As we move further into 2026, UK gaming looks more like a connected ecosystem than a set of separate markets.
Console, PC and mobile are still distinct, but they increasingly overlap through cross-platform play, shared accounts, synced progression and subscription services.
Children and young people with educational needs in Crewe and Nantwich are to receive a £2.5 million funding boost as part of the Government’s Inclusive Mainstream Fund.
The money aims to give children a chance to attend their local school, early years and college and know they belong there.
A couple who run the Lord Combermere pub in Audlem have announced they are leaving, throwing the future of the pub into doubt.
Rachel Tremblay and partner Cameron Cousens revealed last night that they are to leave after two and a half years running the venue.
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council has been granted exceptional financial support from the government for the third year so it can balance its books, writes Belinda Ryan.
The authority was informed yesterday its request for £35 million for the next financial year has been agreed in principle.
It appears Cheshire East Council’s bid to hike up council tax by 9.99% in 2026-27 has been rejected by the Government.
The cash-strapped authority had applied for the extraordinary measure, way above the normal cap of 4.99%, due to its massive funding gap.
Cash-strapped Cheshire East Council is applying to the government for permission to increase council tax by up to 9.99% this year, writes Belinda Ryan.
The council is looking at a funding a massive gap of £18.2 million for the 2026/27 financial year.
A new Leighton Hospital is a step closer after a government joint investment committee approved Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Strategic Outline Case.
It is the first of three business cases the trust must complete before construction on the new hospital can begin.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East needs to seek government advice on how quickly it can switch to a cabinet system because of an urgent need to speed up decision-making, the Conservatives said.
Knutsford councillor Tony Dean (Con) even asked if it was possible to decide within 24 hours if there were any emergency powers which could be introduced to speed up decision-making, describing the pace of change currently as “snail-like”.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East will have to scrap its committee system and revert to a leader and cabinet model if government plans to simplify local council governance go ahead.
The government is planning to introduce new legislation to abolish the committee system, which local government minister Jim McMahon said could be ‘unclear, duplicative, and wasteful, leading to slower, less efficient decision making’.
Plans for improving special needs provision for Cheshire East children are in limbo because the government has not made a decision on the authority’s bid to convert its former HQ into a school, a councillor said.
Officers briefed the children and families committee on the council’s proposed SEND (special educational needs and disability) and AP (Alternative Provision) ‘One Plan’.
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Patients in Crewe and Nantwich are to benefit from a new state-of-the-art hospital after the Department of Health and Social Care rubber-stamped hundreds of millions of pounds of funding to redevelop Leighton Hospital.
Health Minister Karin Smyth has confirmed funding available for schemes in the first wave of the New Hospital Programme, including Leighton Hospital.
The government has confirmed Cheshire East Council will receive exceptional financial support of £25.3m, meaning it can set a balanced budget for the next financial year, writes Belinda Ryan.
The cash-strapped council was informed yesterday (Thursday) it had been granted the extra support.
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