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Roy, I Googled your question and the answer is as follows – "Users still need a valid driving licence (full or provisional – categories AM, A1, A2, A and B) and can then ride the escooters on roads and in cycle lanes and tracks (NB not on pavements). Helmets are recommended but not compulsory. You need to use them safely and carefully." Maybe a word with the PCSO may help.

We have just been to The New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-u-l to see the Card by Arnold Bennett and it was excellent and is highly recommended. On till Saturday the 10th of June.

It is illegal to use an electric scooter anywhere on any public road, pavement or footpath – and the penalty can include driving licence points. Electric scooters can only be used legally on private land, with the owner's permission. One exception – the scooter hire schemes operated in some towns are legal.

The problem over missed bin collections seems quite widespread and frequent.
Where I am on Wilkesley Lane I've had no collections for 4 weeks now. Going without a collection for a month or longer happens often! It's been happening since last October.
I have sent in missed collection reports online every time – nothing happens.
I have complained to the Council, they have replied and promised collections -- Nothing still happens!
Now it looks like it will be 5 weeks before I may, or may not, get a collection. With it being a Bank Holiday next Monday, the omens are not good.

Regards
Geoff Rigby

They are illegal to use anywhere unless they are part of a scheme ' on trial ' , usually major towns. Can only be used on private land

I am sorry to hear of 'missed bins', if they remain unattended please let me know, along with any reference provided by CE in response to your complaint and I will see if I can garner action!

Is it legal to ride an electic scooter on the pavement in Audlem?
Ive seen it solo twice before, three times now, this time with a passenger on board.

Apologies for incorrect booster eligibility information I gave for the livewell bus. The news article 20th May states that the bus is for people over 75 only. Sorry for any inconvenience .

Thanks to everyone who has contacted me to provide information about Covid 19 vaccination sites. I was pleased to hear about the mobile Livewell bus that will be at the Town Hall annex on Weds 24th 10.30 until 4pm – I'll give it a try. I hadn't actually done a search on the NHS app for 'drop in' sessions after the disastrous session in Nantwich for the last round of boosters when the queue extended from the Parish Hall down past the market and they ran out of doses soon after it opened! The 'booked' sessions in Nantwich Civic Hall were a model of efficiency....

The Liverwell mobile clinic od Audlem IS listed if you search for drop in locations but bookable slots suggested for my Audlem postcode included Crewe, Silverdale, Sandbach and various Pottery locations – great if you've got transport but ry getting to any of them by bus!!

Regards and good luck!

Tim

Sewing machinist/seamstress required. Working from home. Clean light fabrics. Simple stitching from patterns. All materials delivered and finished items collected. £15.00 per hour. Please email or call on 07740 760305.

Add me to the mised bin collection
Chris

I reported the missed bin collection on Monday and was told it would be done within 5 working days. If that doesn't count the missed day, it could be next Monday before it's done. So that will be 3 bins to empty.
I will reserve judgment. I also reported the very dangerous manhole cover on Green Lane. It has this week been repaired ( temporarily I suspect). I counted 6 council workers in Green Lane managing to do this and several other repairs. How much per hole I wonder?

Hi there! Would anyone be interested in belly dance lessons being taught in the village? Im a belly dance teacher and performer and I live just outside the village. I'd like to gauge the level of interest before arranging a class. Please can you let me know by emailing me: lizziebellydancer@gmail.com.
I can also be booked for performing. Many thanks

The Livewell bus will be at the annex on Weds 24th 10.30 until 4pm. This is a walk in covid booster service...
For people aged 75 or over (you need to have turned 75 on or before 30 June 2023).
People living in a care home for older adults.
People who are aged 5 or over and have a weakened immune system... I believe people in this last group will have been sent a letter?

any other residents getting sick of not having their bins emptied? 5 times now in 6 months where our bins have not been emptied. I question where our council tax is being spent. I have had zero improvement no matter how many complaints I have made and don't even get me started on the state of our roads. Green lane surface is in an apalling state and the flood area just by the bridge with no top has been worsening over the last 5 years with no action from the council at all. I wonder if it will take a fatality before any action happens. I have in the past stood out in the pouring rain with my hi vis on trying to slow down traffic to avoid accidents. It is utterly disgraceful

There are a few others that are going the same way, its due to people repeatedly parking vehicles on them when they are designed for footpath use only.

Re mention of suggestion of putting in kerbstones – is this not going to make the situation even worse ? It would mean that the water would lie even longer, as the kerb would act like a dam. Surely the obvious way is to either renew or unblock the drains to the brook that are already there.

In response to the request re stacking chairs I have at least 8 if someone would like to collect them. My mobile number is 07776300283.
Gary Meadows

I'm eligible for a Covid booster but the locations suggested for Audlem residents are not really very accessible unless you have access to a car! Are there any plans to offer sessions in Nantwich or even in Audlem itself.

Having initially reported the broken covers via CE Highways/streetwise a while ago (& popped the cones around them) I've just taken a call from a member of their team to say it's BT job and they're passing it onto them – marked urgent. No timeline could be given at this stage.

Billy! Your message made me laugh regarding your licence!! Some people might say that many Audlem residents have gained them from a cracker!!

I too remember Mrs Shuker's shop, back in the early 80's, when we had a liberal bus driver who would let us off and spend our hard earned pocket money on a packet of grots!!

Hi I'm an apprentice at salon vie hairdressers in Nantwich and I'm looking for someone to model for me on Monday 15th of May at 10.30 am.
I'm looking for a short older ladies hairstyle for me to wash and blow dry.
It would be free of charge.
If you could model please text me on 07483897039
Thankyou

Random request:

Does anyone have any old stackable plastic chairs they would kindly donate or accept a donation for?

We need 10 for community events in the Pau run and ride shop, due to shortage of space in store they would have to be stackable.

Thanks in advance
Mathew

A few years ago, before Covid, I recall seeing and photographing small fatbergs stranded on sandbanks in the brook, east of the village. They were coming down from the outdated and under capacity Buerton sewage works, hence the work now being undertaken by U.U. Also on occasion, I have noticed that the water flowing under our bridge had turned black from contamination. The worrying aspect is the potentially dangerous levels of chemical contamination of substances such as mercury and polybrominated diphenyl ethers, although the disclosed results do not specify the levels involved. I wonder where they are coming from, household chemicals, dairy detergents, road run off (tyre degradation)? The possibilities in modern society seem endless.

I remember going into Mrs Shukers shop (Swanbach) and thinking how trusting she was, meaning; if she was in the house rather than in the shop itself, you had to ring a bell on the counter to let her know you were there and she'd come and serve you. I wonder if she could do that in this day and age and have any stock left? A bit of a begger to park your car outside the shop as I remember although I don't know how I remember that as I was 12 years old at the time and I hadn't yet won my Drivers Licence in the Tombola at the Audlem Country Fair and Pig Worrying Extravaganza 1973.