News in Sandbach

Sandbach residents have another chance to find out more about the latest plans for their growing town at a second event later this month.

Sandbach Neighbourhood working group, made up of members of the Sandbach Town Council and representatives of the community, is holding another open evening.

Pupils at a Sandbach primary school will be brushing up on their baking skills – thanks to another successful cake sale.

Elworth Hall School's Year 2 pupils raised a bumper £340 from their impressive cake sale on Friday afternoon – part of the school's summer bake sale challenge.

Congleton MP Fiona Bruce has thrown her weight behind a massive campaign to extend Sandbach's cemetery and stop town residents being buried elsewhere.

A massive 4,405 residents have signed a petition to Cheshire East Council demanding that land next to the fast-filling cemetery be used as an extension.

Football fans across Sandbach are gearing up for tomorrow's big final but for one family, it's all a bit of a dilemma.

Cafes, restaurants and shops across the town are all throwing themselves behind the thought of England winning the Euros.

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Shoppers heading to the Co-op's Middlewich Road store in Sandbach will now be able to recycle soft plastics – thanks to a new unit which has just been installed.

The Co-op has launched soft plastic units in 1,500 of its stores and the Middlewich Road one is one of the sites.

The High Sheriff of Cheshire has urged residents across the county to get their vaccine jab when offered.

John Wilbraham, CEO at East Cheshire NHS Trust, the organisation which operates the borough's mass vaccination centre at Alderley Park, received a High Sheriff's Award from Robert Mee DL on behalf of everyone involved in the local Covid-19 Vaccination Programme.

Age UK has helped over 7,000 older people across Cheshire East in the last year during the pandemic.

A recently published report by the charity has detailed the facts and figures showing the impact of the charity's work.

Cheshire East Council has this week launched a brand-new recruitment campaign to swell the ranks of foster carers to find loving homes for cared for children and young people.

With more than 520 children and young people in the care of the local authority, the council is once again reaching out to residents asking if they are able to become Cheshire East Council foster carers.

Cheshire East is partnering with a leading energy company to run a competition for local schools to win a solar panel package worth up to £10,000.

In their mission to lead the way to net zero carbon emissions, Storengy UK is running the competition for Cheshire East primary schools to win a solar panel package to provide them with green electricity.