News in Sandbach

Cheshire residents who have been affected by road traffic collisions will be supported by a specialist charity following a £2,000 grant from the county's police and crime commissioner (PCC).

Brake, a road safety charity, has supported 11 Cheshire residents whose loved ones had either been killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions last year and this funding will allow more local people to be given vital support.

Twenty miles per hour could soon be the default speed limit in Cheshire East's residential and urban roads.

Independent Cllr Suzie Akers Smith, the council's walking and cycling champion, has proposed a motion to adopt the policy at this week's (December 16) full council meeting.

Police are urging Christmas shoppers to be vigilant following purse thefts in Sandbach and other Cheshire towns.

A total of six women have had their purses stolen, including in Nantwich, Macclesfield, Crewe and Northwich over the past week. All of the victims are over 60 and one is 90.

Cheshire East Council is set to distribute £880,000 worth of to help vulnerable families over the Christmas holidays and into the spring.

The vouchers came about following the government's compromise during the free school meals row.

The coronavirus pandemic has escalated incidents of domestic abuse, with lockdown making it a difficult and worrying time for adults and children who live with it.

In 2020 from 1 April to 31 October there were 10,103 domestic abuse crimes recorded by Cheshire Police, compared with 9,533 over the same period in 2018.

Cheshire East Council has been given new enforcement powers against businesses flouting Coronavirus regulations.

Among the new measures will be the council's ability to issue fines of up to £4,000 and even close premises if they fail to adhere to the restrictions.

Firefighters were called to put out a "deliberately" started car fire in a field near Winterley yesterday evening (9 December).

A crew from Sandbach was called to the scene in the Clay Lane area at around 7:42pm where they found a BMW 1 Series "well alight".

Cheshire Police chiefs have praised the public's, and their officers', approach to following and enforcing Covid-19 laws.

Superintendent Julie Westgate made the comments after a freedom of information request by the LDRS revealed that not a single £10,000 fine had been dished out by the force.

Cheshire East Council is urging visiting relatives to work with care home staff to help protect vulnerable residents.

Some care homes in the borough remain closed to visitors so people have been asked to check with the home first.

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