News in Alsager

Due to the latest lockdown, Wesley Place Methodist Church will be unable to have Christmas trees delivered and collected as planned.

However, the Christmas Tree group at Wesley Place will still be holding a virtual festival by showing slides of previous festivals.

With being in lockdown the chance for communities to show their gratitude for Remembrance Sunday has been significantly reduced.

Cllr Ashley Farrall, Cheshire East Council's Armed Forces Champion, suggested the council should mark streets across the borough with poppies.

No household should go hungry and Alsager & District Foodbank are here to help.

The foodbank has been running since 2013 as part of the Alsager Community Support Centre and Alsager Community Church.

With the second national lockdown starting today (Thursday), the latest Covid-19 figures show that the Alsager West ward remains in the highest bracket for coronavirus cases per 100,000 people.

However, while 29 cases were reported in Alsager West in the seven days up to 30 October, that was a drop of 12, meaning it had a rolling rate of 510.6 per 100,000 people.

Residents of Lawton Manor Care Home, Church Lawton, recently enjoyed an engaging life enrichment program that included a number of activities which ended with a Spooktacular Halloween party.

With a full week of themed activities, residents enjoyed pumpkin carving, art class sessions, creating and crafting bats, spiders and friendly ghost decorations that adorned the home's communal areas.

Two Alsager roads, which have several defects but do not meet the criteria for "immediate repair", remain on Cheshire East's list to be considered for their future works programmes.

However, the borough did not provide a timeframe on when the work would be carried out due to it being subject to funding availability.

A request for town council meetings to have a set finish time did not receive enough support from fellow councillors.

Speaking at last Tuesday's Alsager Town Council meeting, councillors discussed whether a 9:30pm finish should be placed on meetings.

Concerns about parking close to junctions in Alsager has led to an additional proposed traffic order being requested.

Speaking at last Tuesday's Alsager Town Council meeting, Cllr Pauline Hubbard spoke about the parking issues near Cedars Medical Centre.

Firefighters extinguished a fire which was contained to a microwave oven at a flat in Alsager.

At around 8am today (Monday) firefighters were informed of a fire in a flat on Talke Road, Alsager.

The much-anticipated installation of a zebra crossing on a busy Alsager road is due to be carried out during the February half-term period next year.

Cheshire East Council plans to install a zebra crossing on Crewe Road, near the junction with Cranberry Lane, using both section 106 money from the housing developments at Goss Place and from the Sustainable Modes of Transport to School fund.