News in Congleton

Astbury Mere Care Home have introduced a new activity for their residents twice a month drawing on their tender memories from childhood and a shared fondness for all things sweet.

Every other Friday, the care home's leisure and wellness team have been visiting residents in their rooms with an ice cream trolley as part of 'Ice Cream Fridays'.

Emergency services attended a two-vehicle collision involving a van and a car in Congleton.

At 12pm today (14 September), Cheshire Police were called to a two-vehicle collision on Galloway Green, Congleton, at its junction with Macclesfield Road.

Two men from Blackburn who fled a car on foot were arrested near the Congleton Link Road on suspicion of using a false number plate.

At around 4.10pm on 11th September (Friday), officers executed a pre-emptive stop on a black Vauxhall Vectra on the A34 towards Congleton.

Police officers have confirmed that they have recently seen Courier Fraud take place in Congleton.

Congleton Police stated that it related to residents pretending to be part of Cheshire Police.

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Congleton's Morrisons supermarket is to undergo a deep clean as part of a bid to improve hygiene standards in its shops.

Every three weeks, Morrisons' 494 stores will all be cleaned from top to bottom, introducing new equipment and additional cleaning staff.

Congleton MP Fiona Bruce has claimed it would have been "premature" for the House of Commons to implement recommendations from the first phase of the Grenfell Inquiry into the Fire Safety Bill, due to the Government's Fire Safety consultation not closing until next month.

The proposed Labour amendment was rejected by 318 votes to 188, with Mrs Bruce one of the MPs to reject the proposal.

CARE home bed availability for elderly people in Cheshire East hit a record low in March, new figures reveal.

Public Health England data shows there were 9.8 care homes beds per 100 people aged 75 and over in Cheshire East at the end of March — the lowest rate since comparable records began in 2011.

Police officers have visited a scene where a male was disturbed looking in some stables in the North Rode area last night (Monday).

This morning (Tuesday), Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team officers searched the neighbouring fields, the route taken by the male and the area where the vehicle used had been parked.

Congleton MP Fiona Bruce was one of 318 MPs to reject a proposal to implement recommendations from the first phase of the Grenfell Inquiry into the Fire Safety Bill.

The proposed Labour amendment was rejected on Monday evening by 318 votes to 188.