News in Sandbach

Cheshire police has warned that anyone caught flouting lockdown restrictions this evening will be given a fine.

The warning comes on the first day of Tier 4 restrictions in Cheshire East in which residents have been told they should stay at home and only to mix within your household or 'bubble' indoors.

The leader of Cheshire East Council has "implored" residents to adhere to the new tier 4 restrictions which came into force today.

Under the strictest level, people have been told they must stay at home unless you have a "reasonable excuse".

The return to school after the Christmas holidays has been delayed for many secondary students, the education secretary has announced.

Students who are due to sit exams this year will return on 11 January, with others returning a week later.

Cheshire East will move into the tightest Covid-19 restrictions from tomorrow, Matt Hancock has confirmed.

Speaking to the House of Commons this afternoon (Wednesday, December 30), the Health Secretary outlined that both Cheshire West and Cheshire East are to move from Tier 3 to Tier 4 controls.

Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, is set to make a statement on the government's fortnightly tier review later today, less than a week after Cheshire was put into Tier 3.

On the day that the decision was made to move the county up from Tier 2, Cheshire's infection rate stood at 213 cases per 100,000 residents.

Cheshire's police and crime commissioner, David Keane, is calling on the government to protect women and older people within hate crime law.

Existing hate crime laws do not recognise gender or age as a protected characteristic but the commissioner says there is clear evidence for misogyny and elder abuse to be recognised in law.

It's a busy time for Santa and his elves as they load up his sleigh ready for his big trip tomorrow night.

Of course he'll have travelled much of the world before he gets to UK shores, visiting good children across many other countries before he arrives here.

The leader of Cheshire East Council has said he is "deeply disappointed" at the news the borough will be moved to Tier 3.

The change will apply from one minute past midnight, in the early hours of Boxing Day.

Sandbach will join other Cheshire East towns in moving to the Tier 3, 'very high', level of Coronavirus restrictions on Boxing Day, the health secretary has announced.

The increased restrictions mean that all hospitality businesses will be forced to close or be restricted to takeaway services only.

The MP for Sandbach has welcomed the news that Cheshire East will be given £880,000 to support vulnerable children and families this Winter.

The money will be used to support families in financial difficulty to provide food and other essentials over the Christmas period.