Angry protesters fighting for improvements to Middlewich took their case to Cheshire East Council's HQ Westfields in Sandbach today (Thursday).

Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition saying their wishes have been ignored for years and the town is suffering and deteriorating.

Protesters stood outside the council's offices with homemade banners saying a range of things from "Middlewich the forgotten town" to "Middlewich salt of the earth, save our town."

Protest organiser Laura Turner told the Local Democracy Reporting Service recently: "We want equality, to be treated fairly against other Cheshire East towns and have all our issues resolved as soon as possible."

The protesters are demanding to know why there has been little or no infrastructure improvements in the town to support new housing developments.

They want to know how section 106 money – a contribution a developer makes towards local services such as education or the NHS – has been spent.

There is anger over the smells and traffic from the Ansa depot on Cledford Lane.

Poor air quality has long been an issue among residents in the town.

Other concerns include poorly maintained roads and axing of some gritting routes.

As councillors sat at a meeting of the environment and communities committee inside Westfields this afternoon (Thursday) whistling from protesters and beeps from passing cars could be heard.

As reported in Sandbach Nub News earlier in the week click here protesters will be taking to the streets again in anger at Cheshire East's 'neglect' of their town.

Protest organiser Laura Turner is hoping 100 people or so people will take part in the peaceful protest at Middlewich Cenotaph on Saturday (November 13).