News in Crewe

Gary Pearson of  Effective CNC Solutions.

A WISTASTON firm has secured support from a technology pilot.

Gary Pearson, who runs Effective CNC Solutions, is among the latest wave of manufacturers to get funding from Made Smarter, a north west-based movement helping small and medium sized firms introduce digital tools and technologies to boost productivity and growth, and navigate the impact of Covid-19.

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This home in Carlisle Street has gone to town with its lights.

CREWE photographer Jonathan White has been out and about capturing how people are brightening up the town's streets, avenues and closes with fantastic festive light shows.

Jonathan enjoys the town centre light displays in Crewe and Nantwich, but he says nothing beats an extravagant set of lights mounted on or around a home, as well as the occasional inflatable decoration.

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Covid-19 vaccine (Photo by Lisa Ferdinando).

AN online calculator has launched to tell people when they are likely to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

With government restrictions tightened since the PM's Saturday announcement with London, the south-east and east of England plunged into the new tier four and Christmas bubbles cut from a five-day period to just one, the roll out of the Pfizer/BioNTechcoronavirusvaccination cannot come soon enough.

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CREWE Town Council says it is providing value for money by setting a "lowest" precept rise which will see most council tax payers pay only £3.10 extra a year for services delivered by the authority.

Councillors, in approving their budget for 2021/22, compared the 5.98 per cent precept rise to that imposed by neighbouring Nantwich Town Council, which has slapped residents with a 42.5 per cent increase.

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Cheshire East leader Cllr Sam Corcoran.

CHESHIRE East Council leader Sam Corcoran has stressed the importance of observing Covid-19 measures under the new stricter regime.

The Labour councillor admitted that concerns over the new variant of coronavirus were of "significant concern" and said people will have to accept rethinking their plans for Christmas, including considering not travelling in or out of the Cheshire East area.

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