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.
The Wistaston Singers performed a fund-raising concert at St Mark’s Church in Shavington.
Phil Houghton was the Musical Director and also introduced each song and soloist.
A fundraiser will be held in memory of a young Wistaston woman who died of Sudden Arrhythmic Death (SADS).
‘The Grand Day Out’ is being staged to raise money for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) after the death of Ceri Palmer Howells (pictured).
Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson spoke of his delight after the Muller Homes appeal to build 1,100-homes in Stapeley was thrown out by the Government.
Muller had appealed after an initial refusal by Cheshire East Council to allow their first phase of the proposed “Nantwich South” village off Peter de Stapleigh Way.
Wistaston Sports and Leisure Association has been awarded a £8,200 grant to boost its bid to widen involvement in the local community.
The Cheshire East Council grant will support WSLA’s application for £75,000 from environmental body Wren to help pay for a pavilion extension.
Councillors and campaigners in Wistaston are celebrating after an appeal won by Gladman Developments to build 300 homes was overturned by the Government.
Gladman wanted to build the homes on land off Church Lane, Wistaston, but were initially refused by Cheshire East Council.
By Jonathan White
Twenty local walkers and dogs enjoyed a gentle stroll around Wistaston – to sustain an old bye-law in the village!
The event was organised by Helen Gould, one of the Wistaston Community helpers, and the route lasted 90 minutes over 2.5 miles of the village fields.
Road users in Wistaston are calling for improvements to a busy junction they believe poses a danger to motorists and cyclists.
Cheshire East councillors met with highways staff, parish councillors, Sustrans and ActiveTravelCrewe to discuss the A534 Crewe/Nantwich Road junction with Broughton Lane.
By Jonathan White
The Wistaston Singers and Crewe Concert Band have been busy this Christmas.
Wistaston Singers performed a carol concert at St Stephen’s Methodist Church on Gainsborough Road in Crewe.
Campaigners are calling on Wistaston residents to voice their concerns about proposed housing north of Wistaston Green Road to the planning inspector before it’s too late.
Harlequin, property developers based in Liverpool, have appealed to the Planning Inspectorate to consider their application to build 150 houses on land off Wistaston Green Road, Wistaston.
The annual Cancer Research UK ‘Christmas Fair’ at the Wistaston Memorial Hall was hailed a big success with more than £3,000 raised.
The event was organised by the Crewe and Nantwich Support Group for Cancer Research UK.
Campaigners in Wistaston have pleaded with Cheshire East Council to create a new “Green Belt” to stop more green areas being lost to developers.
They say the interim findings of the planning inspector’s examination of the Local Plan are a “kick in the teeth” for villages like Wistaston.
Pupils at a Wistaston school bagged free play and cookery kit after collecting a staggering 31,000 vouchers!
The youngsters at Wistaston Church Lane Primary School gathered the Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers and and came top of the region.
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