Residents in Willaston have aired concerns over plans to convert a former pub into a new children’s nursery.
Proposals have been submitted to Cheshire East Council to convert The Lamb on Wistaston Road into a nursery.
By Jonathan White
Hundreds of people flocked to Willaston Primary Academy for the 47th annual Willaston World Worm Charming Championships.
The quirky event, which has become one of Cheshire’s most unusual traditions, has been hosted in the village since 1980.
Angry officials at a local football club have hit out at vandals who broke in to changing rooms and caused damage.
The incident happened at the ground of Willaston Whitestar, just off Wistaston Road.
Willaston Pre-school is to launch a new holiday club in the village this summer.
The local charity, based on Wybunbury Road in Willaston, will open the club from August 10th for local children aged between two and six-years-old.
A Nantwich couple are celebrating three decades of being ‘mum and dad’ to 60 children – and the family is getting bigger by the day!
Over the years, Graham and Kerry Christopher have opened their home – and their hearts – to scores of foster children in need of care, guidance and the occasional reminder to tidy their room.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Willaston and Rope councillor Allen Gage has quit the Conservative party and is now sitting as a non-grouped Independent on Cheshire East Council.
Cllr Gage, who was elected to Cheshire East in 2019, stressed there had been no fall-out with the local group on Cheshire East.
Tributes have been paid to a popular Willaston councillor who has died.
Cllr Frank Morton passed away on Saturday night at Willaston Social Club after a suspected cardiac arrest.
Families in Willaston facing financial hardship have received a boost this Christmas through the work of Sarah Jane Wood Charity and Wybunbury United Charities.
A total of £600 has been distributed to families in need, helping to ease financial pressures many face during the festive period.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A Cheshire East councillor has called for urgent action on a Willaston road which regularly floods and was under water for three months last winter.
Cllr Allen Gage said cars have been written off in recent years because of the issues on Eastern Road, especially when the water freezes.
A young motorcyclist has died after a horror crash on the busy A534 Crewe Road in Willaston last night (September 3).
The rider of the motorbike, a 22-year-old man, was taken to hospital with serious injuries but died on the way.
Plans for a new crossing on the busy A51 Nantwich Bypass could see home-to-school transport axed for Willaston children.
The new crossing is set to be installed on the busy Peacock Roundabout where the A51 bypass meets the A534 Crewe Road.
A popular village pub near Nantwich which closed without warning to regulars is to be sold, its owners have confirmed.
The Lamb on Wistaston Road in Willaston was boarded up and closed suddenly on Monday with villagers saying there was no notice.
Villagers were left shocked today when they saw their local community pub closed down and boarded up without notice.
The Lamb pub on Wistaston Road in Willaston had its front windows boarded up by workmen, leaving the village short of another vital community asset.
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