Local News from Friday, May 1st, 2026

Cheshire East Council’s corporate policy committee has agreed to formally respond to the Government’s public consultation on New Towns.

Work is moving forward on setting out the next phase of Crewe’s development and building on the major regeneration activity already delivered – supporting future ambitions for Crewe to become the ‘best small city in Europe by 2050’.

A Crewe businessman has been successfully prosecuted for fraud relating to a campervan conversion business.

A man who faked his ex-girlfriend’s Tinder profile to entice multiple men to her address to rape her has been found guilty.

A man from Crewe has been banned from various shops in the town following the successful application of a Criminal Behaviour Order.

Five people who were arrested in relation to serious offences involving members of a religious group in Crewe have now been issued with interim Slavery and Trafficking risk orders.

A man from Crewe has been handed a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).

Ten people who were arrested in relation to serious offences involving members of a religious group in Crewe have now been released on bail.