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.
Nantwich police station is among a number which will no longer have a helpdesk for residents to report to.
Cheshire Police has moved ahead with plans to limit helpdesks to just five stations in the county, including Crewe
The family of a pensioner battling cancer have appealed for witnesses after he was assaulted in Nantwich.
The incident happened as the victim left Sainsbury’s supermarket on Middlewich Road.
The owners of a popular takeaway in Nantwich have issued an appeal after crooks broke in and stole large quantities of oil.
Offenders targeted the Emperor Chinese Takeaway on Beechwood Close in Stapeley.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire’s police and crime panel has asked for clarification of the deputy commissioner’s role after no-one stood in for the commissioner at an official meeting to answer questions about policing.
New “digivan” technology is to be used in towns across Cheshire to help police tackle rape and serious sexual offences.
The force has funded the unmarked unit from the Government’s Transforming Forensics (TF) programme which comes after findings of the in-depth Rape Response Review.
The MP for Crewe and Nantwich has written to the Attorney General calling for the jail sentence of Joshua Spender’s killer to be reviewed.
It comes as thousands have signed a petition calling for a longer jail term for William Bratton, who ploughed into Joshua on a crossing in Crewe and then sped away from the scene.
Owners of firearms in Cheshire have surrendered a total of 35 weapons along with ammunition.
The weapons included viable and imitation firearms including shotguns, rifles, pistols, BB guns and air rifles.
Cheshire Police teams targeted child sex offenders and vulnerable children as part of a three-day operation in the county.
Operation Guardians saw officers arresting offenders and educating youngsters on signs of exploitation and staying safe online.
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