By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Crewe looks set to get a new smaller police station in town and a larger out-of-town base for CID officers, other departments and civilian staff.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer said he was out and about in the town centre looking for possible premises with members of the Crewe Town Board last week.
Armed officers descended on a Stapeley estate in Nantwich amid reports of a teenager seen wielding a firearm.
The incident happened last night at around 6pm when police were called to the Clonnersfield area of the Cronkinson estate.
A woman driver has been charged after being arrested on the M6 in Cheshire for being more than four times over the drink driving limit.
Sarah Vazquez, 43, of Wheatfield Road in Cronton, has been charged with drink driving and drunk in charge of a child under the age of seven.
Network Rail has issued a warning to drivers after the latest incident at a level crossing in Nantwich.
A van crashed through the level crossing barriers on London Road yesterday (August 17).
A man treated at Leighton Hospital for a mystery head injury has sparked a police investigation.
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an incident in Crewe which left the 29-year-old victim was serious head injuries.
A man is due to appear in court charged over a roof-top incident in Crewe on Sunday (August 7).
Police had to close off roads around the Middlewich Street area of the town.
Police in Cheshire are targeting recreational drug users as part of a six-week crackdown in the county.
“Operation Powdered” will run throughout the summer in a bid to tackle drug-related crime and child criminal exploitation.
Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer has secured £1.5 million from the Government’s Safer Streets Fund.
With match funding, it could see a total of £2.5 million for safety buses, a new app and educational programmes in schools across the county.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Police have been contacted after a Bunbury councillor and former mayor of Cheshire East has been targeted by hate mail.
Cllr Sarah Pochin (Ind) told the Local Democracy Reporting Service she is determined to stand up to the “bully” and “coward” behind this latest poison pen letter.
Cheshire has seen a large increase in the number of reported sex offences, latest crime statistics reveal.
But at the same time, the county has seen a drop in burglaries, drug offences and murders.
A blaze on a railway embankment in Willaston which caused disruption to rail and road traffic was caused deliberately, say fire chiefs.
The blaze broke out on parkland next to the railway embankment near Wybunbury Road in Willaston at around 5pm last night.
A new charity dedicated to preventing violence towards women is stepping up its safety campaign on South Cheshire streets after the murder of a London law graduate walking home at night.
Organisers of the Alpha Omega Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Foundation said the murder of 35-year-old Zara Aleena illustrated the urgent need to make society safer for women out alone.
Police are investigating two spiking incidents on women in Nantwich.
The separate incidents happened at the weekend and left one victim in hospital.
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