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Breakfast with Santa, an artisan market and a world class band's Christmas concert … it's all happening in Sandbach this weekend.

And the fun starts tomorrow (Friday) when Sandbach Rugby Club dance the night away at their club dinner dance in Bradwall Road and

A Sandbach family will be gathering around a park bench on Christmas Eve – as they fondly remember their dear mum whom the bench is dedicated to.

The family of the late Margaret Powney, who passed away in June, have paid for a bench in her memory in Sandbach Park overlooking the area she visited with her grandchildren.

Music lovers have a chance to catch a world famous brass band and a nationally acclaimed singer at a Christmas extravaganza this month.

Brass band champions Foden's Band and the legendary Matt Ford are staging their "Memories of Christmas" concert on December 19th.

Sandbach Mayor Councillor Geraint Price Jones is hoping his charity fundraiser literally takes off this weekend.

Every year the town mayor nominates a charity and Cllr Price Jones has named the North West Air Ambulance for this year – a cause close to his heart.

A town councillor breached the code of conduct by calling fellow members 'gutter rats' and 'filthy scum' in an email, a hearing decided.

Sandbach town councillor David Jack also described another councillor as a p***head on Facebook and made derogatory comments about a member of the public.

Sandbach company Rhino Safety Ltd are celebrating another win after recently picking up their sixth award in just six years at the South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business awards.

The husband and wife team, Simon and Cate Walter whose business is in Edwin Foden Business Centre in Moss Lane picked up the award for 'business of the year (under 25 employees) an award they also collected in 2018.

Addressing the nation just after 6pm tonight ( Wednesday) Boris Johnson said that it is clear that Omicron is spreading faster than the Delta variant - and that the 568 cases of the variant in the UK is almost certainly underestimated.

The Omicron variant has emerged on the back of a high rate of Delta infections, Prof Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, added, with Johnson underlining Plan B will now come into force.

Cheshire East Council has responded to the publication of its latest Ofsted inspection report into services for children who need help or protection, which has been published today (Wednesday).

Ofsted carried out an inspection of local authority children's services (ILACS) in Cheshire East on 3 and 4 November.

Cheshire youth justice service – which provides support for young people at risk of committing crime, those who have been convicted and victims – has been praised by government inspectors.

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation has rated the service as 'Good', following an inspection led by HM Inspector Yvonne McGuckian, and supported by a team of inspectors and colleagues from across the inspectorate, police, health, social care, and education.