News in Congleton

Fiona Bruce MP has urged residents to support local business by using their Eat Out to Help Out voucher at restaurants and cafes locally when these vouchers become available for Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays in August.

The new scheme will give people up to 50% off a meal out in August – up to £10 per person in a restaurant, pub or café.

Police officers attended a collision which involved three cars near New Life Church earlier today.

A Cheshire Police spokesperson told Nub News: "At around 1.10pm on Friday 17 July police were informed of a collision on West Road in Congleton.

A group of travellers who arrived in Congleton on Saturday morning remain on site.

At 1.10pm on Saturday (18 July) police were called to reports of an unauthorised encampment on Worrall Street, Congleton.

Eleven vehicles were clocked speeding on a Congleton road yesterday evening (Saturday).

Congleton West Police officers, armed with a hand-held speed gun, were on Padgbury Lane monitoring traffic after concerns from residents.

A 12-year-old girl was approached by an unknown woman and was asked to leave with her at a Congleton B&M store.

At around 4.10pm on Friday (17 July), police officers were called to reports of a suspicious incident at the B&M store on Congleton Retail Park, Barn Road.

Cheshire East Council has requested a court date and will be serving a court summons to secure an eviction order against a group of travellers, who arrived in Congleton on Saturday morning.

Nub News reported yesterday that the group had been served with a notice requiring them to leave by 5pm yesterday (Tuesday) to prevent further legal action being taken.

Work has begun to repair a leaking pipe which is causing water supply issues in Congleton.

United Utilities are working to fix the problem on Lindale Close, Congleton, as soon as possible.

CHESHIRE East Council has issued another warning that emergency Covid-19 funding won't be enough to cover the impact of the pandemic.

While the authority welcomes the latest round of funding from central government - which has seen it gain an allocation of £2.7 million as part of a further £500m emergency pot - it says it won't be sufficient going forward.

Cheshire East Council is to provide the Congleton community with four free days of parking across three car parks.

The move aims to support the borough's towns and have the flexibility to support special events and busy periods, such as festivals and the run-up to Christmas.

Some main roads are expected to be closed for numerous months in order for highways maintenance and improvement works to be carried out.

According to 'OneNetwork' Cheshire East Council's online highway system, it stated that Newcastle Road at Newbold Astbury would be closed from its junction with the Village Hall at Astbury to the junction with Childs Lane at Brownlow.