News in Crewe

A COUPLE were evacuated from their home in Remer Street this morning after a fire ripped through their bathroom.

Both the occupants of the house, a man and woman, were checked out by paramedics at the scene and neither of them, and another man at the scene, required medical treatment.

TWO Crewe children's outdoor play areas are set to re-open, including the much-loved amenity at Queens Park.

The play area at Westminster Street will also have the taping cut off it ready for use from next Monday, July 6 after risk assessments were completed by Cheshire East Council to ensure safety.

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DETECTIVES are urging residents across Cheshire to be vigilant following a spate of hoax calls from scammers claiming to be police officers acting on behalf of HMRC.

Over the last month officers have received 12 reports of people receiving calls from someone claiming to be from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

THE coronavirus pandemic has left a devastating impact on health, wealth, work and happiness after landing on UK shores.

Apart from the sheer clinical cost to the human race – more than half a million global deaths in almost 10.5 million confirmed cases – businesses have been forced to close, adapt or otherwise weather the disruption with stock markets plummeting.

WITH the UK's primary schools now inching back to normality Nub News spoke to a Crewe teacher about her experience of education during the coronavirus pandemic.

On June 15 Sarah Meadows welcomed back her Reception class, along with pupils from Years 1, 5 and 6. She and her fellow teachers spent the previous week adapting their classrooms to comply with social distancing and hygiene measures: rearranging tables, putting away all shared lesson resources and creating a one-way system through the school.

CREWE'S MP Kieran Mullan is continuing his campaign to see the dualling of the A500 link road to the M6.

The MP held talks with the Roads Minister Baroness Vere and told her widening of the key road leading into his constituency should be a priority. He urged her to act swiftly and support Cheshire East Council's funding application for the A500 Dualling Scheme.

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CREWE Libary is set to reopen on July 6 - but with strict safety measures.

The amenity, based at Crewe Lifestyle Centre, is among the first of seven Cheshire libraries opening its doors again after more than three months shuttered.

A CLEANER on Leighton Hospital's COVID ward features in a set of photographs taken by celebrity snapper Rankin marking the 72nd anniversary of the NHS.

Laura Arrowsmith, who lives in Crewe, says she was bursting with pride when she was chosen to be photographed for the series highlighting 12 frontline NHS staff who have helped during the pandemic.