The A500 was closed both ways last night after police were called to talk a man down from a bridge.
The incident happened at around 6pm on the bridge spanning the single carriageway section at Barthomley, between Shavington and the M6.
Offenders broke in to the newly revamped Nantwich Youth and Community Centre, stealing equipment and trashing parts of the facility.
The centre’s Playstation and collection of games were stolen in the raid which happened overnight on Thursday-Friday (June 19-20).
Police are appealing for witnesses after raiders broke in to the Co-op store in Audlem in the early hours today (June 21).
The incident happened at around 3am at the store on Shropshire Street, Audlem.
A town councillor is urging dog owners to keep dogs on leads around Nantwich Lake and the Riverside following more incidents endangering swans and wildfowl.
Swans and their cygnets frequently nest in these areas but there have been a number of attacks by dogs not on leads.
This was the scene on the busy A51 Chester Road near Nantwich after a car careered out of control and flipped on to its roof.
The incident happened close to the junction with Long Lane in Alpraham at around 9pm last night (June 16).
A primary school in Wistaston went into “lockdown” amid fears of a gunshot being fired nearby, it has emerged.
Pupils at Wistaston Church Lane School were barricaded into a classroom with blinds closed, lights off and doors locked during the incident.
Reaseheath College in Nantwich has been fined £40,000 after a student’s fingers were severed when his hand came into contact with a mitre saw.
Aaron Maguire, from Crewe, was a second year Horticulture student at the land-based college when his hand came into contact with the blade of the saw in September 2023.
A van driver has been arrested after careering off a country lane near Nantwich and crashing into a house.
The incident happened last night (June 10) on Cock Lane in Broomhall, near Nantwich.
Two teenagers from Crewe have been arrested in the middle of a suspected break-in at a Nantwich property.
The incident happened earlier today (June 9) after police received calls of a burglary on progress.
Fire crews were called to a commercial premises in Aston near Nantwich after machinery began to smoke.
The incident at HJ Lea grain plant on Wrenbury Road started at around 10.20pm last night (June 8).
A number of burglaries in and around Nantwich have sparked a police warning for homeowners.
Local officers released a list of burglaries and attempted break-ins reported to them between May 1 and May 31.
A car fire which started on a driveway in Alpraham near Nantwich spread to a second vehicle and a nearby house.
The incident happened shortly before 11pm on Friday night (May 30) at a property on Chester Road.
A body found in the canal near Nantwich is believed to be that of a man from Hankelow area, police have said.
The discovery was made near Bridge 80 on the Shropshire Union Canal close to Overwater Marina on Saturday (May 24).
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