By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s current £46.9m deficit on its special educational needs budget is forecast to rise to a whopping £306.9m by 2028.
Councils across the UK are struggling with massive deficits in their dedicated schools grant budget because funding has not matched soaring demand and spiralling costs.
New spray kits have been handed out to shops and businesses across South Cheshire to deter thieves.
SelectaDNA Intruder Spray kits have been installed as part of Cheshire Police’s Operation Shield initiative.
The Beautiful South’s co-founder Dave Hemingway’s is bringing his new band “Sunbirds” to play at the Nantwich Words & Music Festival.
The group will be performing at Nantwich Town Football Club on Monday October 9 as part of the week-long programme of events during the festival.
Organisers of the successful Nantwich Food Festival are already busy looking for new volunteers for the 2024 event.
Volunteer co-ordinator Ana Martins was keen to thank her team of volunteers who worked during the 2023 festival.
A GP practice in Nantwich is to bring in a new phone system next month after scores of complaints from patients unable to get through.
Bosses at Kiltearn Medical Practice, at Church View Primary Care Centre in Nantwich, say the new system will be operational from October 3.
Plans are already in place for a number of local Christmas events as we head into Autumn!
And The White Lion at Weston are ahead of the game, announcing the return of their Christmas Markets event once again, set for December 17.
In the evolving narrative of human connections, the notion of romance has experienced various transformations, encompassing the rich, the strange, the delightful, and sometimes the baffling.
Businessman and Nantwich Town fan David Smyth is tackling the 192-mile Coast to Coast walk in aid of Crewe and Nantwich Cancer Research branch.
David, joined by his two friends, is setting out from St Bees in Cumbria and walk through three national parks of the Lake District, Pennines, and North York Moors, before finishing in Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire.
Two nationally recognised florists are bringing flower power back to Tarporley’s High Street by returning a shop back to its floral traditions.
Zoe Hall, 39 from Tarporley, and Sarah Harry, 40, from Chester, opened their first florist ‘Bramble Blooms’ in Beeston in 2019.
Jimmy Warrington reached a remarkable career milestone as Nantwich Cricket Club’s first team got back to winning ways.
The evergreen quick bowler took his 700th Cheshire County Premier League wicket in the victory over Grappenhall at Whitehouse Lane.
Legat Owen, acting on behalf of PAGG Properties, has sold Europa House on Crewe Business Park to Sercon Limited for £595,000.
The announcement follows the sale of Electra House also for PAGG Properties last year to Bond Estates, the investment arm of H. W. Coates Ltd, for an undisclosed sum.
By Jonathan White
Hundreds of villagers turned out in force to enjoy Wistaston’s annual Duck Race and Children’s model boat race.
The 26th ‘Annual Community Duck Race and Children’s Model Boat Race’ took place at the Joey the Swan parkland area, and organised by volunteers from Wistaston Community Council village events team and Wistaston Memorial Hall.
Police are continuing to appeal for help to trace a driver who hit a pedestrian and drove off on London Road in Nantwich.
The 61-year-old victim is receiving treatment at Royal Stoke Hospital for a number of serious injuries.
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