News in Crewe

MP KIERAN Mullan is recruiting a doorstep army to pay a visit to isolated members of the community on Christmas Day.

The MP used his final speech of the year in the Commons last Thursday to pay tribute to the work of a raft of volunteers, charities and community groups who have been hard at work in Crewe during the pandemic.

OFFICIALS of the Crewe Regional Sunday League have had to readjust their schedules after Salvador folded.

The Wistaston-based club, the second oldest in the league, have struggled this season and were bottom of the Premier Division table after losing all their opening five games.

AS well as providing the latest news and sports stories, Crewe Nub News also has a property listing section which is full of great homes that are in the market right now in the Crewe area.

We will be picking our favourites for our readers and this week put the spotlight on a spacious family home at a very reasonable price in Leighton as well as a new-build home on the Stoneley Park development in Coppenhall.

RAIL enthusiasts have snapped up iconic Crewe Rail Station signs and helped raise over £2,000 for a South Cheshire charity.

The eight signs were up for grabs during Sandbach-based Railway Children's week-long Rail Aid fundraiser which included an online auction.

CHESHIRE East Council has reaffirmed its commitment to combating workplace bullying.

The authority, itself, has suffered from allegations of bullying behaviour in the past and a Local Government Association (LGA) report revealed nearly a quarter of its staff had witnessed the problem in the workplace.

A CREWE school has been selected to be part of a pilot scheme of rapid testing for Covid-19 taking place across Cheshire East this week.

The tests use a new methodology known as Lateral Flow Testing which have been designed to deliver targeted and focused, rapid testing for people without typical symptoms of coronavirus.

A BID has been made to introduce 20 miles per hour default speed limit on Cheshire East's residential and urban roads.

Independent Cllr Suzie Akers Smith, the council's walking and cycling champion, has proposed a motion to adopt the policy at tomorrow's (December 16) full council meeting.

A FORMER Crewe and Nantwich Council leader is to fight a by-election under the banner of a new political party.

Brian Silvester says he will be contesting by-elections for the Crewe West wards on Cheshire East Council and Crewe Town Council for Putting Crewe First, Independent Residents Group.

ONE of our readers Bohdan Panczyszyn has written about how the pandemic has changed his perception of life in Crewe.

Bohdan has also taken a series of Covid-related images which he says sums up life in the town over the last nine months.

A PLEA to scrap car park charges in Cheshire East's towns over Christmas has been brought forward by the council's Tories.

Conservative leader Cllr Janet Clowes has proposed a motion for Wednesday's (December 16) full council meeting, which has been seconded by the group's deputy leader Cllr Stewart Gardiner.