Cheshire East Council Leader Michael Jones has defended his £5,000 week-long trip to China funded by local taxpayers.
Cllr Jones took part on the trip alongside leaders of Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle councils.
The former manager of a 500-year-old Nantwich pub set to be turned into housing, has blasted brewery agents for wrongly labelling it a failing pub.
Paul Beaton was the last manager of The Star Inn, in Acton, before Enterprise Inns decided to sell it.
By Kirsty Rollings
A Nantwich South bypass could become a reality to boost transport links in South Cheshire, admits Cheshire East Leader Cllr Michael Jones.
The bypass is one of a number of ideas council chiefs are now considering to boost infrastructure when the HS2 rail line opens in 2027.
Everybody Sport and Recreation has launched a pilot personal training scheme in three leisure centres in Cheshire East, including Shavington.
It’s part of a wider plan to roll out to further centres by January 2016.
Nantwich’s new-look library will be hosting a one-off talk on postcards of Edwardian times.
The Beam Street venue, which recently re-opened after refurbishment work, is staging the talk delivered by Linda Clarke, from Cheshire Archives and Local Studies.
Cheshire East’s pest control service could soon charge Nantwich residents four times as much for dealing with rats and mice.
The current in-house service, which tackles pests including rats, mice, wasps, ants and fleas, makes a loss.
Everybody Sport and Recreation is offering 10 apprenticeships to kick-start careers in leisure.
The Cheshire East trust, which was formed in May last year, hopes the roles will provide job training and qualifications for those trying to get in to the leisure industry.
Cheshire East could see a massive 36,000 new homes over the next 15 years, according to reports published today (May 13).
That’s a rise of 7,000 on the number originally predicted in the initial draft of the Cheshire East Local Plan.
The cost of running Nantwich Civic Hall has fallen by £31,000, latest figures show.
The drop is good news for Nantwich Town Council, who took over the venue from Cheshire East Council three years ago.
Cheshire East has until end of July to submit more evidence in its fight to get a Local Plan recognised.
The new deadline has been set by planning inspectors to take account of the general and local elections.
People are being invited to a day of celebration at Nantwich Lake to see new information signs and a swan sculpture unveiled.
The event, from 11am to 3pm on Tuesday April 7, has been organised by Cheshire East Council with the help of Ansa Environmental Services Limited, the RSPCA and The Dogs Trust.
Market traders in Nantwich who pack up early are having a negative impact on the town, other stallholders claim.
Concerned traders attended a town council meeting to air fears that some are not adhering to opening hours – which could be turning customers away.
Two thirds of sunbeds tested in Cheshire East were not safe enough, startling figures have revealed.
In an inspection of tanning salons across Nantwich, Crewe and other towns, only 32 of 90 sunbeds met European safety standards.
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