News in Congleton

Police in Congleton are advising residents to increase the security of their sheds and valuables following a number of incidents in the area.

Officers are currently investigating four shed breaks in Oak View Marton and one in Newcastle Road, Congleton, which all occurred overnight on 23 November. In some cases nothing was taken and in others, power tools were taken.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce details of what and how new guidelines about coronavirus will be implemented when the current period of lockdown ends on Wednesday, 2nd December.

Before the second national lockdown was imposed, Congleton - as part of Cheshire East - had been placed in tier two.

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Three apprentices from Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service have helped distribute PPE and hand sanitiser to 58 schools from across Cheshire East.

Supported by Cheshire East Council, the apprentices delivered 297 boxes of hand sanitiser and more than 10,000 units of PPE to schools in Congleton, Macclesfield, Crewe and Wilmslow on Tuesday 3 November.

POLICE seized 45 knives and arrested 10 people in Cheshire during a week of action against knife crime.

Those arrested during the national campaign, codenamed Operation Sceptre, were taken into custody on suspicion of committing knife-related offences.

A SCHEME working with perpetrators of domestic abuse to change their behaviour and protect families will be developed in Cheshire after a successful funding bid.

Cheshire's Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane secured £233,000 in funding from the Home Office's perpetrator programme fund and he is also providing an additional £100,000 of funding to support the project.