News in Crewe

A FORMER Crewe and Nantwich Council leader is to fight a by-election under the banner of a new political party.

Brian Silvester says he will be contesting by-elections for the Crewe West wards on Cheshire East Council and Crewe Town Council for Putting Crewe First, Independent Residents Group.

ONE of our readers Bohdan Panczyszyn has written about how the pandemic has changed his perception of life in Crewe.

Bohdan has also taken a series of Covid-related images which he says sums up life in the town over the last nine months.

A PLEA to scrap car park charges in Cheshire East's towns over Christmas has been brought forward by the council's Tories.

Conservative leader Cllr Janet Clowes has proposed a motion for Wednesday's (December 16) full council meeting, which has been seconded by the group's deputy leader Cllr Stewart Gardiner.

DAVE Artell says Crewe need to be on their guard for Ryan Lowe's Plymouth Argyle despite the Pilgrim's wretched current form.

Former favourite Lowe returns to Gresty Road tomorrow night (K.O 7pm) with his Argyle side reeling under five straight losses which has seen them drop away from the edge of the League One play-off zone down to 16th.

CHRISTMAS shoppers in Crewe are being urged to be vigilant following a spate of purse thefts.

A total of six women have had their purses snatched in incidents in Crewe, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Sandbach and Northwich over the past week. All of the victims are over 60 and one is 90.

A CREWE bingo hall is helping to provide Christmas hampers to the most vulnerable after reopening following lockdown.

Mecca Bingo is backing the 'Everyone Deserves a Christmas' campaign and has been taking donations off its regulars who have returned to the Phoenix Leisure Park entertainment venue.

CREWE photographer Peter Robinson took his camera out to Weston village to capture some of the stunning images at the #StarlitGarden.

The popular lights show at Carters Green Farm in Jack Lane has raised nearly £125,000 for The Donna Louise Hospice and is up and running for Christmas 2020.

A COMMUNITY group from Haslington are laying on a Christmas Wizard of Oz trail with the backing of celebrities.

Haslington Volunteer Group wants to bring some festive cheer to the village with a socially-distanced themed event.

CREWE conjured up an impressive comeback on their return to Cheshire League action after a four-week lockdown break.

Liam O'Reilly's side were trailing 3-0 at the interval against Lostock Gralam, but a change of ends at the Cumberland Arena saw a different outlook as they rammed in five goals to clinch a 5-3 win.

AN NHS Clinical Commissioning Group with a base in South Cheshire faces being merged again into a super health body straddling Merseyside.

Cheshire CCG was only formed in April this year from the merger of four Cheshire-based CCGs, including South Cheshire CCG and East Cheshire CCG with the larger body retaining offices in Nantwich and Macclesfield.