Highways teams have painted specially designed poppy markings across roads in Cheshire East to mark Remembrance Sunday.
The iconic poppies, including one outside Nantwich Civic Hall, have been painted in honour of the service and sacrifice provided by our Armed Forces, veterans and their families.
The annual Remembrance Sunday parade and service will not go ahead this weekend due to Covid restrictions, it has been announced.
The march and service at the Cenotaph in Nantwich town centre usually attracts hundreds of people.
Leaders from councils and emergency services across Cheshire met today to discuss the impact the Government’s month-long lockdown will have on the county.
And they now plan to bring forward a localised test, trace and isolate system, to be fully operational at the end of the new lockdown period.
Police want to trace an elderly man after an alleged spitting incident on Welsh Row which has left a Nantwich woman badly shaken.
Victim Sophie King said the man leaned in to her car window and “spat in my face several times” after she had asked him to move away.
A Nantwich school is checking every pupil’s temperature as they arrive in a bid to keep it Covid free.
Stapeley Broad Lane C of E Primary, in Broad Lane, is one of the first schools in the area to use stand-alone devices which scan the temperature of each pupil, staff member and visitor as they enter the building.
Pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues across Crewe and Nantwich could receive monthly grants of up £2,100, the Chancellor has announced today.
Rishi Sunak says the additional funding has now been earmarked for businesses in “Tier 2” (High Risk) areas such as Cheshire East.
There have been 39 positive Covid cases in schools across Cheshire East, latest figures show.
And it has resulted in as many as 2,960 pupils and 123 staff having to self-isolate, says Cheshire East Council.
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It is time to end the lockdowns.
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Brine Leas Sixth Form in Nantwich has been closed for the second time in a week after another positive Covid case.
The school said they have been informed of a positive Covid-19 case in one of its Year 13 students.
Health chiefs have praised the ongoing response of Cheshire’s GPs and practice staff to the challenge of Coronavirus.
And they have reiterated that general practice is very much “open for business” despite the resurgence of virus cases.
A community garden project in Nantwich to help improve health and well-being, has been given a cash boost from Cheshire East Council’s Covid Recovery Fund.
The Growing Health Community Garden Nantwich is coming to life on two empty allotment plots behind Brookfield Park in Nantwich.
Nantwich Town’s FA Cup third qualifying round will go ahead at Marine tomorrow (October 13) despite an outbreak of Covid among the squad.
The last two games for the Dabbers have been postponed, after four players tested positive for the virus.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Both Cheshire’s councils have been named as “high alert” areas on the government’s new coronavirus ranking.
The news was confirmed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a statement to the House of Commons this afternoon.
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