News in Crewe

CREWE'S 10 Labour borough councillors have written to Cheshire East Council chiefs demanding they deliver improved sports facilities in the town.

The councillors are angry after £80,000 of S106 money from a housing development on the site of the former LMR Club on Goddard Street was initially recommended to go towards upgrading the Sutton Lane Playing Fields at Middlewich.

WINGER J'Neil Bennett's long-term injury has forced him to cut short his loan spell at Crewe.

The highly-rated 19-year-old is to return to Tottenham to complete his rehabilitation from an ankle ligament injury sustained in training with the Alex.

CHESHIRE East Council's new winter gritting policy has come under fire with one councillor saying it doesn't take into account how dangerous roads are and just how often they are used.

Members of the council's audit and governance committee plan to examine the allocation and use of highways funding in the borough with Odd Rode councillor Patrick Redstone saying residents at Mow Cop faced a death-trap in the winter months.

TWO Crewe pubs have launched a crowdfunding appeal to support the family of a mother-of-three who has died suddenly.

Amy Mathers passed away on Saturday (November 27). Now her friends and pub goers at The Imperial on Edleston Road and The Hop Pole on Wistaston Road have rallied around to meet the costs of the 30-year-old's funeral.

PEOPLE on low incomes and those receiving benefits in Cheshire East could receive more help paying their council tax next year.

At present people in receipt of benefits such as jobseeker's allowance or income support get 75 per cent of their council tax paid under the council tax support scheme.

THE 65th Cancer Research UK Christmas Fair at Wistaston Memorial Hall raised over £2,500.

The event, organised annually by the Crewe and Nantwich Cancer Research UK Group, was scaled down because of Covid regulations with reduced number of stalls and a one-way system to avoid congestion.

CREWE Lyceum Theatre is launching a brand new Youth Theatre for January 2022.

Open to ages 8 to 13, the initiative is an opportunity for young people to gain skills in drama, develop performance experience, build confidence and get creative in Crewe's Edwardian theatre.

THE weekend's winter weather brought disruption to power supplies in South Cheshire and left some of the region's roads very hazardous this morning.

Motorists are being advised to take extra care after yesterday (Sunday) afternoon's snowfall was followed by freezing temperatures overnight.

CREWE'S season appears stuck on repeat.

Another improved second-half showing wasn't sufficient to prise a point from this afternoon's (Sunday) trip to Portman Road and now the gap to safety has extended to seven points - and potentially more as the Alex have played more games than their basement rivals.

THE Lions are the new leaders of the CREWE REGIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE'S Premier Division after a thumping 9-0 win over Winnington SC.

Deneilson Osigwe claimed a hat-trick and Jordan Amson netted a double for the Crewe side as they took advantage of previous leaders Betley's weekend without a fixture to go a point clear at the top.