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By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East councillors have expressed concern some of the borough’s schools are not taking up a substance misuse education programme with one saying lessons about the harm from drugs are as important as maths.
The adults and health committee was being updated yesterday (Monday) on recent work stemming from the “reducing drug and alcohol harm plan” in Cheshire East.
Angry residents are calling on police and councillors to crackdown on anti-social behaviour at a Nantwich park.
Families living near Brookfield Park, off Shrewbridge Road, say they regularly have to clean up mess including alcohol cans and bottles, drug bags, nitrous oxide canisters.
Almost 60 drink drivers have been arrested in the Nantwich area in 2014, new figures show.
Cheshire Police say they have made 40 arrests in the town and 19 in the rural part of Nantwich Neighbourhhood Policing Unit.
Cheshire Police have vowed to crackdown on alcohol misuse in Nantwich and other towns as part of a week-long initiative.
Officers will be carrying out activities all week including licensing checks and compliance of alcohol exclusion zones.
A gang of men raided a village store near Nantwich and made off with a stash of alcohol and cigarettes. The raid happened at the Co-op store in Shropshire Street, Audlem, near Nantwich.
More than a third of all assaults with injury in Cheshire are domestic abuse cases, startling police figures show. Domestic abuse accounts for 8% of all recorded crime in Cheshire.
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.
Eleven licensed premises in Nantwich have now signed up to Cheshire Police’s Arc Angel scheme. The initiative aims to tackle alcohol-related crime in the town, and police are keen for Nantwich to be promoted as a “protected town”.
Drunken youths plaguing a village near Nantwich are facing a tough police crackdown. Officers seized large amounts of alcohol (pictured) after they targeted yobs in Wistaston.
Vandals who targeted a children’s playground in Wistaston are being hunted by police. The yobs daubed graffiti across play equipment and the floor at Joey the Swan park on Valley Road.
Nantwich people involved in alcohol-related crime have been discovering the impact their behaviour has on the community in a pilot project to reduce offending. The ARC course is offered to anyone reported to police for alcohol related anti-social behaviour, and aims to educate them in the dangers.
Cheshire Police chiefs issued a stark warning over the number of youths drinking alcohol and putting their lives at risk. They say officers are responding to incidents involving underage drinking, with some youngsters found passed out on the street.
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