News in Crewe

As well as elections for Crewe's West Ward on Cheshire East and Crewe Town Council, on May 6 Crewe residents will be invited to vote for Cheshire's Police and Crime Commissioner.

The election was due to take place in May 2020 but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

THE pandemic has had a huge impact on the jobs market and these are difficult times for those seeking employment.

But there are still excellent job opportunities available in the Crewe area, which we have listed in the Crewe Nub News Jobs section.

It is just a matter of hours before polls open for the two Crewe West Ward elections, and to decide the Police Commissioner for our county.

Cheshire East Council is urging Crewe voters to get ready to cast their votes in a COVID-safe manner.

Requiring a COVID test is now as easy as a trip to the supermarket - as you can pick up a kit from there.

Home testing kits can be picked up from Crewe's ASDA megastore on Thursday 6th May.

A heroin and crack dealer from Crewe has been jailed after being caught in possession of more than £3,000 worth of the drugs.

Class A drug dealer Mohammed Harun Miah, of Samuel Street, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply the illegal drugs.

Police are appealing for dashcam footage and witnesses after an armed robbery at a small convenience store in Crewe.

At around 10.15pm on Monday 3 May an unknown man armed with a pistol entered the Tollmarche Minimart at the corner of Crewe's Tollemache Drive and Parkers Road.

Crewe Alexandra have posted to social media following a weekend-long silence challenge platforms to try harder to stop online abuse.

It comes after all football clubs in Cheshire and across the country boycotted social media to encourage more accountability for what is posted on their platform.

A 77-year-old taxi driver who unleashed a volley of racist abuse at a motorist parked up at Crewe Railway Station will spend the next six weeks on an electronic tag.

Brian Kent was told by South Cheshire magistrates he would serve out a curfew as punishment after he admitted racially abusing Patrick James in an unseemly confrontation at the station's Weston Road car park.

KNIVES and a knuckleduster were seized by police officers during drugs raids on homes across Crewe.

Officers from the Crewe Beat Management team executed early-morning warrants at four addresses in the town yesterday (Thursday), two in Rolls Avenue and the others in White Avenue and Alton Street.

CORONAVIRUS cases have almost vanished in most areas of Crewe - although one part of town has seen a rise in cases since lockdown restrictions were eased on April 12.

Positive tests across Cheshire East have also increased slightly over the last seven days as health officials had predicted as a consequence of more social mixing.