By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is considering plans to close its headquarters in Sandbach and operate out of its offices at Crewe and Macclesfield.
The council is also looking at proposals to move Macclesfield Library into the town hall.
Crewe will find out before Easter if it is to be headquarters of the new Great British Railways (GBR).
Crewe & Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan says he met with the Rail Minister Hew Merriman to push the case for the town, and added than an announcement of where the headquarter will be is expected by Easter.
Conservative MPs across the North West have backed Crewe’s bid to become the home of Great British Railways.
Eighteen MPs have signed a joint letter to the new Secretary of State for Transport Anne-Marie Trevelyan including the Crewe & Nantwich MP Dr Kieran Mullan who organised the approach.
More than 100 businesses have penned an open letter to the Transport Secretary backing Crewe’s bid to be the home of the Great British Railways (GBR) Headquarters.
And now Crewe’s namesake town in Virginia (US) has backed the campaign!
Crewe has made a shortlist of six towns and cities in the UK in the race to be selected as the new headquarters of Great British Railways.
It was chosen with York, Bimringham, Derby, Doncaster and Newcastle-upon-Tyne out of 42 towns and cities that applied.
The four leaders of the main political groups on Cheshire East Council have united in backing Crewe’s bid to be the home of the Great British Railways headquarters.
A bid is currently being prepared for Crewe to be the location of the headquarters for the new public body, which will oversee and manage rail in the country.
Nantwich’s 38th South West Cheshire Scout Group has a new temporary home at Reaseheath College while the group prepares for the demolition and rebuild of its headquarters.
The scout troop and cub pack are now meeting in one of Reaseheath’s carpentry workshops while the beaver colony has a classroom in the construction department.
Dear Editor,
The competition to find a new home for the Great British Railways Headquarters is now live and towns and cities from across the United Kingdom are invited to apply.
Wistaston Scouts have unveiled their new £270,000 base after completing a five-year fund-raising project to move headquarters.
The project included demolishing the old Scout Hut and replacing it with a new building which was formally opened in front of an audience which included many who helped out.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
A former Cheshire Police officer has claimed sickness levels will continue to rise in the force after a report found that mental health issues are common.
Bob Fousert and Sally Hardwick, independent members of the police and crime panel, visited the occupational health unit at Cheshire Police’s headquarters in Winsford.
Cheshire Police and Cheshire Fire Service look set to share a single headquarters from April 2018, it has emerged.
Police and fire chiefs say the move aims to protect front line emergency services.
More than 100 guests celebrated the opening of a Nantwich businesswoman’s new hair training academy. Helen Douglas’ academy has transformed a former beauty parlour on Nantwich Road, Crewe, into a trendy learning facility for budding young stylists.
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