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Four former councillors have been nominated to receive prestigious honorary titles from Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council.On 10 June, the council’s Governance Committee will decide whether to recommend that the Mayor of Â鶹´«Ã½, Councillor Sharmila Sivarajah, convenes an Extraordinary Meeting of the Full Council to bestow the…

Further steps are being taken to improve air quality in Â鶹´«Ã½ following the adoption of new penalties aimed at regulating emissions from chimneys in the town’s smoke control area.The new penalties were introduced by Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council following an amendment made by the Government to the Clean Air Act 1993 made…

Following concerns raised by car park users, Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council has introduced a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to increase powers to tackle anti-social behaviour in its multi-storey car parks.A period of investigation and public consultation found that anti-social behaviour had been recorded or reported…

The new Mayor of Â鶹´«Ã½ is Councillor Sharmila Sivarajah.Councillor Sivarajah was elected Mayor at the Annual Meeting of the Full Council meeting on Friday 24 May.Councillor Sivarajah has represented Bewbush and North Broadfield ward since 2022. She was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and conducted her studies in Germany…

The Cultural Quarter pop-up programme has been delivering a series of town-centre based arts and culture activities over the past year with further exciting events to come.Working with the Cultural Quarter Steering Group, which has representatives from town centre-based business, cultural and heritage sectors, Pop-Up…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Wellbeing now offers free blood pressure checks to people who live and work in Â鶹´«Ã½.Trained Â鶹´«Ã½ Wellbeing staff can carry out the simple check in a range of locations throughout the town, including the Wellbeing Hub at K2 Â鶹´«Ã½ or in the mobile unit in Queens Square, Bewbush, Broadfield and Langley…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council has refurbished and reopened three Bewbush play areas as part of a wider programme to revitalise unsupervised playgrounds across Â鶹´«Ã½.The refurbishment – at Brideake Close, Perkstead Court and Curteys Walk – has included extensive resurfacing and general maintenance works, as well as the…

Small and independent retailers in Â鶹´«Ã½ can apply for up to £5,000 to improve their shop fronts or stores as part of the Shop Front and High Street Improvement Programme.Eligible businesses in Â鶹´«Ã½ town centre and the neighbourhood parades can bid for grants of up to £5,000 toward significant visual improvements…

A local man has been fined a total of £200 and ordered to pay £300 costs after fly-tipping was discovered in two residential garage blocks in the Â鶹´«Ã½ area.Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council Community Protection Officers found the fly-tipped waste at garage block sites in Chippendale Road (Broadfield) in August 2022 and at…

Mayor of Â鶹´«Ã½, Councillor Jilly Hart, has congratulated Â鶹´«Ã½ Town FC for their triumph over Crewe Alexandra FC today.