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Watch: Drug dealer stopped 223 miles from home tries to convince police he is 'on holiday‘

A drug dealer caught by police 223 miles from his home in Crewe tried to convince officers he was on holiday.

The Independent UK

When are the next train strikes? Avanti West Coast walkouts to run until summer

On strike days about one train in four is running, during limited hours, between London Euston, the West Midlands, northwest England and Scotland

The Independent UK

Warning over festive rail disruption

Network Rail said tens of thousands of engineers will work on around 400 projects over Christmas and the New Year.

Evening Standard

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OPINION - Rachel Reeves's £40bn of tax rises sets up the dividing line for the next election

Ask two Blairites when the New Labour project died, and you might get three different answers. The first is June 2007, when Tony Blair stood down as prime minister. The second is May 2008, when the party ran a class-based (and unsuccessful) campaign at the Crewe and Nantwich by-election. While…

Evening Standard

Changes to HS2 are being 'actively considered' by ministers amid reports line will reach Crewe

Minister Simon Lightwood refused to deny reports that the Government is looking at re-extending the high speed line north from Birmingham

Evening Standard

‘HS2 light’ link to Manchester could replace scrapped line beyond Birmingham

Proposals are being reviewed for a more cost-effective HS2 line to Crewe

The Independent UK

Building HS2 to Euston and Crewe could pay for itself, analysis finds

Extending high-speed line at both ends would let government charge more for rights to run it, rail leaders say

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Schoolboy, 12, arrested for ‘arson’ after enormous fire breaks out in Crewe

The blaze has forced some nearby residents to vacate their homes

Evening Standard

HS2 replacement revealed: A slow train to Manchester

Train Talk: Plan is to extend one London stopping train from Crewe to Manchester via Warrington each hour

The Independent UK

OPINION - Labour's private school tax raid may cost as well as win it seats

Depending on who you ask, New Labour died in June 2007, when Tony Blair stood down as prime minister, or September 2010, when Ed Miliband was elected leader. Except, neither is quite right, in that the real demise can be pinpointed to May 2008, at the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.

Evening Standard

‘I’ve had massive highs and deep lows’: Edward Timpson on winning for the Tories and being sacked by Liz Truss

Sixteen years after he entered parliament, the former minister has had enough. He talks about fighting for children, backing austerity, and his least favourite Conservative PM

The Guardian - UK

Meet the UK’s unluckiest rail passenger: Pat Williams from Crewe

The Man Who Pays His Way: We must reboot the new year, according to the Julian calendar, and hope train travel improves

The Independent UK

Sunak’s ‘spiteful’ sale of land intended for HS2 dashes hopes of revival

Prime minister’s move criticised as ‘salting the earth’ so Birmingham-Crewe line cannot be built

The Guardian - UK

‘We feel forgotten’: anger in Crewe at scaling back of HS2

Hopes dashed as region becomes one of the biggest losers in the cancellation of northern leg of rail project

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The Independent UK

Crane firm to be prosecuted over building site collapse in which three men died

Rhys Barker, David Newall and David Webb died following an incident at a construction site in Crewe in June 2017.

The Guardian - UK

£600m of public money spent buying up property in north of England for HS2

Homes and land purchased to make way for line that now appears to be in doubt, as Rishi Sunak refuses to commit to it

The Independent UK

What is HS2, where will it go and when will it be completed?

The government is rethinking plans for part of Britain’s biggest rail infrastructure project, much delayed and well over budget

Manchester Evening News

Major changes planned for HS2 bill that would allow Manchester connection

HS2 Ltd said the proposed changes would keep it on track to open the line between Crewe and Manchester between 2035 and 2041

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Manchester Evening News

BREAKING: Trains disrupted and cancelled due to 'person being hit by train'

Disruption is expected into the afternoon

Manchester Evening News

Line into Manchester Piccadilly blocked as commuters hit with cancellations

Delays are due to an 'overhead wire problem'

Nottingham Post

British Transport Police update after man hit by train

A number of Nottingham services were affected by the incident as the line connects Newark and Crewe, stopping at Nottingham

Nottingham Post

East Midlands Railway services disrupted after person hit by train

EMR are currently working on providing replacement buses

Daily Mirror

Dad tells of moment rampaging bull charged 'just missing' him and children

Andy Lumb, from Crewe, has told how 60 seconds later it could have been a very different story after he had just managed to put his children into his house before a bull charged at him

Manchester Evening News

Major rail disruption as line closed while emergency services deal with incident

Emergency sercices are responding to an incident between Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe / Macclesfield.

Daily Mirror

Residents in 'turmoil' as every one of new estate's 263 houses faces demolition

Homeowners at the Coppenhall Place development in Crewe fear their properties could be worth nothing in a row over planning permission and toxic residues under the ground

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