News in Congleton

Congleton's town centre looks set to be even more attractive and welcoming this Christmas as councillors recommend the purchase of additional lights to bring that added festive magic to the town.

For the past eight years the surplus funds from the budget used to store, repair, install, test and remove lights has been placed into Congleton Town Council's ear-marked reserve for Christmas lights, to build up their reserves for repairs or replacing lights.

With Congleton's annual Bonfire Night and firework display cancelled, councillors are calling on the community to be safe and adhere to the Covid-19 restrictions with an uplift in anti-social behaviour expected.

Cheshire Police inspector Kelly Johnston attended last Thursday's Congleton Town Council meeting of Community and Environment Committee to give councillors a verbal report on policing matters affecting Congleton.

Police officers have made several arrests within Congleton as they continue to focus on drug dealing and carrying out patrols during the night-time economy.

Cheshire Police inspector Kelly Johnston attended last Thursday's Congleton Town Council meeting of Community and Environment Committee to give councillors a verbal report on policing matters affecting Congleton.

MORE than £1.3 million was spent on agency social workers by Cheshire East Council last year, data shows.

A Freedom of Information request to the council shows that officials sanctioned a £1,370,528 spend on agency social workers in the 2019/20 municipal term, with 18 staff being employed by the authority in adult services on August 1.

An investigation has been launched after two people died in a collision in Marton, near Congleton.

At around 3am on Sunday 27 September an officer came across a car that had collided with a tree on Congleton Road.

An intentional burning at a farmer's field in Congleton which was left unattended had to be extinguished by firefighters.

At around 2:50pm yesterday (Sunday) firefighters were called to reports of a fire in a field in Lomas Way, Congleton. One fire engine from Macclesfield attended.

Districts of Congleton and the surrounding areas have been assigned three new beat officers as part of a community policing initiative.

Aimed at making police more accessible to the public, the scheme developed by Cheshire's Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane comes with a £200,000 investment to deliver local projects which tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.

Cheshire East Council is calling on people to 'show the air you care' – and do their bit to mark Clean Air Day.

Clean Air Day, on October 8, will see schools, workplaces and communities across the borough and UK raise awareness of air pollution and inspire people to take simple steps to tackle air pollution – helping protect the environment and health.

Have your say on the Government's new proposed planning system, Congleton MP Fiona Bruce urges.

"Our constituency has seen a lot of development in recent years, so it is vital that as many people as possible make their views known" she said.

Fumes from cooking caused a smoke alarm to be activated at a Congleton property.

Shortly before 10pm last night (Friday), firefighters were notified of a smoke alarm sounding at an occupied domestic property in Swaledale Avenue, Congleton.