News in Crewe

CREWE Alexandra Football club are hosting a celebrity football event this May - raising funds for Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.

The Sellebrity Soccer event will take place at the Mornflake Stadium, including the likes of Soccer AM presenter Tubes, X Factor winner Shane Ward, TOWIE stars Dan Osborne and James Argent and former Crewe Alex player Steve Walters.

World famous Whitby Morrison will be appearing on 'We Are England' tonight - regionalised to BBC One North West, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

Telling the story of people that make the country tick and representing the North of England, the episode within the documentary series is titled: 'Make Mine a 99 - Crewe.'

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McDONALD'S say they reopened one of their Crewe restaurants today (Sunday) after it was forced to close because of a blaze in an electricity box.

Two fire crews were sent to the fast food giant's Dunwoody Way restaurant yesterday (Saturday) afternoon to tackle the fire which saw thick smoke and flames billowing out of the box outside the eatery (see picture).

Former members of Crewe's LMR club have recalled their memories of the popular venue - 114 years after it first opened in the town.

Last week Nub News reported that work on the former LMR football pitch had started for a 73-home 'affordable' housing scheme from The Guinness Partnership.

DAVE Artell says he has not given up hope of Crewe pulling off a great escape – although games are running out for the bottom club in League One.

The Alex are eight points adrift of safety with only eight fixtures left. But with an inferior goal difference, realistically, they will need to make up a nine-point gap on the fifth and sixth bottom clubs, AFC Wimbledon and Fleetwood, respectively.

AMADOU Bakayoko's last-minute winner was another gut-wrenching blow for Crewe as their dismal form registered a new low.

The defeat was a record seventh defeat on the bounce at home.

A CREWE Alex fan who breached a football banning order by not telling police he'd moved home has been slapped with further punishment.

When he appeared before South Cheshire Magistrates' Court, Bobby Mellor admitted failing to comply with a banning order issued on July 28, 2020 for invading the pitch in a League Two fixture at Gresty Road.

HEALTH chiefs have opened a new wheelchair service centre in Crewe.

The purpose-built facility, based at Infinity House on Mallard Way at Crewe Business Park, features two clinical rooms, which include a multi-direction and bariatric specialist hoist, a workshop area and a spacious waiting area.

TENANTS being harassed by private landlords who are trying to evict them illegally are being urged to contact Cheshire East Council.

The council has developed an unlawful eviction and harassment policy to ensure residents know their legal rights and the support they can access if they are threatened with eviction.