News in Alsager

The Alsager Rotary presidential 'baton' has now been handed over to me (Lynn Spooner) until the end of June 2022.

A long way off I know but as Kate Jepson and I agreed, it was in the club's best interest that we do eighteen months each due to the unusual circumstances that we found ourselves in at the end of March this year.

An Alsager-based GP practice will start Covid-19 vaccinations within the next fortnight.

Health chiefs are not naming the practice until they start providing jabs, but say its inclusion is part of a "significant expansion" in the roll out of the coronavirus vaccine across Cheshire.

COUNCIL planning chiefs have launched an investigation into a raft of complaints from residents about an Alsager trading estate.

Cheshire East Council says it is in discussion with the owner at Excalibur Industrial Trading Estate about the number of CCTV cameras installed on site. It is also looking into light pollution issues after residents complained their homes were being illuminated by the glare of floodlights.

POLICE are warning people to keep their New Year's Eve celebrations in Alsager firmly at home after the move to tier four restrictions.

To prevent the spread of coronavirus, Cheshire Police say it vital that residents stay at home and don't mix with other households, except where there are exemptions such as childcare and 'bubbles'.

CHESHIRE East has been moved into the highest risk category, tier four, by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, as he placed millions more people under tougher coronavirus restrictions.

Mr Hancock told the Commons this afternoon (Wednesday) that with cases rising sharply and hospitalisations increasing the government had to "demonstrate the need to act where the virus is spreading".

CHESHIRE East moved into tier three at a minute past midnight today (Boxing Day).

So what does the Covid 'very high alert' level mean for Alsager.

ALSAGER will join other Cheshire East towns in moving to the tier three, 'very high', level of coronavirus restrictions on Boxing Day, the health secretary has announced.

The increased restrictions mean that all hospitality businesses will be forced to close or be restricted to takeaway services only.

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.