News in Crewe

HEALTH chiefs have revealed that despite lockdown restrictions GP practices in Cheshire managed to conduct 1.3m face-to-face appointments.

Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, GPs were still available to host physical appointments with patients, while new figures show between April 1 last year and March 31 this year, a similar number (1.3 million) of telephone and video appointments were carried out.

TWO new councillors in Haslington want to add a green dimension to parish meetings.

Richard McCarthy and Louise Jewkes, both members of the Green Party, were among three councillors elected unopposed to Haslington Parish Council at least week's local elections.

THE pandemic has had a big impact on the jobs market, but despite these difficult times there are still excellent job opportunities available in the Crewe area.

We have many of them listed in the Crewe Nub News Jobs section.

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A WISTASTON woman is encouraging people to sign up for a cycling epic to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Diane Houston, a member of the charity's Crewe and Nantwich local committee, raised over £1,100 by walking 10,000 steps every day during March.

CREWE'S Leighton Hospital passed a 40,000 jab milestone this week.

The hospital team is celebrating the landmark figure for Covid-19 vaccines - which they hit on Monday - after launching the vaccination programme on December 29 last year with the initial aim to vaccinate 7,000 people.

OMAR Beckles looks set to be part of the exodus from Crewe as the club prepares to release its retained list.

The defender has stalled on committing himself to fresh terms and is understood to have dropped on the radar of League One rivals Wigan Athletic.

A COMPANY specialising in asbestos risk management is making growth plans in Crewe following the government's Covid-19 review.

SCK Group Ltd, originally based at The Quadrangle at Crewe Hall, was hit hard last year with restrictions on movements around the country forcing it to establish temporary offices in Dartford in Kent to accommodate its southern-based operations.

POLICE are appealing for help tracing a man wanted in connection with a burglary at industrial premises in Crewe.

Jamie Wallace is from Salford and is believed to be in this part of Greater Manchester or in Eccles.

A LOAN shark from Crewe who traded illicit tobacco products has been ordered to pay back more than £70,000 or face more jail time.

Vincent Hamilton, 57, of Badger Avenue, Crewe, was sentenced to 30 months in prison in August 2019 after pleading guilty to illegal money lending, money laundering and selling illegal tobacco products.