News in Sandbach

Elworth Grange care home, based near Sandbach, is offering local people the opportunity to design their official 2020 Christmas card and be in with a chance to win £100 of high-street shopping vouchers.

The competition encourages people from the the local area to draw, paint or even photograph a design for Christmas card in line with a poignant 'Christmas Spirit' theme.

Cheshire East residents have been urged to stick to lockdown rules or risk being plunged into further local restrictions over Christmas.

The authority's Labour leader Cllr Sam Corcoran, says the rise in infections across the region over the past few weeks needs to be tackled firmly to prevent the borough returning to a tiered system of controls after December 2.

A new scheme that works with perpetrators of domestic abuse to change their behaviour and protect families will be developed in Cheshire.

Police and crime commissioner David Keane made a successful bid to the Home Office for £233,000 in funding from their perpetrator programme fund.

A rail firm is auctioning off sought-after Crewe Station signs to raise cash for a Sandbach-based charity.

Avanti West Coast has donated the signs to be sold off in the Rail Aid campaign which is Railway Children charity's week-long fundraising initiative (November 22 to 27) taking place later this month.

Cheshire East Council is asking residents, businesses and other organisations about its plans for a greener future for the economy and environment.

The council's new corporate plan sets out the vision and priorities for the council over the next four years.

Police in east Cheshire are warning dog owners to be vigilant following a number of suspicious incidents.

Over recent months there have been incidents in Brereton, Scholar Green and Leighton which have caused owners to be concerned that someone is attempting to steal their dogs.

Cheshire East Council is urging motorists to park legally and considerately after seeing a rise in illegal and irresponsible parking during the latest lockdown.

It comes amid concerns that vehicles responding to 999 calls could be prevented from accessing emergencies or getting the injured and sick to hospital.

New statistics showing Government support to businesses in Congleton have been welcomed by local MP Fiona Bruce.

Businesses across the constituency have benefitted from £69,022,081 worth of loans since the start of the coronavirus outbreak.

A surge in Covid-19 infection rates in recent days in Cheshire East has prompted a call for a new test and trace system to be established.

The number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the borough jumped by 188 yesterday. That took the total of Covid cases reported over the last seven days (up to November 12) to 928, a rise of 16 per cent on the previous week.

An ancient woodland of "world importance" near Sandbach has had its 'no hunting, no shooting' signs ripped down, as a wildlife campaigner fears illegal activity is taking place at the site "all the time".

Brookhouse Moss, which is located in Smallwood, has been designated as a Site of Significant Scientific Interest (SSSI), a designation which brings strict rules on activities in the area.