A burst water main in Nantwich has caused chaos with flooded roads and affected water supplies to hundreds of properties.
The leak was spotted close to the junction of the A530 Middlewich Road and Colleys Lane, not far from the Alvaston/Sainsbury’s roundabout, at around 6.50am.
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.
Hundreds of Nantwich homes have had water supplies disrupted as engineers battle to repair a leak.
United Utilities says customers in CW5 have been hit by the leak outside Howbeck Farm, on London Road.
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).
Two men who died in the Crewe crane collapse incident earlier this week have been named.
David Newall, 36, from Bradford, and Rhys Barker, 18, from Castleford, were working at a building site in Dunwoody Way on Wednesday (June 21) when their crane collapsed.
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.
Councillors have laid flowers near to the site of the tragic crane collapse in Crewe which killed two workers.
Emergency services were called to a new-build site on Dunwoody Way after reports of a collapsed crane.
A Nantwich headteacher is investigating cladding used on his school buildings, in light of the Grenfell Tower disaster which claimed more than 70 lives.
Andrew Cliffe, head of Brine Leas School on Audlem Road, says he has asked “questions” about cladding on a number of buildings on his site in wake of the tragedy.
Two men have died after a crane collapsed on a building site near Morrisons supermarket in Crewe, police have confirmed.
Emergency services were called to a new build site on Dunwoody Way following reports of a collapsed crane at around 4.30pm today (June 21).
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.
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