News in Sandbach

Communities in Cheshire are being asked to share how local businesses in their area are successfully adapting during the pandemic, as part of a drive to keep people safe while supporting the local economy.

Let's Turn This Around – set up by the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership– urges residents and businesses to work together to follow restrictions and keep the region open for business.

A fire crew were called to put out a car fire this afternoon on Congleton Road in Sandbach.

The fire service was made aware of the incident around 4:20pm and dispatched one fire engine from Sandbach fire station.

Town councillors have voted to vacate the Sandbach Literary Institute as their venue to hold council meetings, with the mayor saying it would be "detrimental to the public purse" if they continued to rent it.

At an 'extraordinary meeting' of the town council on Thursday (15 October), held via Zoom, town councillors approved a proposal to give notice that they will vacate the building before the end December.

Age UK Cheshire East's new Veterans Keep in Touch service is hoping to expand and is looking to encourage more volunteers to join its ranks of veterans calling veterans.

The new service, funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust Fund, started during the lockdown in April and since then, contact has been made with over 90 veterans who have been previously supported by the charity.

Sandbach Park is among seven green spaces across the borough to be awarded a Green Flag Award.

The award comes in a year when more people than ever have come to recognise the importance of green spaces within the town.

Year 7 students at Sandbach School have been told they must self-isolate following a positive Covid-19 case among the cohort.

Parents and carers were informed over the weekend that their children in the year group should not come into the school and would instead be taught remotely.

RESIDENTS in Cheshire East have been told to stay close to home because of different Covid-19 tier regulations in neighbouring areas.

Leaders of Cheshire East Council have issued the advice jointly with their counterparts in Cheshire West and Chester Council, Wirral Council, Halton Council and Warrington Council and say people should only visit neighbouring boroughs for the purposes of work, education or health only.

The most dramatic coronavirus development since the early summer easing of lockdown came to Cheshire this week, with both councils being placed in tier two restrictions by the government.

Tier two – also known as a 'high alert level' – means residents can no longer mix with other households in any indoor setting. Additionally, the rule of six applies for outdoor meet-ups.

Detectives from Cheshire Police have charged a man with drugs offences following a vehicle stop-check at Sandbach Service Station.

Ervi Sanxhaku, of no fixed abode, was arrested after a vehicle was stopped by officers at the southbound service station on Thursday 15 October.

The mayor of Sandbach has paid a visit to the areas newest care home to take part in a socially distanced tree planting ceremony and to officially welcome the team and residents to the town.

Elworth Grange care home on Booth Lane, Moston, is one of care provider, Ideal Carehomes, newest sites which has benefitted from a £10 million investment and provides all the finishing touches you would expect from a "luxurious" home.