A South Cheshire man who fraudulently claimed more than £1,200 in benefits has been ordered by magistrates to repay the money. David Wainwright, 42, formerly of Shropshire Street, Audlem, pleaded guilty at South and East Cheshire Magistrates’ Court.
Busy Welsh Row in Nantwich is to be closed for up to two weeks for major works on a collapsed sewer. The closure will be from its junction with Waterlode to its junction with Taylor Drive.
A new coffee morning club is launching in Nantwich. The Monday Morning Coffee Club, aimed at older residents, will be hosted by Broad Lane Methodist Chapel on Audlem Road.
By Jonathan White Boxing fans flocked to Nantwich Civic Hall to watch South Cheshire ABC host their first boxing night. The event saw local boxers taking on fighters from across the North West at different weight classes over several bouts of amateur boxing.
A development of up to 1,100 houses, businesses, shops and a possible school in Nantwich has been approved by Cheshire East Council. The plan is for land at Kingsley Fields and was put forward by the North West Nantwich Consortium, including Reaseheath College and Mosaic Estates.
Cheshire East Council chiefs defended a decision to stage a Nantwich housing public inquiry 30 miles away in Macclesfield. The Muller Homes plan to build 1,100 homes as part of a “Nantwich South” village in Stapeley have caused uproar.
Network Rail is set to demolish Nantwich’s aging railway signal box if plans get given the go ahead. They have submitted plans to Cheshire East Council to knock down the signal box at the level crossing on Wellington Road.
Council chiefs are being urged to move an inquiry into a Nantwich housing plan, which is set to be held 30 miles away in Macclesfield. Crewe & Nantwich MP Edward Timpson has stepped in to request the inquiry into the Muller Homes application be held in the Nantwich area.
A Green Party candidate has attacked Cheshire East Council chiefs’ claims how the HS2 rail project will boost Crewe and Nantwich. John Knight labelled HS2 an “expensive vanity project” and believes Cheshire East has been “betrayed” by the Government.
Cheshire East Council chiefs dismissed potential shale gas “fracking” sites – hours after David Cameron claimed it was the future for energy. Oil and gas companies leading the charge for shale gas plan to expand drilling sites in the UK – with Crewe and Nantwich area a potential rich source.
Nantwich Town Council is to commemorate Holocaust Day with a Book of Remembrance. The book will be based at Nantwich Civic Hall and open for anyone to sign.
Wistaston residents are celebrating after a planning application to build up to 300 homes on “Green Gap” land was thrown out. Gladman Homes wanted to develop on the land off Church Lane, known locally as “Witters Field”.
Work to probe potential contamination at the Barony playing fields in Nantwich has been completed, council chiefs say. Cheshire East Council carried out tests on potential land contamination with more extensive soil sampling on the former clay pit and domestic refuse tip.
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