News in Crewe

More than 200 of the people listed on the War Memorial in Memorial Square, Crewe are featured on a video screen displayed in the Market Hall during the days leading up to Remembrance Sunday.

The 'More Than a Name' project has identified photographs of 206 of those named on the Memorial – approaching a third of the total number of names. These photographs have been combined with background details and personal information to bring the people behind the listed names to life in a commemoration of the men and women who fell during the two World Wars and other conflicts.

It may only be autumn – but Cheshire East Council's highways teams are already fully prepared to help keep the borough's roads open and safe this winter.

Salt stocks have been replenished and the highways service's 16 gritters will be on standby around the clock to treat Cheshire East's road network.

Crewe Photographic Society put the skills of members in the frame with a Projected Digital Image competition.

The group has been staging Zoom meetings throughout the pandemic for members to share their skills and love of photography.

A firm of physiotherapists has teamed up with some of the region's top medical specialists to help South Cheshire people gain access to swift appointments.

Long-established ctchealthcare, based on Crewe Business Park, aims to help clients who may face long NHS waiting lists by providing the option of private face-to-face appointments with consultants in their local community

SOARING attendances at Leighton Hospital's A&E make the arrival of a new building extension timely, says a medical chief.

While the numbers of people attending A&E fell by 20 per cent during 2020/21 because of coronavirus, there has been a steep rise in recent months and Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust (MCHFT) Chief Executive James Sumner predicts medics could be dealing with up to 100,000 people by next spring.

THOUSANDS of people enjoyed the Crewe Lions Club Charity Fireworks Display on Friday, November 5.

The gates at Queens Park were opened at 5pm and the fireworks started at 8pm with the crowd treated to an eleven-minute display involving several hundred fireworks accompanied by upbeat music (see Jonathan White's super picture gallery above).

POLICE have released a CTV image of a white van they are trying to trace as they hunt a hit-and-run driver in Crewe.

Joshua Spender, 23, died after being hit by a van as he crossed Macon Way outside the McDonalds restaurant on Friday (November 5).

CAN it get any worse for Crewe as the FA Cup proved no distraction at all from their sorry league form?

Dumped out of the tournament in comprehensive fashion by League Two opposition it looks like being a long, hard winter.

THE family of a Crewe Alex fan who died in a hit-and-run collision on Bonfire Night have paid tribute to him.

Joshua Spender, from Crewe, was on foot when he was "in collision" with a white van on Macon Way around 5.30pm last night (November 5).

A COUPLE returned to the South Cheshire hostelry which hosted their wedding breakfast so they could mark their 52nd anniversary.

More than half a century had passed since Jeff and June Stuthridge visited the White Lion at Weston, on their wedding day.