News in Macclesfield

Council chiefs have approved 'one of the most ambitious' plans in the country centred on making Cheshire East carbon neutral by 2025.

The authority's cabinet approved an environment strategy to respond to the 'global threat' posed by climate change at its virtual meeting on Tuesday.

The Subway branch at Macclesfield Hope Park will be re-opening its doors on Monday (11th May) with new measures in place to maintain social distancing for staff and customers.

In an announcement on Facebook, Chris Gray, the regional manager for the chain, said they will be operating a takeout only service as well as home deliveries.

Macclesfield and Bollington's tip's are set to reopen from Monday (11th May) with significant changes to how they operate to allow for social distancing.

The council has urged residents to only travel to a site where the journey is essential and where the waste or recycling cannot be safely stored at home until a later date.

Firefighthers were called to a small fence fire yesterday evening which they believe was started deliberately.

One fire engine attended the scene at Everglade Close in Macclesfield at 7:41pm yesterday evening and found one three fence panels alight.

Macclesfield town councillors have objected to plans that would see the building of 134 houses in Henbury due to concerns raised about "overdevelopment" and environmental damage.

The reserved matters application has been submitted to Cheshire East Council and would see the erection of the homes on land between Chelford Road and Whirley Road.

Volunteers from Macclesfield have been keeping the towns reputation for textiles alive by putting their sewing skills to good use and creating much-needed scrubs for local healthcare workers.

Helen Tams, a costume maker from Bollington, became one of the main coordinators of the volunteers in the local area and is appealing for donations to buy materials.

In an effort to help our readers who have lost their jobs due to the Coronavirus pandemic we have compiled a list of jobs currently hiring in and around Macclesfield to give you a helping hand in your job hunt!

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The death toll from the Coronavirus outbreak in Macclesfield and the surrounding areas - up to the middle of April – has been revealed to be at 27, in newly released data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Twenty people have sadly lost their lives to the devastating virus in Macclesfield town, with the areas of Weston, central Macclesfield and Macclesfield Bollinbrook recording the joint highest single totals at four deaths each.

A former Bollington Councillor in has been sentenced for fraudulently claiming around £5,000 in expenses over five years.

Between 2009 and 2015 William Livesley, 66, who goes by Bill, was a Conservative councillor on Cheshire East Council – firstly representing the Prestbury and Tytherington area and later representing Bollington and Higher Hurdsfield.

Detectives in Macclesfield are urging motorists to vigilant following a spate of keyless car thefts.

Over the past two months, four cars have been stolen in the area, with Fiats particularly being targeted.