Nantwich Town Council is to consider which services if any it will take over from cash-strapped Cheshire East Council under plans for more devolved power.
It could see the town council eventually take over services such as street lighting, street cleaning, parks and play areas, the museum and even off street parking.
Town councillors have backed a campaigner to call for Cheshire East Council to pause any auction of Brookfield Hall in Nantwich.
Sam James is spearheading a campaign to save the hall and turn it into a community asset for local groups to use.
Councillor Kim Jamson was today welcomed in as the new Mayor of Nantwich at a town council meeting.
Cllr Jamson, who worked as a primary school teacher for many years, has acted as deputy mayor in 2025-26 and will now chair council meetings throughout the next year.
Members of the Nantwich community were honoured tonight (May 8th) at the 2026 Mayor’s Salt of the Earth Awards.
In one of her final engagements of her mayoral year, Cllr Mary Slinn handed out awards to deserving volunteers, organisations and residents who have gone above and beyond.
Nantwich Town Council has launched a story writing competition and is encouraging primary school children to get involved.
The competition is part of the council’s “Love Your Market” campaign and the National Year of Reading.
Nantwich Police have praised venues, door staff and visitors for making Easter’s Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival one of the safest yet.
Sgt Matt Stonier revealed that just seven arrests were made throughout the whole 5-day festival between April 2-6.
Town councillors in Nantwich have approved plans for a £40,000 loan to Nantwich Players for essential building works at its Love Lane theatre.
The loan will be paid back over 10 years at an agreed interest rate of around 5.5%, the council was told last night.
Residents of Nantwich are being invited to the Nantwich Annual Town Meeting taking place on Thursday April 23rd at Nantwich Civic Hall.
And the meeting this year also includes a community event featuring stalls from local organisations and refreshments.
Meet eight-year-old Emilia James from Nantwich who is melting hearts with her campaign against litter, including ours here at Nantwich News!
We’re backing Emilia as she wages war on litter in a bid to protect wildlife and dogs out for a walk with their owners around the Nantwich loop.
Nantwich Town Council has stepped back from bidding for a second lottery grant for its popular community garden.
They had originally planned a Stage 2 application to further fund the Growing Health Community Garden at Brookfield allotments in Nantwich.
A town councillor has called for parts of Nantwich to be designated for “Street Art”.
In a Notice of Motion to the town council, Cllr John Priest believes areas of the town could be made more attractive with artwork.
Nantwich Police have vowed to ramp up their checks on fake IDs being used by younger people trying to access licenced premises.
Local officers say they are working with members of the town’s Pubwatch scheme to carry out more proactive targeting of those using fake IDs.
Bungling Cheshire East Council paid out £21,520 of Community Infrastructure Levy funds to Nantwich Town Council by mistake – and only spotted the error 20 months later!
Now it has emerged they are demanding the money back – despite it already being allocated to key improvements to the town’s parks.
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