Motorists in Nantwich will enjoy free car parking as part of a new initiative by Cheshire East Council. From August 5, parking on the Snow Hill car park next to Nantwich Pool will be free of charge from 3pm each day.
Two African school teachers are visiting Nantwich to learn best practice from a local primary school. The Kenyan teachers are spending several days with staff and pupils of Millfields Primary School on Marsh Lane.
Former deputy leader of Cheshire East Council Brian Silvester has joined the UK Independence Party. And the councillor for Willaston and Rope said he believes it is “time for fresh start” in the area.
A parish council in Nantwich is to spend £12,000 on a barrister to fight controversial housing plans. Stapeley Parish Council is to plough thousands of taxpayers’ pounds into the battle with Muller Property.
Community groups in Nantwich are being urged to bid for almost £40,000 of funding to help develop and expand their work. Latest figures show the Community First Neighbourhood Matched Fund has £39,592 of non-allocated funds for Cheshire East alone.
A Nantwich school’s young choir was in fine voice after triumphing in a Cheshire East competition. Stapeley Broad Lane’s 54-strong KS2 choir won the Cheshire East Primary Choirs contest at Clonter Opera Theatre, near Homes Chapel.
Nantwich Rotary Club has agreed to help fund a vital Cheshire support group for dementia sufferers. The funding boost comes as Alzheimer’s Society in Cheshire East celebrates the first year of its befriending service, Forget me Knot.
Nantwich Litter Group volunteers have called on residents to stop turning areas of the town into “grot spots”. The group is increasing in numbers, but needs more people to tackle the growing litter problem.
A £7.5 million grant will help ease traffic congestion for thousands of Crewe and Nantwich drivers using junction 16 of the M6. The funds secured by Cheshire East Council will pay for widening and traffic signals on the northbound slip road and A500 approaches.
Residents and councillors in Willaston are calling on home builders to resolve parking problems on a new development. Villagers say vehicles being parked on grass verges on the new Meadow View development are leaving the verges “unsightly” and causing an “eyesore”.
Crewe Alexandra supporters can catch a glimpse of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy when it visits Gresty Road today (March 27) ahead of the Wembley final on April 7. The Alex take on Southend United in what will be the club’s first-ever cup final appearance at Wembley Stadium.
Cheshire East is to freeze Council Tax rates for Nantwich residents for the next two years. And more than a quarter of council management posts are to be cut to save £5 million.
Cheshire East Council’s head of finance Lisa Quinn has quit, it emerged today. Ms Quinn (left in picture), director of finance and business services, left her job by mutual agreement on Friday, a Cheshire East statement has revealed.
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