News in Macclesfield

Cheshire East Council is inviting residents to have their say on a draft masterplan for Macclesfield's Victoria Park.

The draft plan sets out several proposals to transform the park over the coming years – making it a park that is fit for the future, while bringing its history to life.

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon says it expects its pubs in Macclesfield and elsewhere to remain shut until April as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

The company reports "zero" sales in 2021 so far, as all of its 872 pubs have remained closed since 31 December.

The timeliness of health checks for vulnerable children cared for by the council plummeted last year, it has been revealed.

One of Cheshire East's key performance indicators for its care of vulnerable children is the proportion of initial health assessment requests made within 20 days for a child when they enter CEC's care.

Residents at Belong Macclesfield care village are amongst the first in the town to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations

The care home received a visit from Park Green Surgery to administer the firs doses earlier this week.

Adoption rates have not slowed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Cheshire East councillors have been told.

Data shared at a meeting of the council's corporate parenting committee's meeting on Tuesday (January 19) said 14 adoptions were completed in the borough in 2019-20.

There is "no evidence" that primary school children are "silent spreaders" of Covid-19.

That's according to Cheshire East Council leader Sam Corcoran, who also repeated criticism of the government's NHS Test & Trace service.

A flood alert has been issued for the Macclesfield and Bollington areas as Storm Christoph is set to bring a significant amount of rain.

The Environment Agency has urged residents within the River Bollin catchment area to "be prepared" for the risk of flooding in the coming days.

Detectives are issuing a warning to the public following reports of phone calls purporting to be from the police demanding money and gift cards from residents.

The scam calls use a spoofed phone number associated with Cheshire Constabulary.

Six electric charging points will be installed in a Bollington car park to help residents make the switch to zero-emissions vehicles.

Bollington Town Council announced today they will be installed in Pool Bank car park in March as a result of a joint initiative with the environmental action group Mad About Power, part of Transition Bollington.

A Macclesfield woman has praised the online fitness classes on offer from instructors at the local leisure centre for "getting me through lockdown".

Lisa Bosworth has been a member at Macclesfield Leisure Centre for around six years after joining as a way of dealing with a cancer diagnosis within her family.