There were 264 cat cruelty complaints made in Cheshire last year, new figures from the RSPCA show.
And nationally, there were almost 18,000 cat cruelty complaints reported, with 1,726 logged as intentional harm incidents.
The Victorian former schoolhouse and youth centre in Shavington has been put up for auction despite a two-year campaign by local councillors and MP Kieran Mullan to save it.
The building has stood vacant for over two years but efforts to retain it as a community asset have failed.
By Jonathan White
Nantwich Town Ladies FC suffered defeat away at Northwich Vixens as they got their pre-season campaign underway at The Park Stadium.
Dan Mellor’s players lost 3-2 with goals from Jade Buckley-Ratcliff and Dani Fisher-Sherratt for the Dabbers.
Nantwich Town have unveiled their summer pre-season schedule ahead of the new campaign in 2023-24.
All games will be played away from the Swansway Stadium where the club’s main pitch is set to be replaced with a new 3G pitch.
A campaign group dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of local women met at Crewe Hall to reaffirm its aims and drive forward change.
Cheshire Women’s Collaboration (CWC) drew leading influencers including businesswomen, health professionals, university academics and charity organisations to its annual conference.
A campaign to make society safer for women and girls has unveiled plans for new South Cheshire headquarters as part of a package of measures to prevent their physical and mental harm.
Alpha Omega Women Peace and Security (WPS) Foundation, which currently holds sessions at Crewe Market Hall, is opening a hub on Crewe Business Park offering emotional and practical support.
CEC bosses say they have secured Government funding to step up its “Show the air you care” campaign.
It targets vehicle engine idling and wood burning stoves in the borough.
A campaign to increase safety for women and girls has received a major cash boost after supporters turned out in force to an event at Rookery Hall, Nantwich.
There was a full house for the first Women Peace & Security (WPS) Foundation fundraising dinner which raised more than £7,000 for various initiatives to safeguard women and girls from mental and physical harm.
Cheshire East Council has launched a new public health campaign that visualises winter bugs currently circulating.
It comes as more deaths of children from the Strep A virus have been reported across the UK.
More people in Nantwich than anywhere else in Cheshire East have registered to take part in a new “pick up litter and get fit” scheme.
The Cheshire East Council initiative encourages people to get active, spend time outdoors and help to keep local neighbourhoods litter free.
Solicitors based in Nantwich and Crewe have teamed up with St Luke’s Hospice to run the fund-raising “Make a Will Week” campaign.
Hibberts and Poole Alcock are among the firms taking part during the event which runs from October 17-21.
The RSPCA says it received 287 reports of cat cruelty in Cheshire in 2021.
National figures reveal seven cats a day suffer at the hands of humans and this is expected to increase during the summer months.
A new charity dedicated to preventing violence towards women is stepping up its safety campaign on South Cheshire streets after the murder of a London law graduate walking home at night.
Organisers of the Alpha Omega Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Foundation said the murder of 35-year-old Zara Aleena illustrated the urgent need to make society safer for women out alone.
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