News in Sandbach

Three unmissable events coming up in Sandbach this weekend

As more and more events are being organised locally, Nub News is launching a new weekly roundup of what's on in Sandbach each weekend.

FACE masks and other measures have been reintroduced in schools in areas of Cheshire East where Covid cases have soared.

As well as insisting on the wearing of masks in communal areas there will be reduced mixing in assemblies and additional testing facilities are to be put in place by Cheshire East Council depending on infection rates.

Covid-19 cases are at their highest level in Cheshire East since the global pandemic was declared in March 2020 – and the biggest breakout is in Sandbach.

Latest figures released on the official UK government website for data and insights on coronavirus (Covid-19), show the rate of positive cases in Cheshire East as 540 per 100,000 population.

A well-known media, picture framing and toy business which has been in Sandbach for over half a century is closing its doors due to the Covid pandemic.

Welsbys of Sandbach owner, Jenny Dodd, has decided to shut up shop and open the doors on a new chapter in her life.

A MAN has been charged with serious motoring offences after the death of a woman following a collision near Middlewich.

The 57-year-old woman from Crewe was a passenger in a red Ford Focus travelling on Warmingham Lane last Friday morning (October 8).

Ansa bosses have been in the driving seat to ensure bin collections are maintained in Cheshire East when the service has been threatened by driver shortages.

Cheshire East was one of the few councils which managed to keep all bin collections, including recyclables and garden waste, going throughout the year.

Sandbach resident, Nicola Cook (pictured), assistant director of regional operations at the Royal British Legion found herself at a special ceremony today – the 100th anniversary service of the Royal British Legion in London.

Nicola put a series of photographs on social media as she eagerly awaited for the arrival of the Queen at today's prestigious at Westminster Abbey for which she said she honoured to be invited.

Complaints against Cheshire East's planning department have risen by a third as the council battles to clear a backlog of planning applications amid a staffing shortage.

Altogether there were 151 complaints in 2020/21 compared to 113 the previous year.

Are you a woman and looking to join a football team? Sandbach United FC Women is looking for new players.

The club is located at Sandbach United FC's impressive sports complex in Hind Heath Road, Sandbach.

Cheshire East has given the go ahead for all legal, land and shared use agreements to be signed off so Middlewich High School can convert to an academy.

The school will become part of the Multi Academy Trust (MAT), The Sir John Brunner Foundation, on or after November 1.