News in Macclesfield

Cheshire's police and crime commissioner (PCC) has launched a new fund that police officers and PCSOs will bid for to work with local residents on projects which make their area safer.

Each of the 122 policing communities in Cheshire will be allocated a £1,000 grant for bids that address community safety issues.

Youth parliament representatives for Cheshire East have called for more decision-making power when it comes to mental health support in schools.

Ruben Barrow, 15, from Crewe, and Millie Oldroyd, 16, from Middlewich, made the plea following the online 'Taboo' conference, which aimed to highlight the mental health challenges faced by young people.

An employee at Macclesfield Hospital is taking social media by storm after coming up with a bright idea to cheer up her work colleagues.

Lucie Orme is a Ward based pharmacy technician, who works around all the wards at the hospital. She came up with the idea of wearing her bright lipstick under her mask to cheer herself up, and her hashtag #partylipfriday has now spread across social media.

Disabled rail passengers will two months of disruption in the new year as Macclesfield train stations two lifts get a £400,000 upgrade.

The upgrade means that the northbound platform 1 will be the stations only wheelchair accessible area to board.

A new contact tracing systems have been introduced by Cheshire East this week.

The move, which will "complement" the national NHS Test & Trace system, will go live tomorrow, 25 November.

The Prime Minister today (Monday) revealed the next steps in the government fight against coronavirus.

England's second national lockdown of 2020 will be lifted on 2nd December, when a three-tiered system of guidelines will allow businesses to reopen.

Cheshire East Conservative group leader Cllr Janet Clowes has explained why her party voted against a major constitutional change at last week's special council meeting — despite entertaining the idea a year ago.

From May 2021, CEC will be run by a 'committee' system, rather than the existing 'council leader-cabinet' model which has been used since the council's inception in 2009.

A man has been given a lifetime ban on keeping all animals after his pet kitten was found with three untreated fractures which left her struggling to walk.

Kalson Abbey, of Devon Close, Macclesfield, pleaded guilty to one animal welfare charge when he appeared before Stockport Magistrates' Court.

Cheshire East Council has launched several new grant schemes to support businesses through the pandemic restrictions.

The schemes are available to apply for through a single, simplified form which aims to assess Cheshire East businesses for several government grants on offer, thus maximising the council's reach to businesses.

Four people sustained injuries in a one-car collision in the early hours of this morning in the Siddington area.

Firefighters were alerted to the incident at around 2:15am and two crews from Macclesfield were sent to the scene on the Congleton Road.