News in Crewe

POLICE have arrested a Crewe man in connection with a failure to appear at court.

Earlier this week Cheshire Police issued an appeal to find Craig Arrowsmith, 42, over the allegation.

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 TEENAGE girl had her phone snatched during a terrifying robbery on a Crewe footpath.

Police are appealing for witnesses and video footage to the incident which occurred around 7.40am on Monday (January 10) when the 17-year-old was walking on a path between Henry Street and Greystone Park.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and video footage after a fatal collision on the M6 near to Crewe.

A white HGV collided with the central reservation on the southbound carriageway between junction 17 at Sandbach and junction 16 at Crewe at 4.41pm yesterday (January 11).

ONLY one school in Cheshire East had to close during the autumn term because of Covid-19 - and that was only for the last day, it has been revealed.

Mark Bayley, acting director of education, says the autumn term last year was probably the hardest and most challenging for schools during the whole pandemic and thanked staff for the 'Herculean efforts to keep schools open'.

LABOUR borough councillors claim the delay introducing a revamped health care body in the region could usher in private health firms into the NHS.

Cheshire East was due to become part of a Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System (ICS) on April 1, but the re-organisation has been put back until July 1.

TAXI drivers are in short supply in Cheshire East because nearly 150 quit when their trade was badly affected by the pandemic.

Kim Evans, licensing team leader at the borough council, said this was a regional and national issue and London was down about 4,000 drivers.

CREWE luxury car marker Bentley Motors has attributed its big sales leap in 2021 to the introduction of new hybrid models.

The firm sold 14,659 vehicles last year in 2021, a 31 per cent increase over 11,206 sold in 2020, which at the time was also a record.

'RAIDING' the early help for families budget to plough funds into a proposed Crewe Youth Zone could have a detrimental impact on children across Cheshire East.

That was the view of two Conservative councillors who told Cheshire East Council's children and families committee they were not opposed to the youth zone, but they were concerned about where the funding was coming from and the perceived inequality for young people across the borough.

TRAFFIC will be a major concern when a proposed new primary school is built at Basford and transporting children to and from the site must be given consideration, councillors said.

The free school is expected to open at Basford East near Shavington in September 2025 and will take children from new housing in the area.