A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed on a commercial poultry farm in Calveley, near Nantwich.
Cheshire East Council chiefs say they are now advising local residents, partners and landowners about avian influenza outbreaks and what to look out for.
Two outbreaks of bird flu have been confirmed – one in Tarporley and one at Aldersley, near Tattenhall.
Both outbreaks are in Cheshire West, but close to the border with Cheshire East.
A South Cheshire choir has raised more than £2,500 for Chester’s homeless charity, Chester Aid to the Homeless (CATH), from their latest concert.
Decibellas, a choir for upper voices based in Tarporley, raised £2,554 for CATH through ticket sales and a bucket collection at their concert at St Boniface Church in Bunbury.
Council chiefs say highways engineers “worked tirelessly” to complete works on the busy A51 at Wardle near Nantwich which was closed for 16 weeks.
Work to stabilise 750 metres of carriageway began in August and required the complete closure of one of the busiest roads in the borough.
A woman had to be cut free from wreckage after a van and car crashed near Tarporley.
Fire crews were able to free the victim from a van which had collided with a car on the Kelsall Bypass.
It was a case of love at first sight for new Calveley Primary Academy headteacher Ray Rudd.
Ms Rudd has an impressive career in education, specialising in helping children with additional needs.
Two members of SPAR’s team in Tarporley have run the Race for Life in memory of a former colleague – raising more than £2,000 in the process.
Kim Holden, 54, and Penny Kenyon, 52, who are both shop assistants at the SPAR store, completed the 10k Delamere Forest Cancer Research UK Race For Life in memory of former colleague Alison Lightfoot.
Employees at Boughey Distribution near Nantwich have helped raise almost £1,500 for Calveley Primary School – by increasing their daily step count by at least 1,000 every day!
All additional steps were turned into cash credits by the company and helped raise an impressive £1,443 for the local village school.
Fire crews were called to tackle a tumble dryer fire at a property in Wardle, near Nantwich.
Householders had managed to drag the dryer into the garden from the house on Wardle Avenue at around 7am today (September 15).
Motorists are being warned of long diversions and disruption with the closure of the busy A51 at Wardle near Nantwich for up to 16 WEEKS.
The closure announced by Cheshire East Council is for major repair work to the road.
A number of Cheshire pubs have been awarded “COVID Community Hero status” for their work to support local communities throughout the pandemic.
The award is supported by a cross-party group of beer-loving MPs, including Eddisbury MP Edward Timpson.
A Tarporley youngster has won a Cheshire Wildlife Trust competition to come up with names for two beavers introduced back into the wild.
They will be called Rowan and Willow – despite some entries suggesting more comical names such as ‘Beaver McBeaverface’ and ‘Justin Beaver’!
A student from Tarporley who was diagnosed with advanced cancer the day before his 19th birthday, is set to walk 240 miles for two charities only a year after beginning his treatment.
Patrick Savage, 20, will walk from his university campus in London to The Christie hospital in Manchester where he was treated last year for Hodgkin’s lymphoma – a type of blood cancer.
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