News in Crewe

CREWE FC are aiming to improve on a mixed start to their Cheshire League campaign.

The Cumberland Arena outfit have won one of their opening three fixtures after choosing to start the season almost a month later than many of their Premier Division counterparts.

PIZZA Hut's future on Crewe's Phoenix Leisure Park is in doubt after action by the restaurant chain's landlords.

The Crewe branch of the financially-stricken firm was not among 29 under-performing restaurants which were earmarked for closure when a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) was struck last month.

CREWE'S Queens Park has been awarded a prestigious Green Flag Award and here's a couple of fantastic pictures which show just why.

The award was made by Keep Britain Tidy which also bestowed a Green Heritage Site Accreditation for the management of the Grade II listed park's historic features.

PLANNERS say a development agreement signed for the Royal Arcade scheme is an important step in realising the ambition to transform Crewe town centre.

The deal has been struck between Cheshire East Council and its development partner, Peveril Securities Ltd, which will pave the way for planning applications to be submitted.

CHURCH officials are seeking out relatives of the deceased encased in a crypt at a Crewe graveyard.

During the late summer's bad weather a sink hole emerged at St. Michael and All Angels Church in Crewe Green which led to the discovery of the Victorian tomb which had housed the bodies of seven adults and three children.

HEALTH chiefs have unveiled plans for virtually a complete rebuild of Crewe's Leighton Hospital.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (MCHT), wants to develop a long term vision for the future which includes an ambitious plan for a major redevelopment of the current hospital site, which was opened in 1972.

COUNCILLORS have been assured the business model for Crewe's HS2 Hub is still valid despite pandemic pressures.

A report to Cheshire East Council's environment and regeneration overview and scrutiny committee this week stated the development of the hub was not "viable" in its current plan.

NUB News is expanding. More than 50 towns across England and Wales have a Nub News online newspaper, including Crewe.

Our towns notch up many hundreds of thousands of visitors every week, while Crewe Nub News has reached over 1,300 Facebook 'likes' and collected nearly 650 Twitter followers – all in a matter of months.

MAYOR Ben Minshall says a new hospital unit which has opened in Crewe will help "destigmatise" mental health.

Cygnet Nield House is a 30-bed mental health unit located on Bradfield Road which caters for women with a range of psychological issues.

A COUNCIL has apologised to families whose treasured keepsakes were thrown off graves at a Crewe cemetery by contractors.

Cheshire East Council's bereavement services company Orbitas has launched an investigation after fielding complaints from plot holders at Meadow Brook Cemetery on Minshull New Road.