News in Crewe

CREWE Town Council has awarded the contract for its popular Lumen event to Blackpool Borough Council.

Councillors at this week's full council meeting approved the recommendation by the marketing and events committee that the Lancashire authority should be paid £52,000 for delivering an "amended Covid-19" event following a successful competitive tender.

A council has creates a new Business Champion role to support economic recovery.

South Cheshire councillor Sarah Pochin is taking on the post announced by Cheshire East Council leader Sam Corcoran.

EMPLOYERS across Crewe are being encouraged to take part in a virtual jobs fair.

A host of organisations are teaming up to support people looking for work as the economy faces challenges during lockdown.

A MULTI-STOREY carpark behind Crewe's Royal Hotel carries a £1.65 million asking price - while the iconic hospitality establishment is to remain closed while it is sold.

The 243-space carpark, geared developers say to HS2 traffic, is to be built on land occupied by the former Box nightclub and music venue next to the famous old hotel, one of the first town landmarks travellers alighting from the rail station have seen for generations.

STAFF at Leighton Hospital have urged Matt Hancock to lobby for changes to prescribing laws.

They made their call during a virtual meeting with the Health Secretary after Crewe and Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan was approached by senior operating department practitioner (ODP) Jessica Warr.

A STREET outside one of Crewe's biggest schools is to be made safer ahead of the new term as part of Cheshire East Council's active travel scheme.

A 20mph zone will be introduced and through traffic restricted to cyclists and pedestrians on Coronation Street near Sir William Stanier School.

JOBS could be under threat at Crewe's WHSmith branches as the company struggles nationally.

The High Street giant has been hit particularly hard during the national downturn in retail and the company said today that over 1,500 jobs could be cut.

THE Co-op is serving up a new-look petrol filling station and store in Coppenhall following a £825,000 investment.

The work has seen a doubling of the size of the food store to better serve the community and the Co-op says the development will support 17 jobs with six of them new appointments.

HOPES have been raised by Crewe Town Board that redevelopment of the town's eyesore bus station can be undertaken "sooner rather than later".

The new body says some "bureaucracy" needs to be cut through, but it is seeking a new approach to the problem. Labour councillors in Crewe recently raised a petition calling for immediate action to remedy the blighted town interchange and make it "fit for purpose".

A POPULAR village cafe has been transformed ready for the boost in trade it hopes will result from joining the government's discount 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme.

Haslington Bakery Café has installed space dividers in its eating areas to ensure diners and those in a household bubble can have their own individual area to guard against infection.