News in Sandbach

Messages of condolence have poured in from across the country following the death of Sandbach Rugby Club under-8s player, Patryk Milner last week.

Patryk, aged 7, was a well-known face at the club, along with his sister Chrissy, and has been a part of the club from a very young age. Their parents Andy Milner and Aggie Bednarczyk have been active members for many years.

Three Cheshire councils have written to Matt Hancock asking for more resources in the county's fight against coronavirus.

Cheshire East leader, Cllr Sam Corcoran, made the announcement via a video posted on Twitter this morning (Monday, October 5), in response to the boroughs being added to the government's 'area of concern' watchlist.

Cheshire Police have been working with the council last weekend to ensure venues are abiding by coronavirus regulations.

Trading standards, licensing, environmental health and police officers patrolled Knutsford, Middlewich, Macclesfield, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow and Sandbach to help educate and provide support to business owners and to talk to residents about socialising responsibly.

Cheshire East Council is asking residents, business and other organisations in the borough to give their feedback on its plan for the next four years.

The council's new Corporate Plan sets out the vision and priorities for the council, covering the full range of council services, from looking after vulnerable residents to road building and maintenance, inward investment, bin collection and built development.

A Sandbach town councillor has insisted he will not be apologising following allegations that he condoned racism.

Three activists from the local Black Lives Matter group addressed last Thursday's virtual meeting of the town council to "find out how much more this council can be doing to be actively anti-racist".

Cheshire East has been added to the government's coronavirus watchlist due to the increasing rate of infection across the borough, it has been announced.

Council leader, Sam Corcoran, said this does not mean additional measures would be put in place "at this time".

More than £1.3 million was spent on agency social workers by Cheshire East Council last year, data shows.

A Freedom of Information request to the council shows that officials sanctioned a £1,370,528 spend on agency social workers in the 2019/20 municipal term, with 18 staff being employed by the authority in adult services on August 1.

Cheshire East Council is adopting a new approach and launching a new long-term campaign to attract and recruit more people to become foster carers.

With more than 530 cared for children and young people in Cheshire East there is a need to find homes for children locally.

The latest plans for the future of development in Cheshire East are to be discussed by councillors this week.

A revised draft of the borough's Site Allocations and Development Policies Document (SADPD) is up for debate, which forms the second part of the council's 'local plan' — the blueprint for development in the borough.

Older people in Cheshire lost over £75,000 last year, according to new cybercrime data acquired by the charity Age UK.

A Freedom of Information request to Action Fraud, the national fraud reporting centre, found that Cheshire Constabulary received 91 reports of cybercrime, in England and Wales between April 2018 and March 2019, from people aged 55 and over.