The Environment Agency has reinstated a Flood Warning on the River Weaver in Nantwich after 24 hours of persistent rain.
River levels have risen at the Shrewbridge river gauge as a result of the rain, and a warning was put in place at around 5am today (November 8).
Two separate crashes on the M6 in Cheshire left thousands of motorists in long tailbacks today.
The driver managed to escape this crash which left a vehicle on its side on the southbound carriageway between junctions 19 and 18 at around 8.30am.
Detectives are appealing for information after a man was found in Crewe with serious injuries.
The 44-year-old local man was found collapsed by a passerby on Chester Street shortly before 2am on Saturday (November 2).
A team of Special Constables has been hailed after saving the life of a 15-year-old boy from floodwaters in Nantwich.
The teenager, from Nantwich, was minutes away from being engulfed by floods in the River Weaver when he was rescued in a combined police and fire service operation.
A 30-year-old man suffered minor burns to his legs and smoke inhalation tackling a blaze which ripped through a barn in Willaston, Nantwich.
The fire broke out in the early hours at about 4am today (November 3) at a property on Newcastle Road, Willaston.
A 55-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder following a serious assault in Mill Street, Crewe.
George Stewart, aged 55, of Downside Close in Ipswich, has been charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon.
A knife-wielding burglar from Crewe who assaulted a homeowner and threatened him with a knife has been jailed.
Lee Moss, of no fixed abode, pretended to be a takeaway deliverer when the victim opened his front door to him at around 9.15pm on August 28.
A 29-year-old man who died following a collision in Crewe has been named.
Bartlomiej Gabrysiak, known as Bartek, died after he was involved in a collision with a red Hyundai on Mill Street, under the railway bridge.
The devastating blaze which destroyed the Beechmere residential complex in Crewe started on a patio area on the roof, fire investigators said today.
Initial investigations into the cause of the fire on Thursday August 8 have found it started on a roof terrace area of the property.
Stunned early morning walkers stumbled across this car partly submerged in Nantwich Lake today!
The dark-coloured vehicle was seen as dawn broke over the swollen waters of the lake.
Police want witnesses to come forward after a man died following a collision in Crewe.
A red Hyundai collided with a pedestrian on Mill Street, under the railway bridge.
A man was rescued from the River Weaver floods in Nantwich last night, police have confirmed.
Specialist officers from across the force were called to the river close to Nantwich Pool off Wall Lane after reports a man had been caught in the floods.
Heavy rain for last 24 hours has caused flooding chaos across South Cheshire with roads, homes and businesses hit.
Fire crews and police have been called out to dozens of incidents caused by flood waters across Nantwich and Crewe.
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