News in Crewe

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.

AFTER councillors agreed to investigate grassroots sports facilities in Crewe, a community football club has revealed its ambition to move to a dedicated new site.

Crewe FC is to submit its plans to Cheshire East Council for a new base on land next to King George V Playing Fields in the wake of a decision by the authority's southern planning committee to defer a housing scheme at the derelict site of the former LMR football ground.

PLANS to build 73 affordable homes in Crewe have been delayed because councillors aren't happy the £80,000 being paid to compensate for the loss of a former sports pitch would go to Middlewich.

The Guinness Partnership wants to build the 42 independent living apartments and 31 houses on the site of the former LMR club and sports field on Goddard Street.

A CREWE man has been cleared of stalking a rival pest controller.

Iain Watson has successfully appealed against his conviction and sentence imposed at South Cheshire Magistrates' Court on April 13 this year.

A RETHINK of the design of Crewe's planned new bus station and accompanying multi-storey car park has been welcomed by Crewe Town Council's leader.

The two-phase Royal Arcade planning application to redevelop the main part of the town centre was submitted in April by Peveril Securities, which is developing the site on behalf Cheshire East Council.

A COMMUNITY football club says its plans for new facilities in Crewe should be considered as part of conditions attached before a housing scheme is given the go-ahead on the former Crewe LMR ground.

The Guinness Partnership wants to build 73 homes on the site in Goddard Street on which a football pitch, stand and social club once stood.