News in Crewe

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.

A CREWE teenager accused of murder insisted he was "just trying to scare" a gang of older men who threatened his friends with "kneecapping" on a Winsford estate.

The 17-year-old, who denies murdering Keagan Crimes, told a jury at Chester Crown Court that he was "confused and knew what they [the men] were capable of" after he was in a friend's flat targeted by them.

A CREWE teenager is accused of murdering a man from Winsford with a large 'Zombie' knife.

The 17-year-old, who is not being named for legal reasons, appeared in the dock at Chester Crown Court this afternoon (Friday) at the start of a trial which could last until January 14 next year.

A CREWE teenager accused of murder was swinging a machete-type knife outside a shopping precinct "going for anyone in front of him", a court was told.

An eye witness to the altercation, in which Keagan Crimes lost his life in Winsford in October last year, said the youth didn't seem to care that he was confronted with a large group of older men pursuing him.