Thirty-nine motorists in Crewe and Nantwich are among more than 250 facing bans and large fines for drink and drug driving in a Cheshire-wide crackdown.
A Cheshire Police operation caught 16 in Crewe and Nantwich behind the wheel under the influence of alcohol, and another 23 under the influence of drugs.
Police are hunting a burglar who targeted two properties in Stapeley while the occupiers slept.
The incidents, at homes on Flowerscroft and Stapeley Terrace, are being linked to the same suspect by detectives.
A 27-year-old man is being questioned over the death of Nantwich dad Neil Shoane on the A530 road near Aston.
Neil, 44, is alleged to have been struck by a vehicle which left the scene as he walked home from Nantwich to Aston on Sunday July 2.
The family of Neil Shoane, who died in an alleged fail to stop collision on the A530 near Nantwich, have paid tribute to him.
Local dad Neil, 44, was walking towards Aston from Nantwich when police believe he was hit by a passing vehicle which failed to stop.
A man, 44, has died in a suspected hit and run incident on the A530 near Aston, Nantwich.
Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident in the early hours today (July 2).
A Wistaston man who attempted to import a child-like sex doll into Cheshire has been jailed in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in the UK.
Andrew Dobson, 49, of Merrivale Road, was jailed after pleading guilty at Chester Crown Court to one count of importing an indecent object, two counts of making indecent images of children and one count of possessing indecent images of children.
An 18-year-old was set upon and badly beaten by a gang as he walked through Joey the Swan park in Wistaston, police say.
Detectives from Crewe Local Policing Unit are appealing for information after the serious assault.
Police say two arson attacks on town centre church buildings in Nantwich are linked.
Officers are appealing for witnesses following the two fires which happened on Monday night, June 19.
Developers renovating the former Nantwich Methodist Church believe arsonists sparked the fire which ripped through the top of the building last night.
The blaze broke out at around 9pm in the Grade II Listed building on Hospital Street where work is underway to turn the old Wesleyan chapel into luxury apartments.
Cheshire Police has been ruled “inadequate” by a Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC) report into its crime recording processes.
HMIC inspectors, who are reviewing all forces around the UK, estimated that up to 11,600 crimes were not being recorded properly by Cheshire.
The RSPCA is urging residents to look out for local wildlife after a swan was taken to Stapeley Grange wildlife centre in Nantwich with multiple injuries – on the same day seven of her cygnets went missing.
The swan, nicknamed Mabel, is a known character on the River Weaver in nearby Northwich, along with her mate Albert and their nine cygnets.
A couple’s Nantwich home was ransacked by burglars who stole jewellery and their car while they had popped out to some shopping.
The shocked couple, in their 60s, who wished to remain anonymous, returned to their Audlem Road home in Nantwich to discover the break-in.
A man caught and charged for stealing a boy’s mountain bike outside Stapeley Co-op store, has been jailed for 16 weeks.
Karl Manley, 37, was arrested just 24 hours after an appeal by the victim’s family on Nantwichnews for the return of the £600 bike.
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