News in Crewe

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.

POLICE have stepped up patrols in Crewe after alleged incidents involving women being followed in the town centre.

Cheshire Police say they have arrested a man this week and he is helping them with their enquiries.

OPERATIONS have been cancelled at Leighton Hospital this week as Omicron pressures hit the Crewe medical complex.

Health chiefs say that a small number of elective procedures that were due to take place between January 17 and 21 (today) are having to be rearranged.

MISSING links in Crewe's cycling and walking trails could be connected up if an innovative pilot project involving GPs prescribing exercise for residents goes ahead.

The plans would also see new cycle and walking routes laid out, improved lighting and signage with access to Crewe Lifestyle Centre's showers, bike maintenance classes and secure cycle storage.

A CLEAN-UP crackdown in Crewe has seen nine fines issued for fly-tipping offences.

The Cleaner Crewe project has also seen council enforcement officers issue 16 warning letters over breaches in a bid to clean up some of the town's filthiest streets and alleyways.

A ROW has been sparked over charges levied on motorists in some Cheshire East towns - including Crewe - being funnelled into resurfacing work on a free car park in Middlewich.

Cheshire East Council splashed out £54,349 on resurfacing the free Civic Way car park weeks after the authority voted against a proposal to widen parking charges across the borough, including in Middlewich.

AT Nub News we cast our eye over local events to produce a weekly round up of what's on in Crewe each weekend.

Every Thursday we bring you our top picks of the events being held in the area that are listed on our What's On section for the coming weekend.

A CREWE mother told an inquest how she is still haunted about the circumstances surrounding the loss of her baby son in childbirth at Leighton Hospital.

Lauren Hillman criticised the care administered by the team on the hospital's labour ward and the decision not to undertake a 'highest priority' caesarean section when it became apparent the birth was running into problems.

CREWE'S luxury car maker has announced the production of its first battery-powered electric vehicle.

The development and build of the vehicle is part of a programme of £2.5 billion which Bentley Motors is investing in "sustainability" over the next ten years.

A SUPPORT worker has revealed how a career switch to a job with a Crewe care home has helped "balance her life".

Busy mum Leah Wilson, 29, is one of a number of Belong at Home community support workers, who visit older people living in and around the town.