News in Congleton

The proportion of positive coronavirus tests in Cheshire East has risen to 8.7 per cent over the last week, according to one Director of Public Health in the county.

Ian Ashworth told officials on Cheshire West's Covid-19 outbreak board that the Cheshire East rise in positive tests were recorded in a week which saw a 13.6 per cent fall in the number of residents getting a test.

Railings on Clayton Bypass outside McDonald's were damaged in September.

The damage took place between 21 and 26 September.

More than £600,000 has been spent on body-worn video cameras by Cheshire police since 2017, the LDRS can reveal.

A freedom of information request to the force shows that £535,000 was spent on equipping "frontline operational" officers with the technology since 2018, with another £90,000 for "taser officers and football spotters".

The Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service has created a video to warn against the dangers of fireworks ahead of Bonfire Night.

Firefighter Ted Perry tells the fictional story of Matt who suffers loses his hand as a result of an accident while using fireworks to highlight the potential consequences.

A range of ongoing recruitment initiatives are still available to help career and business prospects recover from the impacts of Covid-19.

The government's decision to enforce national lockdown restrictions from tomorrow (Thursday 5 November) will result in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) – also known as the furlough scheme – being extended for a period of one month until December.

The Women's Equality Party this week called for an end to child hunger by adopting a radical new economic model for the UK.

The party voted to adopt a policy of 'Reimagining the UK Economic System' at its recent Party Conference.

Bonfire Night stresses a lot of animals but Cong Bear has been out and about searching for more animal friendlier fireworks and he found some on his doorstep.

On his travels around Glebe Farm in Astbury, he came across Black Lab Fireworks and to his surprise, they sold low noise fireworks, that have the same beautiful colour explosion, but without the loud sound.

Due to the rising wind levels, Saturday's scheduled Congleton Makers Market has been cancelled.

The organisers said: "It is our priority to keep traders and visitors safe. The market will return 28 November."

Plans for a developer to build a further eight houses in Congleton which would encroach onto a prior agreed woodland corridor have been met with objections.

Seddon Homes has applied to Cheshire East Council for the erection of eight dwellings at land west of Goldfinch Close, Congleton.

A Halloween haunting in Congleton has captured the attention of world-famous paranormal investigator Richard Felix.

Richard who is well known for being the historian on televisions Most Haunted for over 120 episodes, appears as a guest on Canalside Radio 102.8 FM this weekend.