News in Crewe

AN online calculator has launched to tell people when they are likely to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

With government restrictions tightened since the PM's Saturday announcement with London, the south-east and east of England plunged into the new tier four and Christmas bubbles cut from a five-day period to just one, the roll out of the Pfizer/BioNTechcoronavirusvaccination cannot come soon enough.

CREWE Town Council says it is providing value for money by setting a "lowest" precept rise which will see most council tax payers pay only £3.10 extra a year for services delivered by the authority.

Councillors, in approving their budget for 2021/22, compared the 5.98 per cent precept rise to that imposed by neighbouring Nantwich Town Council, which has slapped residents with a 42.5 per cent increase.

CHESHIRE East Council leader Sam Corcoran has stressed the importance of observing Covid-19 measures under the new stricter regime.

The Labour councillor admitted that concerns over the new variant of coronavirus were of "significant concern" and said people will have to accept rethinking their plans for Christmas, including considering not travelling in or out of the Cheshire East area.

CANDIDATES for a Crewe by-election have clashed after one of the prospective councillors voiced his opposition to the Covid-19 vaccine.

Brian Silvester, who is due to stand for the Crewe West ward in borough and town council elections next May, came under fire from his Labour rival Connor Naismith for advising people not to have the vaccine.

MP KIERAN Mullan is recruiting a doorstep army to pay a visit to isolated members of the community on Christmas Day.

The MP used his final speech of the year in the Commons last Thursday to pay tribute to the work of a raft of volunteers, charities and community groups who have been hard at work in Crewe during the pandemic.

OFFICIALS of the Crewe Regional Sunday League have had to readjust their schedules after Salvador folded.

The Wistaston-based club, the second oldest in the league, have struggled this season and were bottom of the Premier Division table after losing all their opening five games.

AS well as providing the latest news and sports stories, Crewe Nub News also has a property listing section which is full of great homes that are in the market right now in the Crewe area.

We will be picking our favourites for our readers and this week put the spotlight on a spacious family home at a very reasonable price in Leighton as well as a new-build home on the Stoneley Park development in Coppenhall.

RAIL enthusiasts have snapped up iconic Crewe Rail Station signs and helped raise over £2,000 for a South Cheshire charity.

The eight signs were up for grabs during Sandbach-based Railway Children's week-long Rail Aid fundraiser which included an online auction.

CHESHIRE East Council has reaffirmed its commitment to combating workplace bullying.

The authority, itself, has suffered from allegations of bullying behaviour in the past and a Local Government Association (LGA) report revealed nearly a quarter of its staff had witnessed the problem in the workplace.

A CREWE school has been selected to be part of a pilot scheme of rapid testing for Covid-19 taking place across Cheshire East this week.

The tests use a new methodology known as Lateral Flow Testing which have been designed to deliver targeted and focused, rapid testing for people without typical symptoms of coronavirus.