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Cheshire East Local Plan not in place until late 2016, says report

Cheshire East Local Plan not in place until late 2016, says report

Cheshire East Council’s Local Plan will not be in place before late 2016 at the earliest, a report says.

Campaigners in Nantwich fear this could pave the way for more developers to submit housing applications on green land.

September 18, 2015
Bunbury pub scoops Best Freehouse North West award

Bunbury pub scoops Best Freehouse North West award

A Bunbury pub has won acclaim for the success of its business.

The Yew Tree Inn at Spurstow, near Nantwich, has been named winner of the ‘Best Freehouse for the North West’ in the Great British Pub Awards 2015.

September 6, 2015
Yew Tree Inn celebrates five years at Bank Holiday beer festival

Yew Tree Inn celebrates five years at Bank Holiday beer festival

Award-winning pub Yew Tree Inn near Bunbury will celebrate five years of success with an August Bank Holiday beer extravaganza.

And the “Thank Yew It’s Friday!” Festival will also toast the pub’s latest award after it was voted Best Freehouse in the North West at the Great British Pub Awards 2015.

August 27, 2015
Bunbury pub  Yew Tree Inn celebrates five years since relaunch

Bunbury pub Yew Tree Inn celebrates five years since relaunch

A popular pub near Nantwich is celebrating its fifth birthday since new life was breathed into the historic building.

After years of neglect, the Yew Tree Inn, in Bunbury, was refurbished by renowned designers Lister Carter in the summer of 2010.

July 4, 2015
Decibellas choir raises £1,900 at Bunbury concert

Decibellas choir raises £1,900 at Bunbury concert

Decibellas Women’s Choir of Tarporley hosted a concert with Llangollen Male Voice Choir, to raise funds for St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice.

The men’s motto “Cyfeillgarwch drwy Gan” (“friendship through song”), formed the theme with both choirs performing pieces from repertoires and joining for a rousing finale.

May 27, 2015
Cheshire East elections: Sarah Pochin wins Willaston and Rope seat

Cheshire East elections: Sarah Pochin wins Willaston and Rope seat

By Kirsty Rollings
Voters in Willaston and Rope Ward made a bold statement with their appointment of first time candidate Sarah Pochin.

Conservative candidate Pochin took the seat from outspoken UKIP candidate Brian Silvester in a comfortable victory in the Cheshire East Council elections.

May 8, 2015
Families enjoy Bunbury Church Fete in the sun

Families enjoy Bunbury Church Fete in the sun

By Jonathan White
Bunbury Church Fete took place within the grounds of Beeston Castle on Bank Holiday Monday.

The annual event was moved to earlier in the year for more favourable weather.

May 5, 2015
Bunbury Watermill on air during National Mills Weekend

Bunbury Watermill on air during National Mills Weekend

Bunbury Watermill will be open with a difference during the National Mills Open Weekend May 9-10.

South Cheshire Amateur Radio Society (SCARS) will be setting up a temporary short-wave radio station, call sign GB4BM.

April 26, 2015
Cheshire Farm Ice Cream fined after worker’s finger was severed

Cheshire Farm Ice Cream fined after worker’s finger was severed

A well-known ice cream maker in Cheshire has been fined for safety failings after a worker’s finger was cut off by a fruit feeder machine.

Tattenhall Dairy Products Ltd, which operates at Cheshire Farm Ice Cream, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after the incident at Drumlan Hall Farm in August 2013.

March 26, 2015
Stapeley, Bunbury and other parishes bid for Neighbourhood Plans

Stapeley, Bunbury and other parishes bid for Neighbourhood Plans

Families in Stapeley are being urged to attend a ‘drop-in’ session to help form the parish’s first Neighbourhood Plan.

Hundreds of households across Stapeley have received a questionnaire asking for their views on how the area should develop in the next few years.

March 19, 2015
Ofsted dump Bunbury village school in special measures

Ofsted dump Bunbury village school in special measures

A village school near Nantwich has been placed in “special measures” by Ofsted amid concerns of pupil safety and behaviour.

The move, which has shocked staff and governors at Bunbury Aldersey C of E Primary, relates to safeguarding and pupil behaviour issues.

March 10, 2015
Eddisbury MP Stephen O’Brien to quit and take UN job

Eddisbury MP Stephen O’Brien to quit and take UN job

Eddisbury Conservative MP Stephen O’Brien is to step down and take up a top job at the United Nations.

Mr O’Brien, who has represented the constituency which includes many villages around Nantwich since 1999, will be in charge of humanitarian affairs and emergency relief at the UN.

March 10, 2015
Village roads included in highways investment schedule

Village roads included in highways investment schedule

Villagers and councillors in Willaston have welcomed re-surfacing plans on two key roads.

Wistaston Road and Wybunbury Road, two main routes through the village, will undergo work to repair potholes and uneven surfaces.

March 9, 2015