News in Congleton

This Congleton Nub News reader has revealed why they object to almost 400 new homes in Hulme Walfield. .

A Congleton councillor has released a statement, following a council meeting where he raised the issue of the herbicide glyphosate.

Congleton East Councillor Robert Douglas issues the following day after Thursday 24 February's full council meeting.

Second-round winners from Congleton Young Farmers Club (l-r): Tom Radley, Sarah Nixon, Lizzy Andow, John Nixon, Winnie Bullock, Martha Gilman.

THIS is an opinion piece published to Congleton Nub News by Lesley Smetham of Cheshire East Council, former chairman of Gawsworth Parish Council and former Cheshire East Mayor.

The ratepayers of Cheshire East, including many in the Congleton area, have until the end of this week to join the fight to stop what has been described as a "land grab" by Macclesfield Town Council.

A big thank you to former England cricketer Monty Panesar for writing this article for Nub News! Monty has explained why he thinks the Olympics shouldn't be called off. Read his thoughts below:

David Rutley, Macclesfield's MP, has added his strong support to the campaign to keep Congleton's household waste recycling centre open.

Cheshire East's cabinet agreed 'that the Congleton tip will not be replaced' while a borough-wide review of the centres was undertaken at its meeting on Tuesday.

Chaos will ensue when traffic from Congleton starts to arrive in Macclesfield from September after our refuse site closes.

Cheshire East Highways will need to improve the pictured (above) junction if the plan is to succeed, how much will that cost?

Congleton Pride has highlighted a mismatch between the tolerance expressed by many people in Congleton towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and other non-confirming genders/sexualities (LGBTQ+ for short), and the actual experience of LGBTQ+ people who live here.

The charity ran two online surveys. The first one asked the general public questions about LGBTQ+ people to determine the level of prejudice and understanding.

With all the uncertainty we are facing in the country currently, Congleton ward councillor Rob Moreton would like to talk to the community about debt.

It is something we do not talk about. There is still a perception of shame if we, as people, mount up any amount of debt, which is probably why we do not talk about it, but we should.

Dear Sir,

In the years that Cllr David Brown has been a Cheshire East borough councillor, he was the portfolio holder for highways and deputy leader of Cheshire East Council, until he lost his position due to a police enquiry over funding.