News in Congleton

Cheshire East Council has provided latest advice to the borough's schools about the issue of pupils and staff returning from trips to Italy amid coronavirus concerns.

It follows the decisions by Sandbach High School and Brine Leas School to send pupils and staff home after they had returned from northern Italy.

Congleton residents have the chance to find out more about the planned highway changes for Padgbury Lane, at a public feedback session being held at the Quinta Primary School on Monday 2nd March from 6pm to 7.30pm.

The event has been organised by Congleton Town Council to give residents the chance to learn how Cheshire East Highways has adapted the proposed scheme for the road following the public consultation that was carried out between the 25th September and 27th October 2019.

A new website has launched to serve Congleton with hyper-local news and what's on - but without any annoying advertising.

Congleton - which can be found at the website address https://congleton.nub.news - is an online newspaper solely for Congleton and the surrounding area. We are hyper-local so our articles are about what's important for the town.

Congleton will celebrate the leap year with a Congleton Bonus Day on Saturday.

Over 20 shops and businesses in Congleton Town Centre are handing out raffle tickets to visitors who spend £5 or more in their shop on Saturday.

A Congleton road is set to be closed for 18 days as roadworks take place on the route.

Fol Hollow and Waggs Road will be shut from today and are due to reopen by Saturday March 14th.

The Congleton and District Horticultural Society will host their first open meeting of the year on Wednesday, in the Congleton Library meeting room at 7.30pm.

Simon Gulliver will return to present his new illustrated talk Arts and Crafts Gardens.

Cheshire East Council has agreed a budget that they feel protects key frontline services and delivers value for money for residents.

A vote by full council on Thursday backed several key financial reports that they feel delivers a balanced budget for 2020-21.

Many Congleton independent shops and businesses have been getting behind the Totally Locally National Fiver Fest Fortnight campaign, which runs until Saturday.

According to Totally Locally, if every adult in Congleton spent £5 per week in their local shops and businesses, instead of online, at a national chain or at the big supermarket, it would be worth £5.2 million per year to our local Congleton economy. Leading to more jobs, a better high street, a stronger economy and a nicer place to live.