More Met Office weather warnings are in place for Cheshire East over the next 24 hours as heavy rain and strong winds are set to batter the region again.
It comes hot on the heels of storms Dudley and Eunice in the past seven days, leaving trees down and River Weaver at very high levels.
St Luke’s Hospice staff and volunteers have raised a tree-mendous £40,000 from their Christmas Tree Collection scheme.
More than 60 volunteers teamed up between January 13-16 to collect 2,824 individual Christmas trees from people’s homes in return for donations for the Hospice.
By Jonathan White
Local scouts are helping to run a Christmas tree collection and recycling scheme.
The scheme run by the 1st South West Cheshire Scout Group (The Andrews) in Crewe will raise money in aid of local Scouts, to support local children between 6-14 to gain skills for life.
It’s been an interesting few days’ of weather in Cheshire – even by UK standards.
Destructive winds and rain of Storm Arwen on Friday and Saturday, followed by heavy snowfall on Sunday.
Storm Arwen caused travel chaos across Cheshire as high winds brought down trees, blocking roads and railways.
The winds also brought down the Tree of Light in the centre of Nantwich.
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I had hoped that the few remaining mature trees, on the River Weaver riverbank and adjacent to the redevelopment of the former gasworks off Welsh Row in Nantwich, would be spared the cull.
More than 15,000 trees have been planted across Cheshire East in the latest planting season, says the authority.
The council has launched a planting scheme as part of its aim to become carbon neutral in its operations by 2025, and schools like Wrenbury Primary School are helping out.
Angry residents are calling on police and councillors to crackdown on anti-social behaviour at a Nantwich park.
Families living near Brookfield Park, off Shrewbridge Road, say they regularly have to clean up mess including alcohol cans and bottles, drug bags, nitrous oxide canisters.
Cheshire fire crews had one of their busiest nights for years as a powerful storm swept across south and mid Cheshire last night.
Worst hit was the Tarporley, Beeston, Tattenhall and Malpas areas as lightning sparked fires and flood waters left cars submerged and buildings under water.
Trees were felled, buildings damaged, and roads flooded across South Cheshire which was battered by Storm Ciara over the last 18 hours.
By Jonathan White
A Victorian Christmas Festival took place at St Mary’s Church in Acton near Nantwich.
The opening day featured Carols from Acton Primary School which included a guest appearance from Father Christmas.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust has collected more than 200,000 seeds from across Cheshire as part of a national project to protect the UK’s trees.
The Trust is a partner in the UK National Tree Seed Project, set up by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, with funding from players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
Councillors are appealing for help to track down vandals after several trees were damaged on the Millennium Green in Hough near Shavington.
They say the damage was inflicted in the past 48 hours, describing it as “significant deliberate and criminal damage to several beautiful trees”.
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