Detectives have charged a 54-year-old man with a number of offences after he entered the home of an elderly woman in Shavington.
Cheshire Police say the charges relate to an incident which occurred on December 22.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Fares could be introduced for bus pass holders in Cheshire East who currently travel free on a FlexiLink ‘dial-a-ride’ service for elderly and disabled people.
That is one option Cheshire East Council is considering in a bid to keep the FlexiLink service running as passenger numbers drop.
Dear Editor
Politicians of all colours and the BBC are doing their best to make life difficult for the elderly.
First, the Tories proposed a deeply unpopular ‘Dementia Tax’ in their 2017 Manifesto.
Dear Editor,
As you walk around you see the sad sight of the elderly, disabled and infirm being forced to queue outside, in the cold and the wet, for long periods.
What are they are queuing for?
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane has awarded funding to a charity in Cheshire East to support it to deliver scam awareness and support to older people.
Age UK in Cheshire East has received a £1,000 grant from PCC David Keane’s Safer Communities express grant fund to support its scams awareness project.
Police believe an elderly woman in Wistaston was being exploited by drug users to host a drugs den at her home.
Officers said they uncovered the drug den in Wistaston this week after responding to reports of suspicious activity in the area.
Elderly residents in Nantwich are being targeted by phone scammers pretending to be a police officer, Nantwich police has warned today.
There have been a number of incidents of elderly and vulnerable householders receiving phone calls from a man pretending to be a DC Smith from Hammersmith Police Fraud Squad.
Elderly Shavington residents fear they have been ‘forgotten’ in the shake-up of public transport after the collapse of GHA Coaches.
Almost all bus routes have been saved by Cheshire East Council – except the no 44 service which took Shavington residents to and from Crewe and Nantwich.
Nantwich families and neighbours of elderly residents are being warned of a phone scam involving fraudsters posing as internet providers.
A man has contacted several victims in Crewe, Chester, Warrington and Runcorn to tell them their modem was not compatible with their computer and the customer was owed £200.
A woman has been charged in connection with burglaries at homes of elderly people in Nantwich, Crewe and Alsager areas.
Tracey Skelton, 50, of Halton Drive, Crewe, has been charged with nine counts of burglary.
A pickpocket gang which has snatched four purses in Nantwich in the last few days, is targeting elderly shoppers, police have warned.
All four victims have been elderly people shopping in either charity shops or supermarkets, it has emerged.
A burglar who preyed on terrified elderly homeowners in Nantwich and Chester has been jailed for six years.
Carl Francis Haddock was caught by Cheshire Police as part of Operation Dothan after an increase in burglaries in the area.
Nantwich residents have been warned about a new scam that has already conned 10 people across the county. Victims have lost around £5,000 to the scam with incidents reported in Crewe as well as Macclesfield, Winsford, Sandbach, Northwich, and Chester.
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