Crewe & Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan has dismissed claims by local Labour politicians that Leighton Hospital has missed out on vital Government funding for winter.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals is not among the 117 trusts which are set to receive a share of £300 million set aside by Government.
Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station could be reopened as early as December 2022, it emerged today.
It is one of 50 proposals submitted from around the UK to the Government’s “Restoring Your Railway Fund”.
Muller Property has been GRANTED permission to build the first phase of a potential 1,100-home “Nantwich South” development on land off Peter de Stapleigh Way, it was announced today.
In a 133-page decision notice, the Secretary of State said he agreed with a planning inspector’s report following a second public inquiry held over four days back in February 2018.
Cheshire East Council leaders have criticised as “wholly inadequate” a government funding package to help councils hit by COVID-19 costs.
Leader and Deputy Leader Cllr Sam Corcoran and Cllr Craig Browne said most of the £27 billion headlining the announcement had already been delivered to businesses in grants.
A South Cheshire charity providing emergency accommodation for women suffering domestic abuse is to receive a share of £8.1 million government funding.
Cheshire Without Abuse, based in Crewe, is to get £231,600 as part of a funding package announced by Homelessness Minister Luke Hall.
Cheshire East Council has launched a £4.28m discretionary fund to support small businesses.
The funding, which will be issued in a phased approach, will initially be open to applications for a 14-day period for the following prioritised businesses:
Cheshire East Council is joining other local authorities in pressing Government for additional funding to meet the rising costs of COVID-19.
It comes as the council revealed the impact of Coronavirus could already be £60 million.
By Jonathan White
Wistaston Jubilee Tennis Club has reopened its doors to members after the Government eased lockdown restrictions on outdoor leisure.
The action has returned to the club on Church Lane in Wistaston, albeit in a slightly different manner.
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South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce members have welcomed the Government’s green light today for HS2 to go ahead.
They hailed the Government’s backing for HS2 as a victory for key employers who have long supported the campaign.
Cheshire East Council has been given £400,000 of Government funding to help the borough’s rough sleepers.
The council will receive £438,329.30 from a £112 million pot as part of the government’s rough sleeping programme.
Ministers have instructed building experts to investigate the Beechmere fire in Crewe.
The Building Research Establishment (BRE), a world leading independent organisation, has been asked by the Government to look into how the fire spread so quickly.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
The Government has handed borough chiefs another funding boost to tackle potholes – but an opposition councillor warns some roads might never be restored.
Cheshire East Council has been given an extra £533,171 from the Department for Transport to improve the borough’s roads.
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