News in Alsager

An Alsager ward councillor requested at a Cheshire East cabinet meeting this week that the authority provided residents with adequate information regarding gritting and snow clearance.

Following the recent icy and snowy weather, Cllr June Buckley, a ward and town councillor for Alsager, queried at Tuesday's cabinet meeting, where residents could expect to find their closest salt bins and bags.

Migrating toads in the village of Smallwood, which is co-ordinated by an Alsager town councillor, are to get special protection as they head off to breed.

Cheshire East Council has responded to a plea from Smallwood Toad Patrols, co-ordinated by Animal Welfare Party councillor Jane Smith, who sits on Alsager Town Council, to erect signs on roads in the village, where toads cross to mate on the warmer spring evenings.

Pre-schoolers at Townhouse Nursery in Alsager have been getting active with online Family Dance Fit workouts by health and wellbeing charity Everybody Leisure.

We all know how important it is to keep children active and healthy, but with the added pressures of home schooling and a national lockdown, children have once again been forced to spend more time than ever indoors at home.

HOMES in Crewe and Alsager have been raided as part of a police probe into the supply of drugs to a Cheshire prison.

Cheshire Police say they have arrested five people today (Wednesday) in connection with an investigation at Category C prison HMP Risley near Warrington.

Rode Hall has announced that it is with a "heavy heart" that they have now decided to cancel this year's annual Snowdrop Walk event.

With lockdown regulations becoming "stricter by the day" the organisers felt that it would be "irresponsible" to remain open for the walks.

Alsager resident Jo Dale, who sits on Alsager Town Council representing the Labour party, has submitted a letter to Nub News to complain about Gavin Williamson's recent comments in the Houses of Parliament.

His comment that parents should complain to Ofsted about schools shows a complete and utter disrespect for the amazing work teachers and support staff are currently doing, in what is an unprecedented emergency situation.

The North Staffs Community Rail Partnership are planning to put copies of the above poster in the two community poster cases at Alsager Station.

However, the partnership realises that the posters will be seen only by people who are still using the rail service.

In a year like no other, Alsager and District Foodbank has calculated the figures for 2020, with the total in brackets being the comparable numbers for the year before (2019).

The foodbank, a project of Alsager Community Church, was able to help feed 133 (104) referred households during 2020, which consisted of 183 (126) adults and 148 (103) children.

A man arrested following a serious assault at a shop in Alsager has now been charged.

Ben Beardsall was originally arrested by officers on Saturday 9 January by officers from Crewe Local Policing unit.

Detectives have released a CCTV footage of a man they are looking to speak to in relation to a stabbing in Alsager.

At around 6.05am today, Friday 8 January, the victim, a 49-year-old woman, was working at Premier Store on Shady Grove, when she noticed a customer who was looking in the fridge.