News in Crewe

A CREWE man has been banned from a Nantwich night spot after attacking his ex's new boyfriend.

The 23-year-old was ordered to pay £1,500 compensation to his victim, who required plastic surgery to mend his badly cut lip.

LABOUR councillors in Crewe are pushing planners to kickstart the town's bus station redevelopment.

The politicians, who all sit on Cheshire East Council, are holding talks with the authority's planning officers tomorrow when they will be calling for an urgent start to revive the run-down interchange which forms part of the Royal Arcade redevelopment scheme.

CHESHIRE East Council has issued another warning that emergency Covid-19 funding won't be enough to cover the impact of the pandemic.

While the authority welcomes the latest round of funding from central government - which has seen it gain an allocation of £2.7 million as part of a further £500m emergency pot - it says it won't be sufficient going forward.

A MAN who spat at a police officer after a "Wild West" style fight broke out in a Crewe pub restaurant was told by a judge he had put the constable in fear of infection.

John Paul Mongan was drunk when he became embroiled in the tussle at the Four Eagles/Hungry Horse on Dunwoody Way. He lashed out and threatened restaurant staff and police were called.

COUNCILLORS say they "strongly object" to a Crewe care home's expansion plans.

Telford Court NursingHome wants to build a two-story 18-bed specialist unit on a landscaped area next to their current home on Dunwoody Way.

WORK is underway to repair a sinkhole which has left Flag Lane shut for through traffic for the last 12 days.

United Utilities staff were called in to assess the four-foot wide hole, which emerged late on Friday, July 10, after it became clear a sewer had collapsed.

BRITISH Heart Foundation is reopening its two Crewe shops and appealing for support as the lockdown has 'devastated' the charity's income.

The two outlets, a BHF Furniture & Electrical store and a shop, both in the Victoria Centre, have been closed since the lockdown was imposed in March. While other non-essential retail outlets reopened last month the charity chose to stay shut because many of its staff and volunteers were shielding.

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HIGHTOWN Tennis Club is opening its courts for club sessions again.

Members of the Gainsborough Road club have been playing singles and doubles matches since the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) published strict guidelines last month following lockdown easing.

FIREFIGHTERS from Crewe helped rescue two people trapped in a car after an M6 crash last night.

Five fire engines, two from Crewe, two from Winsford and one from Alsager as well as a major rescue unit , attended the scene of the collision involving a car and a light goods vehicle on the northbound carriageway of the motorway between junctions 16 and 17 around 9.40pm.