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Cheshire East Council is inviting residents, businesses, voluntary organisations and other stakeholders to have their say on detailed budget proposals for the next four years, as the authority works to close a significant funding gap and deliver sustainable services.

A new and improved short breaks offer for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is set to launch in Cheshire East.

Cheshire East Council has launched a new campaign to tackle a worrying rise in fires caused by hazardous waste in household bins.

Cheshire East Council has welcomed positive feedback from Ofsted following its latest monitoring visit to children’s services, which found “a level of optimism and confidence across the workforce that things are getting better” after last year’s inadequate inspection judgement.

More than half of young people do not feel there is enough state support to help them get paid entry-level jobs with training and opportunities for progression, new research suggests..

A Scottish Labour government would create a new emergency service to ensure people in mental health crisis get urgent and specialist care, Anas Sarwar has said..

The first saplings grown from the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree are to be planted as National Tree Week kicks off, the National Trust has said..

The UK will see warmer weather this weekend as the cold snap which brought temperatures as low as minus 11C comes to an end..