News in Crewe

CREWE-BASED global business services company Radius Payment Solutions is seeking to hire over 100 local people and has just announced plans to build its fourth office in the town which will create jobs for an estimated 300 more.

Already employer to a 700-strong workforce in Crewe alone, divided between its three buildings in Emperor Way and Herald Drive off Macon Way, Radius is designing its next office for Arden Square on land it has recently purchased.

MOTORISTS face lengthy diversions around controversial road works on the A51 for up to four months from today (Tuesday).

Meanwhile, businesses are demanding to know why the works on a stretch of the main Crewe/Nantwich to Chester route weren't completed during the lockdown.

CREWE schools will retain staggered starts and finishes and one-way systems although there will be a gradual reduction in Covid-secure measures when terms starts.

There will also be an emphasis on good hygiene and ventilation to ensure local schools welcome back pupils safely next week.

PLANS to build houses and a care home on the site of a former Crewe hotel have failed to strike support with local residents

Seddon Homes wants to redevelop the site of the Hunters Lodge hotel, which closed in January this year after the family-based business revealed it had been hit hard by the pandemic.

CREWE and Nantwich's MP is looking for an apprentice to help with the smooth running of his office.

Kieran Mullan has extended the deadline for the role up to next Tuesday, August 31.

THE summer looks like it has returned in time for the Bank Holiday weekend.

It will be dry and fine across Cheshire and if you are sticking around in Crewe Saturday and Sunday look the best days of the weekend with sunny spells and temperatures set to reach 20C says the Met Office.

CHESHIRE East Council has given the go ahead for 25 homes on a site in Crewe despite the land being allocated for a pub and shop.

The land, north of Broad Street, is part of the residential/commercial scheme which was granted planning permission in 2013.

A VIOLENT incident in Crewe has been highlighted as showing how crime records in Cheshire can be misinterpreted.

Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire John Dwyer says he welcomes a call to the government by chief constables for a review of the way in which police currently record crimes.

CREWE Market Hall goers are getting more time to enjoy their Bank Holiday weekend.

Market operators, Market Asset Management, have extended hours at the Earle Street venue to accommodate the holiday custom, including opening up on Bank Holiday Monday (August 30).

A FORMER Cheshire Police officer, who was based at Crewe, has been banned from law enforcement after tracking his partner using police systems.

Andrew Birkett was found to have a case to answer for gross misconduct after using the force's systems to monitor his former partner, who was also a serving Cheshire officer.