News in Sandbach

The Highway Code changes are about common courtesy and protecting more vulnerable road users, Cheshire East Council's walking and cycling champion has said.

Cllr Suzie Akers Smith (Ind) has welcomed the changes which came into force at the end of last month and said the new rules are there to protect everyone because, at some time, everyone is a pedestrian.

Cheshire East has approved plans for an additional house on the Dingle Farm site at Sandbach which will secure the restoration of the Grade II listed farmhouse.

The southern planning committee had deferred the application in January because it wanted assurances that Dingle Lane would have public right of way status before making a decision on the application to repair the listed farmhouse, convert the barn to a dwelling and construct a new house on the site.

Officers searching for a missing teenage girl from Holmes Chapel have sadly found a body.

The body was discovered in a wooded area near to Ravenscroft earlier today, Wednesday 9 February.

A Sandbach artist with a thirst for geography and wildlife is literally turning the world on its head for pupils at the school where he teaches.

The talented Paul Benbow from Arclid near Sandbach spends his spare time away from teaching geography at All Hallows' Catholic College in Macclesfield painting.

Residents living in a quiet area of Sandbach watched as the North West Air Ambulance Service landed on a farm in Ettiley Heath.

The familiar yellow helicopter landed at Yeowood Farm at the back of the Church on Ettiley Heath in Elton Road yesterday. (Tuesday)

The funeral of a Sandbach man who championed disability rights and was heavily involved with the Sandbach Partnership takes place today (Wednesday).

And the cortege of Craig Bayley who joined Sandbach Management Team in 2015 and was co-opted on to the partnership, will stop briefly outside Costa in the town - one of his favourite places.

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Cheshire's police and crime panel has approved a 4.4 per cent hike in the police precept after the commissioner said the alternative was to cut services.

This means residents living in a band D property will see an extra £10 for the year added to the policing element of their council tax bill.

A controlled performance from Sandbach United saw them comfortably beat Ellesmere Rangers 4-1 at Hind Heath Road.

After a late equaliser from Bobbie McDonnell saw the points shared in the first meeting between the sides this season, both Sandbach and Ellesmere were keen to pick up a victory on a rainy Cheshire

A suitable site for a biodiversity project must be found in Middlewich quickly to ensure the town doesn't lose out on £241,000 of funding.

Cheshire East approved British Salt's application for a 18,375sqm warehouse off Faulkner Drive but the scheme will result in the loss of biodiversity and a £241,147 payment has been secured to deliver habitat creation at an off-site location.