New Cheshire East service supports unpaid carers
Cheshire East Council has launched a service to support thousands of unpaid carers across the borough during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Food Festival organisers arrange Nantwich Foodbank collection
A second “drop off and go” food collection in aid of Nantwich Foodbank will be held on Monday May 11.
The initiative, organised by Nantwich Food Festival, will be staged for a second time at Brine Leas School in Nantwich.
Brine Leas student from Wistaston through to national song competition
A Brine Leas School student is one of the top ten finalists in the national song academy 2020 Young Songwriters Competition.
Cathy Jain, from Wistaston, has made it through from hundreds entries in her category across the UK in the contest run by The Song Academy.
Nantwich firm Direct Access sources millions of PPE items to help care homes
Nantwich firm Direct Access has sourced millions of items of Personal Protective Equipment to help local authorities, care homes and disability organisations fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Steven Mifsud, boss of the disability access consultancy, based at Regents Centre off London Road, says they have used international contacts to bring supplies to the UK.
READER’S LETTER: This CEC Council Leader is “out of tune”
Dear Editor,
Did my ears deceive me or did Cllr Sam Corcoran, Leader of Cheshire East Council, inform his Cabinet (on Tues May 5) and his residents how marvellous it is to ride his bike on empty roads in lovely clean air?
Two Liverpool men arrested and charged for Willaston burglary
Two men from Liverpool have been charged in connection with a burglary in Willaston, near Nantwich.
Adam Blease, 34, and Neil Fathing, 33, were arrested after a BMW car was stopped by officers on the M65 near Preston at around 2.45pm on Monday (May 4).
Police hunt man who grabbed girl, 13, in Queens Park
Police are hunting a man who grabbed a 13-year-old girl as she walked through Queens Park in Crewe.
Officers are appealing for information from members of the public who may have seen the incident.
Nantwich residents pedal and run their way to NHS fundraising success
Two Nantwich residents have helped raise thousands of pounds for NHS Charities – by pedalling and running thousands of miles in their own homes!
Man who terrorised South Cheshire family jailed for 2 years
A man who terrorised a South Cheshire family has been jailed for two years and three months and ordered to stay away from them.
Bobby Palin, 32, of Samuel Street in Crewe, appeared at Chester Crown Court on May 1 to be sentenced after pleading guilty to stalking and harassment.
Cheshire East says carbon neutral plan “most ambitious” in country
By Aran Dhillon, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council chiefs have approved “one of the most ambitious” plans in the country centred on making Cheshire East carbon neutral by 2025.
The authority’s cabinet approved an environment strategy to respond to the ‘global threat’ posed by climate change at its virtual meeting yesterday (May 5).
617 lockdown “breaches” probed by police across Crewe and Nantwich
Police have investigated 617 reports of lockdown “breaches” across Crewe and Nantwich, it emerged today.
And Chief Insp Simon Newell, head of the Crewe LPU which covers Nantwich, revealed 33 fixed penalty fines had been issued in that time.
Barbridge villagers create Scarecrow trail for lockdown children
Villagers in Barbridge near Nantwich have been helping youngsters pass the time during lockdown – by creating this Scarecrow Trail!
Residents in the village have pitched in by making these brilliant scarecrows and put them up on a trail for people to see on their daily exercise.
Cheshire East Council household recycling centres to reopen May 11
Household waste and recycling centres in Cheshire East will reopen on Monday May 11, the authority said today.
But residents are warned there will be restrictions and traffic management in place.
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