News in Crewe

POLICE are appealing for information about an alleged early morning sexual assault.

They received a report alleging that an 18-year-old girl had been sexually assaulted in an alleyway near to Welsh Row in Nantwich on Sunday (January 30) at 5.15am.

COUNCIL tax payers in Crewe are set for an increase of 4.43 per cent in the amount they pay towards policing in the county.

If the increase suggested by PCC (Police and Crime Commissioner) John Dwyer is ratified by the police and crime panel this Friday (February 4) that will mean an extra £10 a year on the police precept for a band D council tax payer.

ROADWORKS have started today (Monday) to prepare the way for a major highways scheme in Crewe.

Traffic light systems are in place on Middlewich Road and Minshull New Road, and a three-way system is in force on Smithy Lane, along with other small sections of traffic management, and all of these will stay in place for around four weeks.

COVID cases have started to rise again among schoolchildren in Cheshire East but the numbers are significantly lower than a few weeks ago.

Director of public health Matt Tyrer told a meeting of Cheshire East Council's health and wellbeing board: "With Omicron we saw the highest rates in Cheshire East that we had seen for the entirety of the pandemic. I think we peaked just before 2,000 per 100,000 and we have fallen quite sharply in the last couple of weeks of January but that has now stalled.

THE leaders of the Premier Division of the CREWE REGIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE were mauled at Winsford as George and Dragon demonstrated they can make a title bid.

The mid-Cheshire side have only played six games to date, but they kept up their 100 per cent record after responding to Mike Blundell's effort which put The Lions ahead at the interval.

THE Highway Code is being updated and the changes will become law across the UK today (January 29).

The vast majority of drivers may be unaware of the changes, but it is worth pointing them out as Crewe's roads traditionally attract a large number of cyclists and motoring behaviours will have to adapt.

HOMES in Wistaston could soon be reaping the benefits of full fibre broadband after LilaConnect started laying its network.

The hi-tech firm aims to connect tens of thousands of homes and businesses in Crewe and Nantwich with "lightning-fast, stable internet connections".

HOMEOWNERS who could be affected by the latest leg of HS2 are being encouraged to raise their concerns.

Cheshire East Council says while it has in principle welcomed the bill for Phase 2b of HS2 (Crewe to Manchester) deposited in Parliament on Wednesday this week it recognises the scheme will have a significant impact in some areas of the borough.

A CAMPAIGN to reduce the number of serious and fatal accidents in Cheshire was officially launched on the M6 today (Thursday).

Cheshire Police are cracking down on motorists committing the fatal five - careless driving, using mobile phones, failing to wear a seatbelt, speeding and drink and drug driving – plus other motoring offences in Op Enforcing.

A SERVICE is being held to mark Holocaust Memorial Day today (Thursday).

The national event has been held annually since 2001 on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp.