News in Sandbach

The Sandbach lamppost poppy sponsorship scheme has raised a record total of £780 for the Royal British Legion.

The annual scheme involves individuals, groups and businesses sponsoring a poppy to be place on a lamppost in the town centre to help commemorate Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day, which was marked yesterday.

Cheshire East Council has stressed its bin collections will continue through lockdown - even if it gets extended beyond December 2.

Ansa Environmental Services, the council's waste company, has pledged to deliver a full service across the borough, including the fulfilment of its Christmas bin collection schedule.

Cheshire East has pledged to secure the future of local communities by joining the Countryside Climate Network, which the council says will help it deliver on its promise to be carbon neutral by 2025.

The Countryside Climate Network promotes the voice of the countryside in the climate change debate and already has over 20 local authority members.

Cheshire East Council is to launch its new 'social value' policy with aims of supporting local businesses and improving environmental standards.

The policy means that all suppliers and providers of council services are expected to meet the core values set out by the council – ranging from climate change to health inequalities.

The government's decision to provide £400 million to support poor children and their families during school holidays has been welcomed by Cheshire East's Labour councillors, who describe it as a "massive climbdown".

A winter grant scheme will support families in need with support for food and bills as well as the expansion of a holiday food and activities programme was announced over the weekend.

Firefighters rescued two people trapped in a car following a collision on the A534 Wheelock Bypass, near Sandbach.

The fire service were alerted to the incident at 1:40pm yesterday (Sunday) and on arrival they found a car on its side with two people inside.

Cheshire East Council's highways service have painted a specially designed poppy on a Sandbach road to mark Remembrance Sunday.

The marking on High Street is among a ten installed at locations in Cheshire East.

Cheshire East Council's Remembrance Sunday commemorations have gone virtual this year as the second lockdown prevents people from gathering as normal.

The council has prepared a short virtual service led by the borough's mayor, Barry Burkhill and people have been urged to perform their own act of remembrance.

Children living in Cheshire East have a unique opportunity to tell world leaders how they feel about climate change.

The borough's library service is running a year-long project for children, the results from which will be shared with organisers of COP26 – the United Nations climate change conference, due to take place in Glasgow, in November 2021.

Virtual council meetings could continue once the coronavirus pandemic is over, according to Cheshire East councillor Amanda Stott.

Cllr Stott, the CEC cabinet member whose responsibilities include IT, told the LDRS that "the Local Government Association has been asked to lobby the government to retain the regulations, so as to enable local authorities to continue to hold formal virtual public meetings without any time limit".