News in Congleton

Firefighters were called to a fire involving a pallet of cardboard well alight behind a business premises in Barn Road, Congleton.

The incident took place just after 1am this morning.

More than £5 million is to be spent on making three of the most dangerous roads in Cheshire safer.

Cheshire East Council is set to secure £2.49 million from the Department for Transport (DfT) to carry out road safety improvements on the A537 between Macclesfield and Congleton.

Cheshire East Council's public rights of way committee unanimously approved plans to extinguish a Congleton footpath in order for a housing development to commence.

Miller Homes' reserved matters planning application to demolish some existing buildings and to construct up to 140 dwellings at land at Back Lane, Congleton, was approved in September last year.

To mark the leap year on Saturday 29th February, a number of Congleton traders along with Congleton Town Council joined together to put on a Congleton Bonus Day.

25 shops and businesses in Congleton were part of the scheme, where every customer that spent £5 or more in their shop on that day, completed a raffle ticket and would be entered into a prize draw.

Black Firs Primary School reopened today after their hot-water system issues were resolved over the weekend.

The school had been closed since Wednesday due to the failure of their hot-water system; the pressurised water cylinder burst on Wednesday morning, which flooded their boiler room.

Two cars were vandalised at a Congleton car park at a similar time over the weekend.

Ella Kehoe left her car at the Chapel Street car park on Saturday whilst she was working which is what she has done for the last two years without any issue.

A 49-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and was taken to Leighton Hospital after colliding with a lamppost in Congleton.

A Cheshire Police spokesperson said: "At 1.07am on 8 March police were called to Willow Street in Congleton following reports of a car colliding with a lamppost."

East Cheshire Hospice was delighted to receive £342 from Congleton Rotary from funds raised by Congleton's first Tree of Light.

Rotary had agreed to give 50% of the proceeds from the sale of stars for the tree to the hospice, with the remaining going to Rotary for their good causes.

Black Firs Primary School has been closed since Wednesday due to a "catastrophic" failure of their hot-water system.

In an email sent to parents on Thursday, Black Firs Headteacher Martin Casserley said: "As you will be aware, school is closed due to the catastrophic failure of our hot-water system early Wednesday morning; the pressurised water cylinder burst flooding our boiler room.

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