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Bill Livesley
13:56, 16 FEB 2017
Council probe launch into ex-councillor's expenses
Bill Livesley
The council is investigating the financial claims of former Bollington councillor Bill Livesley
Conservatives take control of first Macclesfield town council
Alift Harewood
Eight of the 12 councillors are Tories with the remaining four in Labour's hands
Shocks and surprises in council elections
Alift Harewood
Veteran councillors from the town ousted in Cheshire East Council elections - but there are plenty of new faces.
Election: Youngest election candidate says it's time for shake-up
Politics
Student Matthew Sharrocks, 19, is standing to become a councillor on Cheshire East and the new Macclesfield Town Council
The full list of candidates in the Cheshire East Council elections revealed
Macclesfield
Residents are being asked to vote for candidates to represent their communities on Cheshire East Council
Anger over flood plain homes plan
Bill Livesley
Residents have reacted angrily to a decision to approve plans for 33 homes on land opposite Lowerhouse Mill in Bollington.
Red tape wrecks Santa visit to children
Bill Livesley
Hundreds of children missed out on a visit from Macclesfield Round Table's Santa because a Cheshire East Council licence was denied until council leader Michael Jones stepped in.
Residents' plea not to be left in the dark by plan to cut street lights
Cheshire East Council
Around 6,700 of the council’s 38,000 street lights will be switched off or operate for reduced hours from December
Fears over who will control CCTV cameras in town
Cheshire East Council
Macclesfield’s public-funded security cameras are currently being scrutinised as part of a council review of all CCTV across Cheshire East.
Campaign succeeds in Bollington bus route reprieve
Bill Livesley
Bollington's last evening bus has been saved from the chop thanks to a campaign by councillors, residents and the Macclesfield Express.
Cheshire East councillors claim £1.3m expenses
Bill Livesley
The council has spent £1.35m on members’ pay and expenses over the past year. The bill – for between April 2011 and March this year – was for all Cheshire East councillors.
Hard-up council chiefs’ plea to suppliers in bid to save money
Bill Livesley
The council has launched part of its plan to save millions of pounds by asking suppliers for big discounts and streamlining staff pay and conditions.
We're no clone town, say business leaders
Bill Livesley
Macclesfield's business community has roundly rejected the clone town claims of a new economic survey.
Why Macclesfield is the worst 'clone town' in the north
Bill Livesley
A damning economic survey says that big brand stores such as Iceland, Bodyshop and River Island are taking over the high street and strangling the life out of independent businesses.
Hospital’s land sale creates 200 new jobs at £30m site
Bill Livesley
Developers have cleared Macclesfield Hospital’s debts by buying unwanted land and turned it into a £30m mixed development – bringing up to 200 jobs to the town.
Takeover means the end for Macclesfield High
Bill Livesley
Plans for Macclesfield High to be swallowed up by another secondary could mark the end for the school.
Councillors claim more than £1.3m
Bill Livesley
Cheshire East councillors’ allowances and expenses cost the taxpayer more than £1.3m last year.
Jobs loss blow hits the Cheshire
Bill Livesley
The Cheshire Building Society is to close its Macclesfield headquarters in a massive jobs blow for the town.
Jobs loss blow hits the Cheshire
Bill Livesley
The Cheshire Building Society is to close its Macclesfield headquarters in a massive jobs blow for the area.
Museum grant crisis averted
Bill Livesley
Fears for the future of the town’s Silk Museum have been averted after a last-minute council decision by not to reduce funding this year.
Freddie’s mansion for sale, if you can stump up £5 million
Bill Livesley
Cricket hero Andy Flintoff has put his £5million Prestbury mansion up for sale – before he’s even lived in it.
How to beat the credit crunch
Bill Livesley
THERE MAY be a glimmer of light at the end of the recession tunnel for the firms of Macclesfield.
Store opening heralds new jobs and hope
Bill Livesley
THE ARRIVAL of a new Iceland store in Macclesfield has created 33 jobs – and heralds a much-needed boost to town centre trade.
630 jobs lost at BAE plant
Armed Forces
THE CLOSURE of the BAE Systems plant in Woodford – one of Macclesfield’s most well-known employers – is a tragedy for the area’s industry, it has been claimed.
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