News in Crewe

A CREWE-BASED car dealership is showing its support to families in Crewe with donations of gifts and toys for underprivileged children this Christmas.

Swansway Group - which has new and used car and van dealerships located across the North West and Midlands - has launched the 'Swansway Santa Patrol' to distribute gifts to a local charity's Santa appeal.

THE COP26 Climate Change summit has focused minds on ways that individuals can play their part in reducing carbon emissions writes our obituaries sponsor Steven Linde of Crewe Funeral Services.

More than 80 per cent of funerals involve cremation and a single cremation generates greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to a car travelling 2,280 miles.

THE health trust which runs Leighton Hospital has launched a five-year strategy which it says is designed to provide the "right care in the right place at the right time".

The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says the plan will help address the "rapidly changing needs of the local population in a post-pandemic world" with a focus on establishing services closer to patients' homes.

AT Nub News we have launched 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.

ARE you looking for a job in the motor trade in the Crewe area?

Then a role with the Swansway Group could offer you a great opportunity to get your career firmly into gear with a firm that believes in investing in its workforce, while at the same time maintaining a strong commitment to the local community.

A PLAN has been drafted to boost bus services across Cheshire East hit by a massive drop in passengers and the effects of Covid.

The Cheshire East Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) sets out proposals to work with local communities, public transport users and local bus operators to improve services and develop changes across the network.

A SOCIAL enterprise in Crewe is taking part in a national event to celebrate the work of community businesses.

Donatable is to highlight its work on Social Enterprise Day, next Thursday, November 11.

COUNCILLORS in Crewe are insistent a full Remembrance Sunday service will be held in the town this year.

The event, which is managed by Crewe Town Council and the Royal British Legion, typically attracts up to 3,500 people into the town centre.

CREWE Market Hall is the place to be tonight (Thursday) to witness a colourful celebration of the Indian Festival of Light, Diwali.

The tea-time/evening event is being staged in collaboration with the Hall's Asian Food Store and will provide some great live entertainment on stage from 5.30pm.

A SINGER songwriter from Haslington is determined to bring some Christmas cheer to everyone this year after being crowned Songwriter of the Year.

Rob Wheeler picked up the accolade in the ARC Radio Listener awards 2021 and is set to launch his third album, MidWinter Songs, later this month.