An operation to crackdown on rogue drivers in Cheshire East has been hailed a success by Cheshire Police. Operation Contender was run by Specials to help raise public awareness of traffic offences across the county.
Police are hunting a man who threatened shop staff with a gun during a South Cheshire attempted robbery. Three terrified female employees agreed to hand over money but the robber ran out empty-handed, say police.
A homeowner from Willaston, Nantwich is among those facing court action in a crackdown on unsightly empty properties. The warning from Cheshire East Council comes after a Crewe man was convicted in court for allowing an empty home to become dilapidated.
Nantwich Police have launched a campaign to crackdown on rogue road users in rural areas of the district. Operation Arion is focusing on key countryside routes during the summer months, using Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology.
Police want witnesses to an alleged racial attack on a driver at a busy junction on Nantwich Road. The incident, being treated as a racially aggravated assault, happened at the junction with Ruskin Road in Crewe.
Cheshire is a safer place to live with a reduction of 4% in all recorded crime, according to the British Crime Survey. The figures, which compare April 2012-March 2013 with April 2011-March 2012, show there are over 2,547 fewer victims of crime.
Two pub landlords in Nantwich have been left deflated after crooks stole their bouncy castles. Thieves smashed down the rear fence of the Boot and Shoe pub in Hospital Street earlier today (July 16) to carry out their latest raid.
Nantwich residents are being warned to secure property after three burglaries in surrounding villages on the same day. Police believe the incidents, in Wrenbury, Tarporley and Brereton, could be linked.
A 23-year-old former teaching assistant has been appointed as new Youth Ambassador by Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Dominic Rogers has been chosen for the £25,000-a-year job, which has been criticised by some as a waste of public money.
Rogue motorway drivers in Cheshire were targeted as part of a police clampdown on criminals. North West Motorway Police Group’s Operation Coalition stopped 312 vehicles in one day, and uncovered 111 traffic offences.
Cheshire Police are targeting drink and drug drivers in and around Nantwich at the start of a summer crackdown. The force is backing the national campaign launched today June 1st until June 30 with a series of initiatives to raise awareness and provide local enforcement.
A cattle farmer near Nantwich has been convicted in court of breaching TB regulations. Anthony Kirkham, of Ridley Farm, Bunbury, was given a four-month custodial sentence, suspended for two years.
Young revellers across Crewe and Nantwich are being warned of the dangers of drug PMA after the death of a teenager in the county. It is feared 16-year-old Cheshire student Ellie Jones may have died from an overdose on PMA.
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