News in Sandbach

A Sandbach teenager is challenging the stigma associated with some dog breeds following "negative encounters" while out on a walk last week.

Angel Lee, 15, works as a dog walker with a "very friendly" Japanese Akita called Duke as one of her regulars.

The leader of Cheshire East Council has hailed the local vaccine rollout as a "great success" but urged caution following a "disturbing" rise in Covid-19 infections.

Cllr Sam Corcoran, who represents the Sandbach Heath and East ward, said the rate of infection has had a "significant fall" from 47 per 100,000 at the end of March down to 18 per 100,000 this week.

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A beautiful Saturday afternoon marked the perfect occasion for football, with sunshine glistening off the players shirts as they walked out for the second round of the St Luke's Cup in Northern Cheshire.

Andy Hockenhull had a lightened squad entering the match, with Robbie Hatton missing out again due to injury. Steve Jones, scorer in the 4-1 loss to Skelmersdale, was also absent along with tricky winger Kieran Garner-Knapper. Nevertheless, the plethora of defensive options allowed Hockenhull to deploy three central defenders at the start of the game, hoping to record their first Cup win at the second attempt.

Lack of up-to-date information is hampering patients' efforts to access NHS dental care in Cheshire, a report has revealed.

Healthwatch Cheshire East, an independent consumer watchdog, has noted an increase in queries regarding dentistry during the pandemic, mostly regarding the outdated information on the NHS Services website.

Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a collision involving a car and a cyclist in Sandbach.

The collision occurred on Middlewich Road at the junction with Grange Way at around 11.30am on Monday 19 April.

The Sandbach motorway service station has been rated as one of the worst in the UK, according to a customer survey.

The survey carried out by consumer magazine Which? Ranked 68 service stations on factors including prices, cleanliness and range of shops on offer.

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Police in Sandbach have praised a good Samaritan for showing "community spirit" by going out of his way to return a lost purse to its owner.

Writing on the Sandbach Elworth & Brereton Rural Police Facebook page on Monday, an officer said a man had found a woman's purse which contained "numerous bank cards, store cards and cash".