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
Care home bosses say all residents are safe after a nursing home near Audlem was partly evacuated over reports of a potential gas leak.
Officers, fire crews and paramedics attended the scene at Corbrook Park nursing home near Audlem.
Fire crews had to tackle a fire which damaged tall conifer trees and a shed and fence in Nantwich.
The fire broke out on Davenport Avenue at around 12.30am this morning (May 24).
A man has been jailed for seven years after hitting and killing a pedestrian in Crewe and driving away.
William Bratton was travelling along Macon Way in a white van when he hit Joshua Spender, 23.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A Cheshire East Council officer rang a 94-year-old deaf and blind woman asking her to read out details for her new disability badge – even though the council itself had certified her blind.
The council has apologised for the blunder which left Hilda Bates distressed and embarrassed because she was unable to provide the answers.
A man who killed a dad and seriously injured a daughter following a collision in Blakelow near Nantwich has been jailed for 12 years.
Mark Taylor, of Railway Street, Crewe, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment when he appeared at Chester Ccrown Court yesterday (May 16)
People in Cheshire who have firearms are being urged to hand them in to police as part of a two-week surrender.
The firearms amnesty, from May 12-29, means all guns can be handed over anonymously at police stations throughout Cheshire.
Former world darts champion Ted Hankey has been jailed after he admitted sexually assaulting a woman in Cheshire.
Hankey appeared at Chester Crown Court today (May 12) where he was sentenced to two years in prison.
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