News in Crewe

CHESHIRE East Council is seeking parents' views on how their children travel to school so it can prepare for their safe return in September.

Recent government guidance has asked councils to work with schools, parents, carers and transport providers to put in place measures to minimise the risks from coronavirus.

POLICE seized crack cocaine and cash worth together around £4,000 when they raided a home in Laura Street.

Two men, aged 38 and 18, and a woman, aged 18, were arrested after the warrant was executed by officers at 7pm last night. All three have since been released on bail without being charged.

CREWE Town FC are offering free football training sessions for children in years 4 and 5 as they look to fill out their teams for the new season.

Sessions are being held on Sunday afternoons on the King George V Playing Fields for year 4 (from 1 to 2pm) and year 5 (2.15 to 3.15pm) and are completely free of charge for the moment, says the club's head of football development, Mark Dunning.

CHRIS McGarrigle has decades of experience working in the property market. He knows what makes town centres tick and he says he is dismayed at Crewe's current plight. The property consultant is urging a radical rethink of redevelopment and is pessimistic that the flagship Royal Arcade development will ever see the light of day. He writes for Nub News about why Crewe needs to go back to basics.

As retail rents have now fallen below their 1987 values, there is little if no chance the anticipated retail scheme (Royal Arcade) will ever see the light of day as build cost continue to rise. Cheshire East has been painfully slow with the procurement of the development of the town centre, as well as the Modus scheme that preceded it. Now time has eventually run out, but will Cheshire East pay any attention?

A WOMAN who suffered serious injuries after being attacked in West Street remains in a "stable" condition at Leighton Hospital.

No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, which took place late on Sunday night, and police are appealing for witnesses.

BENTLEY Motors has been revealed as the main partner for Cheshire East Virtual Pride 2020.

The online event on Saturday, July 25, replaced the traditional Pride held in Queens Park in Crewe, which was axed because of the pandemic.

HIGHWAYS officials say they are still investigating a sinkhole which has left Flag Lane closed for a fourth day.

Cheshire East Council says United Utilities staff have been called in to assess how the hole, which is around three to four feet wide, emerged and what repair work will be needed.

POLICE say they will monitor a Crewe amenity after ordering 30 youths to leave an "illegal gathering".

Officers imposed a dispersal order to clear Joey the Swan in Wistaston on Saturday night after they had gathered intelligence "a fight" might take place.

CREWE motorists have been warned to plan their journeys amid a surge in roadworks - while a town centre thoroughfare remains closed after a sinkhole emerged.

Cheshire East Council is advising drivers to visit their online system One Network to spot areas to avoid as there has been an increase in requests for roadworks from utility companies following the relaxing of lockdown measures.

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