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Residents urged to use NHS test and trace Covid app

Residents urged to use NHS test and trace Covid app

Cheshire East residents are being urged to download the new NHS test and trace app.

The NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app was launched yesterday (September 24).

September 25, 2020
Cheshire Police unveils new “community policing” model

Cheshire Police unveils new “community policing” model

Cheshire Police has unveiled its new “community policing” model with “dedicated officers and PCSOs” in 122 community areas.

It will include new police bases in community and village halls in and around Nantwich.

September 25, 2020
Tarporley racing driver Oliphant heads to Silverstone in sixth place

Tarporley racing driver Oliphant heads to Silverstone in sixth place

Tarporley racing driver Tom Oliphant heads to Silverstone this weekend after a fine showing at Thruxton which as left him in sixth place in the BTCC Championship.

Oliphant was rewarded with a trio of top eight finishes, banking him a solid haul of points.

September 24, 2020
Plan unveiled for major changes to Colleys Lane junction with A530

Plan unveiled for major changes to Colleys Lane junction with A530

Plans have been unveiled to change the junction of Colleys Lane with the A530 Middlewich Road in Willaston.

Draft proposals from Cheshire East highways include making it no entry into Colleys Lane from the A530.

September 24, 2020
READER’S LETTER: “Dump the EU Withdrawal Treaty, Boris”

READER’S LETTER: “Dump the EU Withdrawal Treaty, Boris”

Dear Editor,
Boris is being criticised for threatening to ditch part of the Withdrawal Treaty with the EU.

My only criticism is that he is not planning to bin the entire Withdrawal Treaty and not going for ‘NoDeal’
with the EU.

September 23, 2020
Sponsored walk raises funds for Nantwich Town Wolves

Sponsored walk raises funds for Nantwich Town Wolves

By Jonathan White
Players and friends of Nantwich Town Wolves Visually Impaired Football Club completed a 42-mile walk to raise money for the club.

The annual walk started in Nantwich and finished in Hayfield in the Peak District.

September 23, 2020
Hope House Dark Run goes virtual on Halloween

Hope House Dark Run goes virtual on Halloween

The annual Hope House Dark Run in aid of the hospice is going virtual this Halloween.

Children and adults from around Nantwich are being encouraged to pull on their fluorescent and spooky outfits and hit the street on a 5K route near their homes.

September 23, 2020
Cheshire East councillor tells parents to switch off engines outside schools

Cheshire East councillor tells parents to switch off engines outside schools

By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Parents collecting their children from school should switch their engines off to help improve air quality, says a Cheshire East Councillor.

Cllr Mick Warren, CEC cabinet member for communities, said “idling engines” is adding pollution and impacting on health.

September 23, 2020
Five-year-old’s Snowdon climb in aid of village school in Nantwich

Five-year-old’s Snowdon climb in aid of village school in Nantwich

A big-hearted Nantwich boy is climbing up Snowdon with his dad to help raise hundreds of pounds for his village school.

Five-year-old Jack McIntyre wanted to help raise money for the Friends of Acton School PTA.

September 23, 2020
Joe Malkin celebrates the equaliser

Nantwich Town progress in FA Cup after victory over Tividale FC

Two goals each for Joe Malkin and Callum Saunders helped Nantwich Town through to the FA Cup second qualifying round.

The Dabbers faced a tricky opponent in Tividale FC, based in Dudley in West Midlands.

September 23, 2020
First South Cheshire local Covid-19 testing site to open

First South Cheshire local Covid-19 testing site to open

A dedicated walk-through Covid-19 testing site is to be deployed in South Cheshire.

The semi-permanent site, known as a Local Testing Site (LTS), is being created in Crewe and will be ready for public use from October 1.

September 22, 2020
Cheshire road safety survey launched by Crime Commissioner

Cheshire road safety survey launched by Crime Commissioner

Nantwich residents can have their say about road safety policing in a new survey launched by Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner David Keane.

He wants local residents to give their views on how safe the county’s roads are.

September 22, 2020

Fire crews attend electrical fire in Wardle

Fire crews were called out to a commercial premises in Wardle near Nantwich after workers reported smoke and a burning smell.

September 22, 2020