News in Macclesfield

Cheshire East Council is asking residents, businesses and other organisations about its aim of being an open and enabling organisation.

The council says the new corporate plan sets out the vision and priorities for the council over the next four years.

A number of residents were briefly evacuated from their homes after police were called to reports of a World War Two bomb being found in Turf Lane, Macclesfield.

Police were alerted to the device at 11:55am and an Ordinance Disposal unit was sent to the scene along with officers who established a 100m cordon as a precaution.

Locked down residents in Macclesfield have been going for gold by travelling the world on their bikes — all from the comfort of their care village.

With the help of their support workers, residents at Belong Macclesfield have worked hard to cycle their personal bests in this year's Road Worlds for Seniors, a global competition for older people and those with dementia.

On 12 October, the prime minister announced that Cheshire East, among other areas such as Cheshire West & Chester, Warrington and Greater Manchester, were to be placed under 'Tier 2' restrictions. The full extent of what these new measures mean is, as of yet, relatively unclear.

Cheshire East Council effectively know exactly the same as everyone else. All we know at this stage is what the PM has publicly announced.

A local businessman has bought the assets of Macclesfield Town FC and secured the future of football at Moss Rose.

Macclesfield native, Robert Smethurst, bought the club nearly a month on from its winding-up order was issued due to £500,000 in unpaid debts.

Cheshire Police is urging road users to pay attention, drive carefully and drive to the condition of the road following an increase in road deaths.

The number of people who have lost their lives on Cheshire's roads between June and September this year has doubled in comparison to the same period in 2019.

The leader of Cheshire East Council has criticised the government's lack of communication over the implementation of local lockdown restrictions announced today.

Cllr Sam Corcoran said he first heard that the borough would go into the 'high' tier of restrictions through the media and only received official confirmation 20 minutes before the prime minister's announcement in parliament earlier today.

Cheshire East Council has been named as a 'high alert level' areas on the government's new coronavirus ranking.

The news was confirmed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a statement to the House of Commons this afternoon.

The people of Cheshire are being advised to stay safe when dating online as part of a national campaign targeting romance fraud.

Throughout October officers will be raising awareness and providing advice to the public on how to spot the signs to help prevent them from becoming a victim.

The team behind the Cheshire East's CCTV service, which is based in Macclesfield, have received a Home Office award for their work.

Cheshire East Council, in partnership with town and parish councils across the borough, provides the CCTV service, which they say has consistently helped police to catch offenders and help tackle street crime.