Cheshire Fire Service chiefs have welcomed a move by supermarkets to remove disposable barbecues from shelves.
County fire crews were called to at least 25 fires involving disposable barbecues between April and July
A blaze on a railway embankment in Willaston which caused disruption to rail and road traffic was caused deliberately, say fire chiefs.
The blaze broke out on parkland next to the railway embankment near Wybunbury Road in Willaston at around 5pm last night.
Transport for Wales have cancelled its Shrewsbury-Crewe rail services via Nantwich during the 2-day “red alert” heatwave next week.
The route is one of several which TfW are cancelling as the region is set to bake in soaring temperatures of up to 36-37 degrees.
A police investigation has been launched into alleged “serious unauthorised transactions” involving Audlem Parish Council.
In a statement released by the council, it said both the police and bank are involved in a probe into the financial affairs of the authority.
Police are investigating two spiking incidents on women in Nantwich.
The separate incidents happened at the weekend and left one victim in hospital.
The family of a pensioner battling cancer have appealed for witnesses after he was assaulted in Nantwich.
The incident happened as the victim left Sainsbury’s supermarket on Middlewich Road.
The owners of a popular takeaway in Nantwich have issued an appeal after crooks broke in and stole large quantities of oil.
Offenders targeted the Emperor Chinese Takeaway on Beechwood Close in Stapeley.
New “digivan” technology is to be used in towns across Cheshire to help police tackle rape and serious sexual offences.
The force has funded the unmarked unit from the Government’s Transforming Forensics (TF) programme which comes after findings of the in-depth Rape Response Review.
The family of a man who died following a collision on the A500 bypass near Crewe have paid tribute to him.
Chris Parsons, 29, from Mostyn in Flintshire, was the driver of the black Renault Clio involved in a collision with a red Ford Fiesta and a blue Seat Ateca.
The MP for Crewe and Nantwich has written to the Attorney General calling for the jail sentence of Joshua Spender’s killer to be reviewed.
It comes as thousands have signed a petition calling for a longer jail term for William Bratton, who ploughed into Joshua on a crossing in Crewe and then sped away from the scene.
Family and friends of father and son Roger and Bradley Stockton are mourning their deaths after the couple were killed during a TT Race on Isle of Man yesterday.
Roger, 56, and Bradley, 21, both from Crewe, were racing in a sidecar when they crashed at the start of the second lap of their race.
A fire near homes on the new Kingsbourne estate in Nantwich is being treated as suspicious.
It’s thought vandals torched a pile of rubbish on Henhull Close, including wooden pallets and a sofa.
One of the largest earth tremors to his the region in 20 years was felt by thousands across Cheshire and Shropshire today.
The earthquake hit the Wem area of Shropshire just after 3.30pm and was initially given as a magnitude 4.2
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