News in Crewe

CHESHIRE East Council's new winter gritting policy has come under fire with one councillor saying it doesn't take into account how dangerous roads are and just how often they are used.

Members of the council's audit and governance committee plan to examine the allocation and use of highways funding in the borough with Odd Rode councillor Patrick Redstone saying residents at Mow Cop faced a death-trap in the winter months.

TWO Crewe pubs have launched a crowdfunding appeal to support the family of a mother-of-three who has died suddenly.

Amy Mathers passed away on Saturday (November 27). Now her friends and pub goers at The Imperial on Edleston Road and The Hop Pole on Wistaston Road have rallied around to meet the costs of the 30-year-old's funeral.

PEOPLE on low incomes and those receiving benefits in Cheshire East could receive more help paying their council tax next year.

At present people in receipt of benefits such as jobseeker's allowance or income support get 75 per cent of their council tax paid under the council tax support scheme.

THE 65th Cancer Research UK Christmas Fair at Wistaston Memorial Hall raised over £2,500.

The event, organised annually by the Crewe and Nantwich Cancer Research UK Group, was scaled down because of Covid regulations with reduced number of stalls and a one-way system to avoid congestion.

CREWE Lyceum Theatre is launching a brand new Youth Theatre for January 2022.

Open to ages 8 to 13, the initiative is an opportunity for young people to gain skills in drama, develop performance experience, build confidence and get creative in Crewe's Edwardian theatre.

THE weekend's winter weather brought disruption to power supplies in South Cheshire and left some of the region's roads very hazardous this morning.

Motorists are being advised to take extra care after yesterday (Sunday) afternoon's snowfall was followed by freezing temperatures overnight.

IT'S beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in Crewe town centre after a stunning lights show has taken centre stage for the next fortnight.

Lumen Lite, a self-guided illuminated arts trail, powered on last night (Friday) along with the traditional town centre lights as the town's festive programme got underway.

CHESHIRE East Council is to re-think access to its buildings after claims members of the public and councillors are finding it difficult to get into and out of its Westfields headquarters in Sandbach.

The matter was raised by Leighton councillor Byron Evans at yesterday's (Thursday) meeting of the audit and governance committee.

A MAN from Wybunbury has been jailed for six years over the killing of a businessman at Audlem.

Samuel Thorpe, 26, of Annions Lane, was convicted at an previous hearing of the manslaughter of Adam Lovatt on May 25, 2018 and received the custodial sentence at Liverpool Crown Court today (Friday).

A HOUSING scheme on the former LMR football club site in Crewe has been given the go ahead on the condition that alternative 'replacement' sporting facilities are find elsewhere in the town.

Cheshire East Council has given the go ahead for a 73 affordable-home scheme on the site in Goddard Street.