A Cheshire Police crackdown on knife crime has netted dozens of weapons and led to 10 arrested.
Officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in Cheshire pursued suspected knife crime offenders, took dangerous weapons off the streets and educated pupils about the dangers of carrying such weapons as part of Operation Sceptre.
Police are warning dog owners to be vigilant following a number of suspicious incidents in South Cheshire.
Numerous reports have been received in recent months about people attempted to steal dogs.
The Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner is to double investment in occupational health support for police officers, staff and volunteers in Cheshire.
A new in-house occupational health service will see more money ploughed into psychological services support.
Police hunting a gang of men who launched a horrific attack on two victims in a Nantwich street are appealing for witnesses.
The victims, aged 22 and 18, were walking along Welsh Row, near to The Cheshire Cat, when the assault happened last month.
A nurse has been charged with eight counts of murder and 10 of attempted murder at The Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire.
Cheshire Police said tonight that the Crown Prosecution Service has “authorised them to charge a healthcare professional” in connection with an investigation into a number of baby deaths at the hospital.
Detectives are again urging people to come forward to help in the investigation into a shooting in Crewe.
A man is believed to have approached a group of people in an alleyway at the rear of Brooklyn Street and Nelson Street and a shot was fired.
A Councillor called for increased CCTV coverage of Nantwich town centre as another labelled it a “frightening place to be” after dark.
Cllr Stephanie Wedgwood said certain parts of the town needed increased security after reports of anti-social behaviour by groups of younger people.
By Ethan Davies, local democracy reporter
More than £600,000 has been spent on body-worn video cameras by Cheshire police since 2017.
A freedom of information request to the force shows that £535,000 was spent on equipping ‘frontline operational’ officers with the technology since 2018, with another £90,000 for ‘taser officers and football spotters’.
More than 70 offences were recorded during a police operation targeting lorry drivers on Cheshire’s busy roads.
Dozens of “Traffic Offence Reports” were issued to drivers using motorways and main A roads across the county.
Former Crewe Alex football coach Barry Bennell has been sentenced for sexually abusing two young boys more than 30 years ago.
The 66-year-old, currently in prison after being convicted of similar offences in 2018, appeared via video link at Chester Crown Court, where he was sentenced to an extra four years in prison – to run consecutively to his current 30-year prison term.
Police have recovered a haul of knives and drugs in a month-long crackdown tackle knife crime in Crewe.
Officers from the “Problem Solving Team” carried out weapons sweeps and drugs warrants and targeted addresses in the town.
Detectives investigating serious drug crime in Crewe and Nantwich say they have arrested three men.
Officers carried out raids on homes in the Stockport area before making the arrests.
A Nantwich man has been charged in connection with drug and firearm offences, police said today.
Alexander Hewson, 28, of Weaver Road, has been charged with conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs.
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