News in Alsager

TWO brothers from Alsager kept music lovers entertained while venues remain shut during the pandemic by performing a free online concert.

The Buggs, brothers Dylan, 12, and Owain, 10, played and sang live from their basement via Facebook Live to an appreciative audience who were encouraged to interact by typing comments, or adding a Like or a Heart.

ALSAGER Town have announced they won't be back in action until February next year because of Covid-19 issues.

After consulting with the North West Counties Football League last week club officials say they are suspending all first team fixtures until the end of January 2021.

THE prime minister has appointed Fiona Bruce MP as his special envoy to promote freedom of religion and belief internationally.

Mrs Bruce, who is a Christian, has pledged to champion the causes of persecuted groups like the Uighur Muslims in China and the Yazidis in the in Iraq.

A WOMAN was rescued from a blaze at a house on Linley Road late last night.

Fire crews from Crewe, Alsager and Kidsgrove attended just before 11pm after the fire broke out in the living room of the property.

AN animal welfare campaigner wants more Alsager schools to follow the lead of an innovative project and become 'hedgehog-friendly'.

Pikemere Primary School has become the town's first school to improve access for hedgehogs and other small animals by installing new fencing with wildlife gaps at regular intervals.

Everyone at Alsager Nub News would like to say a huge thank you to the people of Alsager for your support and helping us reach more than 1,000 likes on our Facebook page.

More than two thirds of the area's residents have visited Alsager Nub News since we started the site at the end of September.

Cheshire East is to remain in tier two over the Christmas holiday period, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.

Rates of infection are currently at 119 cases per 100,000 for the borough in the most recent data.

Two new benches will be installed at a park in Alsager following a successful grant request.

A community group submitted a £905 grant request to Alsager Town Council to facilitate the purchase of the benches at Wayside Linley Park.

Plans for a motocross circuit have been knocked back as it would represent a "harmful visual intrusion" and "encroachment" into the open countryside.

Mr Boote submitted a retrospective planning application to Cheshire East Council for the change of use at land east of Chells Hill (B5078), Rode Heath, to a motocross circuit on an intermittent basis.

The chair of Alsager Town Council had to repeatedly remind councillors to treat each other with respect, following accusations that councillors were subject to slanderous comments online from their fellow elected representatives.

Cllr Michael Unett was amongst several councillors, who recently felt they could not decide on the Alsager Partnership's funding request, due to the conflicting information and difference in opinion coming from both the organisation and the Partnership Review Panel.