% of Nantwich parents have been offered their first choice of secondary school, says Cheshire East Council.
Parents across the borough have received offers of secondary school places from Cheshire East Council this week for children starting in September 2021.
Visual Arts learners at Cheshire College have been reaching out to local communities through their art to make supportive connections during lockdown.
The College’s “Create, Share, Collect” project has seen postcards of student artwork based on local architecture sent to care homes in alongside personalised messages.
A South Cheshire school which supports children with educational needs has now moved to a permanent location.
Axis Academy is for pupils with an Education Health Care Plan for Social Emotional and Mental Health.
More than 40 of South Cheshire’s most accomplished apprentices came together virtually for Cheshire College’s Apprenticeship Awards 2021.
They recognise learners who have exceeded expectations and made significant contributions to their workplaces.
Children in South Cheshire could be at greater risk of exploitation by county lines drug gangs during the coronavirus pandemic, say police.
Officers in Cheshire are working alongside partners to raise awareness of child criminal exploitation – and how to spot the signs.
Crewe and Nantwich college students are on a mission to virtually reach the moon during lockdown by running, walking and cycling.
Cheshire College has joined forces with Association of Colleges Sport in their latest Lunar Challenge to collectively travel 238,855 miles with other member colleges.
Computer businesses in Nantwich and Crewe are helping children connect with online school learning by repairing donated laptops.
The Laptop Shop, on Hospital Street, and Nantwich Computer Consultant Nic Bunting are taking in donated devices so they can be fixed on passed on to youngsters without them.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
There is “no evidence” primary school children are “silent spreaders” of Covid-19, says Cheshire East Council’s leader.
Cllr Sam Corcoran, who made the comment, has also repeated criticism of the government’s NHS Test & Trace service.
Labour councillors have offered to support Crewe and Nantwich school headteachers in the fight to secure adequate equipment for home learning during lockdown.
They have created a Facebook Group “Lockdown Laptops for Home Learning in Crewe & Nantwich”, asking local residents to donate unused or unwanted laptops and tablets directly to schools to be distributed to children who require them.
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