The Duke of Westminster is to make a personal donation of £250,000 to help Cheshire’s state high schools buy lockable phone pouches.
The donation means Cheshire is likely to become the first county in the UK where all mainstream state high schools adopt effective phone-free education.
A Nantwich man has been charged with seven offences following a series of attempted vehicle break-ins.
The incidents happened on Prince Edward Street and Manor Road in Nantwich at around 11pm last night (January 28).
Detectives want to reunite stolen property with its owners after hundreds of items were recovered from burglaries including three in Willaston.
Operation Ambler resulted in the conviction of five Albanian men and a British woman in relation to at least 44 burglaries across the UK.
A 36-year-old man has been charged with a series of offences relating to incidents in Wistaston, Shavington, Weston and Crewe.
The charges follows an investigation by Crewe Beat Team.
Cheshire’s Police Commissioner said figures quoted by a local MP in the House of Commons referring to him spending an extra £513,000 on his office budget are “months out of date”.
Eddisbury MP Aphra Brandreth raised concerns at Prime Minister’s Questions about policing priorities in Cheshire, amid uncertainty over the future of police community support officers (PCSOs).
Cheshire Police are warning residents to be vigilant following reports of counterfeit notes being offered for payment across the county.
Police have received more than 30 reports in a month of people trying to pay for goods with fake notes across the county.
Two burglars including one from Nantwich have been jailed after admitting targeting properties in the Tarvin area.
Adam Wilson, of High Street, Nantwich, and Simon Dolman were sentenced after pleading guilty to burglary, attempted burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and fraud by false representation.
Nantwich Police have tackled 95 reported incidents in a week, latest figures show.
One included another incident of youth anti-social behaviour at the Nantwich Town FC 3G pitch.
A Nantwich police boss has praised night-time venues after a New Year’s Eve without a single incident in licensed premises.
Sgt Matt Stonier said it was probably the first time he could remember that this had happened in the town.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Referrals to Cheshire Police into online child abuse soared from more than 180 in 2023 to nearly 800 last year.
Chief Constable Mark Roberts revealed the figures during a police and crime panel called to discuss the controversial decision to axe 50 PCSO posts across the county.
Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner says he has saved 10 PCSOs from redundancy following Cheshire Police’s announcement in December they were axing 60 in total.
Now he is calling on residents to help save others – by paying more in council tax.
More than 230 people were arrested in Crewe and Nantwich during Cheshire Police’s festive period crackdown, figures show.
Across the county, the force made more than 1,900 arrests with 232 in the Crewe Local Policing Unit area which covers Nantwich.
Five Albanian men and a British woman have admitted their roles in high value burglaries across the UK, including three in Willaston near Nantwich.
Endrit Nikolli, 27, Kristian Gropcaj, 30, George Lleshaj, 31, Krisjian Dedndreaj, 28, and Sidorjan Lleshi, 26, have all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to possess criminal property.
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