Fire chiefs in Cheshire say they can maintain improvements in public safety, despite facing £1 million funding cuts in 2016-17.
Members of the Fire Authority have been told to expect ongoing reductions in central Government funding.
Nantwich Town councillors have voted to support Nantwich and Rural Children’s Centre, which is threatened with closure by Cheshire East.
The centre, on Dog Lane, provides services to hundreds of families and their young children every week.
An extra 70 police officers will be recruited to Cheshire Police under new budget plans which will see a rise in council tax bills.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer has agreed a 3.2% increase in the police precept – equivalent to around 10p per week.
Nantwich householders face a Council Tax of 3.75 per cent as Cheshire East bid to raise cash for “frontline services”.
Councillors say the rise is “to be regretted” but claim it is needed to fund services for the vulnerable, elderly and young.
Audlem Councillor Rachel Bailey has been elected as new leader of the Cheshire East Conservative Group.
Cllr Bailey will take over from Bunbury Cllr Michael Jones, who announced before Christmas he was stepping down as Leader, blaming in-party fighting.
More than 150 patient operations and appointments had to be cancelled at Leighton Hospital as a result of the junior doctors strike, it has emerged.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said the industrial action forced them to re-schedule 18 non-urgent operations.
Fracking licences covering Nantwich and South Cheshire have been awarded to companies in the latest round held by the Government.
The new licences were announced by the Oil and Gas Authority, and cover Nantwich town, surrounding villages south to Audlem, north to Tarporley, and east to Crewe and Alsager.
MP Edward Timpson has donated nearly £4,000 to the Leighton Hospital MRI scanner appeal after tackling the London Marathon.
The Crewe & Nantwich MP completed the 26-mile marathon to raise funds for the Mid Cheshire Hospitals appeal, setting a personal target of £3,000.
Cheshire Police and Cheshire Fire Service look set to share a single headquarters from April 2018, it has emerged.
Police and fire chiefs say the move aims to protect front line emergency services.
Cheshire East Council Leader Michael Jones is to resign his position amid growing pressure over the ‘physiogate’ scandal.
It’s thought Cllr Jones, councillor for Bunbury, told fellow councillors at a Tory Group meeting tonight (December 8) he is stepping down.
The Government has today announced it will build the HS2 high-speed rail via Crewe – and will invest £5 billion to complete the project six years early.
Chancellor George Osborne made the landmark statement confirming the finalised route the HS2 project will take.
A new pilot scheme to help children in need in South Cheshire has been launched by MP Edward Timpson and Cheshire East Council.
Project Crewe brought partners and stakeholders together to discuss a new approach to supporting children in need.
Government Minister George Eustice will be at Reaseheath College in Nantwich next week at a major food conference.
And Defra is expected to make a key announcement at the event on the Government’s plan to encourage public procurement.
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