News in Crewe

CHESHIRE East Council has been allocated £2.2m of government funding to help provide food and essentials for vulnerable households over the winter months.

The household support fund runs from October 6 to March 31, 2022.

LIBRARY staff are calling on youngsters from Crewe to help create a light installation for the Lumen arts trail.

The Luminate Youth project is looking for recruits, aged between 11 and 16, for the after-school library-based digital workshops, which offer the opportunity to try a range of digital arts activities, including coding and digital light art.

FOUR friends are preparing for an epic rowing challenge across the Atlantic Ocean thanks to Mornflake in Crewe.

One Ocean Crew, a team of women in their 30s, hope to raise money and awareness of an ocean protection charity by taking on the 3,000-mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge in December.

FIRE crews checked the gas supply at a house in Crewe after the property was hit by a car yesterday (Sunday) evening.

The vehicle hit a gas pipe at the house on Cranborne Road and fire officers made sure the supply had not been affected by the collision.

Avanti West Coast and Alstom are offering enthusiasts the chance to get their hands on some sought after railway artefacts to help raise money for a Crewe-based charity.

Two Super Voyager nameplates and a pair of Crewe Station signs are up for grabs, the proceeds of the auction going to the charity Railway Benefit Fund, which is based on Nantwich Road.

MOTORISTS are being advised to keep clear of the M6 near Crewe and Sandbach following a three-vehicle collision earlier today (Friday).

National Highways said northbound carriageway between junction 16 Crewe/Stoke and junction 17 Sandbach is not expected to reopen before a police investigation is completed into the collision between a HGV, a van and a car at 9.50am.

NUB News is looking for a Business Editor to cover its five sites across Cheshire.

We want a highly-motivated journalist who can find and publish original and exclusive local business stories every day.

MAKERS and small indie businesses will be in the spotlight at a pop-up event at Crewe Market Hall.

A Pop Up Makers and Small Business Market is being held at the Earle Street venue on Sunday (October 17) as part of an initiative launched by two of the hall's permanent traders.

COUNCILLORS have "reluctantly" given the go ahead for a new Crewe housing estate arguing if the scheme had been for Knutsford the developer would probably have come up with something better.

The application from David Wilson Homes for 146 homes on land off Sydney Road had already been deferred twice by Cheshire East's strategic planning board.

FACE masks and other measures have been reintroduced in schools in areas of Cheshire East where Covid cases have soared.

As well as insisting on the wearing of masks in communal areas there will be reduced mixing in assemblies and additional testing facilities are to be put in place by Cheshire East Council depending on infection rates.