Nantwich

Vital Crewe road to close for five days this month

Nantwich Road in Crewe is to close for five days later this month as roadworks are undertaken. More than 600 metres of the busy town centre shopping street will be closed from Sunday, January 21, and Thursday, January 25.
The road will be closed betwee…

Cheshire East highways to get ?110 million to repair roads

Cheshire East highways are to receive £110 million over next 10 years to repair the borough’s crumbling road network, the Government has announced.
The money comes from the £1.2 billion set aside for the North West region to resurface the road network…

How Crewe went from railway hub to an HS2 ghost town

Coming soon to Crewe: Ruby Wax, a night of Halloween ghost stories and a tribute to Rod Stewart. That’s according to the posters outside the town’s Lyceum Theatre, where the red-velour interior and cherub-adorned balcony evoke the theatre’s Edward…

CEC bosses u-turn on crossing work on busy Nantwich road

CEC bosses are now set to carry out works to a busy zebra crossing where markings have worn out, despite initially saying it posed “no immediate risk”.
The u-turn comes after Nantwich News highlighted the concerns of resident Bill Pearson who was near…

The faces of Nantwich monsters who abused young children

A Nantwich couple who sexually abused four young boys have been sentenced to life in prison. Lovers Alan Short, 63, and Daniel Goss, 36, previously pleaded guilty to 58 sexual offences, including rape, against the four child victims.
The pair lived tog…