News in Sandbach

A 72-hour operation aimed at targeting and arresting domestic abuse perpetrators across Cheshire has been launched.

Operation Guardians was launched today and goes on until Thursday will specifically target domestic abuse offenders while bolstering the support available to victims and families affected.

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Domestic abuse in households with adults suffering from dementia has spiralled in Cheshire East during the pandemic.

Jill Broomhall, the council's operational director of adult social care told the adults and health committee at its meeting in Sandbach: "Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse has been particularly challenging during the last year.

A kind hearted couple who bought a railway platform sign at auction and donated it back to the town have seen it restored to its right place and installed back on the platform.

Kieran and Angela Preston bought the old Sandbach station sign dating back to the 1950s at an auction of memorabilia in Crewe.

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UP CLOSE: A renowned Sandbach cake maker has moved premises and opened her doors on a new slice of business.

Lois's Little Cake & Chocolate Company opened for business at the weekend at its exciting new location – Crewe Road.

Firefighters in Cheshire have raised a staggering £22,000 for The Fire Fighters Charity thanks to diverting more than 127 tonnes of clothing away from landfill sites.

And Sandbach Fire Station has raised the most of all the 20 stations preventing 38.14 tonnes of clothing going to landfill and raising a staggering £6,989 for the charity.

Plans for a digital switch-over of a lifeline careline system for the elderly could seriously impact those in areas without high speed broadband, a Cheshire East councillor said.

Last month the council approved controversial plans to charge the over 85s for the assistive technology (Telecare service) they currently receive free.

Station enthusiasts were celebrating today (Thursday) when a four month project to install an original platform sign dating back to 1952 reached the end of the line.

Friends of Sandbach Station were given an original Sandbach platform sign earlier this year and today the sign was installed near its original place.

It's Pudsey Bear time and lots of events will be raising money for BBC's Children's in Need on Friday and some over the weekend.

Elsewhere there's a Christmas fayre, coffee morning, rugby, a play and an art exhibition in a fun-packed weekend in Sandbach.