News in Alsager

Major changes to the UK's Covid-19 travel rules have come into force today (4am, Friday 11 February), making international journeys cheaper and easier for passengers ahead of the half-term.

The relaxation in requirements is thanks to the success of the UK's vaccine and booster rollout and means eligible fully vaccinated travellers arriving in the UK no longer need to take any Covid-19 tests – resulting in the UK having one of the most free-flowing borders and open societies in Europe.

Alsager Nub News asked Alsager Harlequins Cycling Club for their response to the changes to the Highway Code.

We reported yesterday here. how Cheshire East Council's walking and cycling champion says the changes are about common courtesy and protecting more vulnerable road users.

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• Gates open on Rode Hall's Snowdrop Walks

Organisers of a Cheshire 1980s music festival have announced their all-star line-up.

Rewind North is a retro music festival devoted to pop music of the eighties, and has been held in our town since 2016.

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The Highway Code changes are about common courtesy and protecting more vulnerable road users, Cheshire East Council's walking and cycling champion has said.

Cllr Suzie Akers Smith (Ind) has welcomed the changes which came into force at the end of last month and said the new rules are there to protect everyone because, at some time, everyone is a pedestrian.

Love is in the air in Alsager this weekend in the run-up to Valentine's Day with a special dinner dance.

Elsewhere there's lots going on including and elsewhere including a tribute act, live football and bridge.

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Cheshire's police and crime panel has approved a 4.4 per cent hike in the police precept after the commissioner said the alternative was to cut services.

This means residents living in a band D property will see an extra £10 for the year added to the policing element of their council tax bill.

A wet and windy weekend might have some people off from visiting the start of Rode Hall's famous Snowdrop Walks but the gates are now well and truly open to the popular annual event.

More than 70 varieties of the traditional flower, which symbolises innocence, purity and hope as it is the first flower to bloom at the end of winter and the