Cheshire East Council will be effectively bankrupt if the government doesn’t approve the use of exceptional financial support by the end of this financial year, the council’s head of finance said.
The council applied for £17.6m of EFS last February because of the projected overspend this financial year.
An Everybody Leisure boss says plans for new padel courts in Nantwich will give more residents a chance to play the popular sport.
Everybody Health & Leisure has submitted plans to create the new courts on a disused hardstanding pitch at the Barony Sports Complex in the town.
Nantwich Museum has received a cash boost from major South Cheshire employer Mornflake who are celebrating a milestone 350th anniversary.
The Pillory Street museum has welcomed a £350 donation from the breakfast company which has pledged to give back to the community and support specially selected charities throughout 2025.
Residents across South Cheshire are set to pay on average £14 more for policing after a planned increase in the force’s council tax precept was approved.
Dan Price, Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC), proposed the precept which was given the go ahead by the Cheshire Police and Crime Panel.
The Need Golf Centre in Nantwich has been shortlisted in the “Facility of the year” category of England Golf awards.
The centre, off Main Road between Reaseheath and Worleston, is one of just three golf facilities in the country to be shortlisted.
Leighton Hospital chiefs have submitted a planning application to Cheshire East Council to build an electrical substation on land just off Flowers Lane in Crewe.
The proposed substation will provide power to the site of the planned new hospital, located to the north of the existing Leighton Hospital.
Nantwich company Direct Access has featured in a new North West report on the ambitions of regional businesses over the next 12 months.
Ambition 2025 – commissioned by law firm Pannone Corporate – aims to understand the key drivers of growth, as well as the motivations, priorities and challenges for companies in the North West.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Council tax bills look set to rise by 4.99% this year after the corporate policy committee voted to recommend the increase to full council.
The increase is the maximum Cheshire East Council can impose after the government this week refused its request to hike up bills by 9.99%.
Two men who pleaded guilty to setting fire to a former print works in Crewe causing widespread disruption and displacing hundreds of residents, will be sentenced in April.
A third man has been found not guilty following a trial at Chester Crown Court.
The headteacher of Stapeley Broad Lane C of E Primary School has hailed a “fantastic” report after their latest Ofsted inspection.
The school, part of the Cornovii Trust, has been praised by Ofsted for the ‘exemplary’ behaviour of pupils, a ‘broad and ambitious’ curriculum and ‘exceptional’ efforts in supporting pupil personal development.
People in South Cheshire could soon be governed by a new devolved Cheshire and Warrington authority as part of the Government’s devolution priority programme.
The region is one of six which has been approved to go forward under the Government’s plans to restructure local governance.
Nantwich Town Women beat local rivals AFC Crewe 3-2 in an intense away fixture at Alsager Football Club’s Wood Park Stadium.
The Cheshire Women’s & Youth Football League Premier Division clash saw the Dabbers dominate the first half before sealing the three points.
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