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Covid vaccine supplies in Cheshire East to be stepped up, says Leader

Covid vaccine supplies in Cheshire East to be stepped up, says Leader

By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Covid vaccine supplies to Cheshire East will be stepped up again, having been ‘throttled back’ by government.

CEC Labour Council Leader Sam Corcoran also admitted there had been “teething problems” at the opening of a mass vaccine centre at Alderley Park.

March 12, 2021
READER’S LETTER: Wrenbury teacher “ray of light” during Covid gloom

READER’S LETTER: Wrenbury teacher “ray of light” during Covid gloom

Dear Editor,
I live in Wrenbury and run a travel company – irrelevant to this email in some respects, but also not based on the fact that my industry and many others are in a terrible situation and many people in general are battling, life is tough and all doom and gloom in the news.

March 4, 2021
New bars to open in Nantwich as lockdown nears end

New bars to open in Nantwich as lockdown nears end

Nantwich could emerge from the Covid pandemic lockdown with new bars in the town centre.

Outlets on Hospital Street and High Street in the town centre are set to open this summer as the country returns to relative normality.

March 2, 2021
Reaseheath College hosts virtual lambing and zoo event

Reaseheath College hosts virtual lambing and zoo event

Reaseheath College in Nantwich is inviting visitors to join its popular lambing and zoo weekends virtually this year while its campus remains closed due to Covid restrictions.

February 27, 2021
Nantwich Town league season to be curtailed,  FA committees agree

Nantwich Town league season to be curtailed, FA committees agree

Nantwich Town’s 2020-21 season has been curtailed with immediate effect due to the impact of the Covid lockdown, the FA has agreed.

It means, subject to ratification by the FA Council, that all Nantwich’s Northern Premier League games at Step 3 in National league system will not take place this season.

February 24, 2021
More 2021 events cancelled near Nantwich by Covid restrictions

More 2021 events cancelled near Nantwich by Covid restrictions

Two more popular summer events near Nantwich have been cancelled or postponed because of Covid pandemic restrictions.

Wybunbury Fig Pie Wakes organisers have decided to cancel its event which was due to be held on June 12.

February 24, 2021
St Luke’s Hospice unveils new Covid-safe visiting facilities for families

St Luke’s Hospice unveils new Covid-safe visiting facilities for families

Patients at St Luke’s Hospice and their families are using new Covid-safe visiting facilities funded by donations.

Since the start of the pandemic patients receiving end of life care have been able to have visits at their bedside from loved ones, with strict safety procedures in place.

February 14, 2021
Nantwich Jazz Festival officially cancelled in 2021

Nantwich Jazz Festival officially cancelled in 2021

Organisers have officially announced the cancellation of the 2021 Nantwich Jazz Festival.

The event, planned for April 1-5, was not likely to be held because of the current lockdown and ongoing pandemic.

February 12, 2021
Further rise in fines for Covid lockdown breaches in South Cheshire

Further rise in fines for Covid lockdown breaches in South Cheshire

Residents are being urged to stick to the pandemic lockdown rules after another surge in the number fines being issued.

Officers have now dished out 685 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) since early January – including 126 in the Crewe and Nantwich divisional area.

February 10, 2021
Nantwich Covid survivor raises £1,200 for staff who “saved her life”

Nantwich Covid survivor raises £1,200 for staff who “saved her life”

An 80-year-old coronavirus survivor from Nantwich has raised more than £1,200 for the hospital that ‘saved her life’.

Gill Bennett was admitted to Crewe’s Leighton Hospital after her temperature soared to 40 degrees.

February 4, 2021
Nine in 10 over 75s in Cheshire receive first Covid vaccine dose

Nine in 10 over 75s in Cheshire receive first Covid vaccine dose

By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
Nearly nine in 10 of Cheshire and Merseyside’s over-75 population received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by the end of last month.

That’s according to the latest weekly data released by NHS England today (February 4).

February 4, 2021
Nantwich Show aerial view

Nantwich Show cancelled for 2021, organisers announce

Nantwich Show for 2021 has been cancelled because of the Covid pandemic, organisers have announced.

It’s the third consecutive year the Show, one of the biggest events in the town’s calendar, has had to be called off.

January 31, 2021
Nantwich officers warn parents of teenagers as Cheshire Police issue 300+ fines

Nantwich officers warn parents of teenagers as Cheshire Police issue 300+ fines

Nantwich officers have warned parents of teenagers to keep them at home in lockdown after Cheshire Police issued more than 300 fines in January.

They say parents of children caught breaking lockdown rules could be fined, after complaints in the Stapeley area of groups of youths hanging around, some involved in anti-social behaviour.

January 28, 2021