News in Sandbach

Community groups in Sandbach are being encouraged to apply for an emergency fund set up by police and crime commissioner (PCC) to support communities through the latest national lockdown.

Grants of up to £1,000 are available for projects which are working alongside Cheshire police and local authorities to support vulnerable people in the community.

Cheshire East Council is launching a new order and collect service today to encourage people to continue using library services in Sandbach and other towns during lockdown.

With lockdown measures meaning that avid readers are unable to access many services in the usual manner, the council's libraries new service will enable residents to continue enjoying the array of books at 15 of Cheshire East's libraries, including Congleton's on Market Street.

A SANDBACH couple became the first patients to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations at Leighton Hospital this week.

June Elsby, 88, and husband Brian, 93, were delighted to take up their invitation as Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust continues to roll out its vaccination programme.

CHESHIRE East Council leader Sam Corcoran has said that "at least ten per cent" of the borough's population have had Covid-19.

The Labour leader, passed on the gloomy news via Twitter today (Friday) saying: "There have now been 13,930 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Cheshire East, an increase of 275 from yesterday.

POLICE in Haslington have issued a warning to farmers and horse owners to be on guard so they don't fall victim to rural criminals.

Officers have fielded several late-night reports of sightings of 4x4 vehicles in lanes near to cattle farms and horse yards around Weston, Wheelock Heath, Barthomley, Englesea Brook and Radway Green.

COUCILLORS have launched a scheme to tackle child food poverty in Sandbach during the lockdown.

David Jack and Sandra Broad want to ensure that no "child in the town will go hungry" as the pandemic makes life tougher.

TWO balaclava-clad raiders who targeted a Sandbach business have been convicted of theft.

Joseph Cartwright and Jamie Lee Hargreaves were spotted by a keen-eyed passer-by as they were loading a cement mixer into a car on Elworth Road on November 12 last year.

MORE detail has been shared on Cheshire East Council's proposed cuts in its upcoming budget.

The council is set to pass a new budget in February for the 2021/22 municipal year, which legally must be balanced between expenditure and income.

AT Sandbach Nub News we aim to support our community. We promote shops, businesses, charities, clubs and sports groups.

We profile some of these businesses and organisations as well as some of the people and personalities who make the town special in a feature called 'Up Close in Sandbach'.

All nursing home residents in Sandbach should receive their first dose of the Coronavirus vaccine by the end of January, a local health group has said.

The SMASH Care Community group, which helps coordinate community healthcare across the local area, is expected to get its first batches of the vaccines on Thursday (7 January).