Police have arrested a teenager amid reports that a woman was assaulted on Barony Park.
Now officers have appealed for help to trace the victim, believed to be in her 30s, who had fled the scene.
Travellers who broke through new barriers onto Barony Park in Nantwich in breach of a court injunction were moved on shortly before 4pm today.
It was the first test of the new two-year injunction granted to Cheshire East Council last August.
Council and police chiefs need to take immediate action against travellers who breached a court injunction and broke on to Barony Park in Nantwich, said MP Kieran Mullan.
According to residents, travellers broke through the new park perimeter fencing and gained access to the park via Middlewich Road earlier this evening (March 29).
A Nantwich teenager aiming to secure a new skate park on Barony Park has launched a campaign group to support a possible application for funding.
Alexander Donlon has been working with other skate park users to ensure the planned new skate park is fit for purpose.
A commemorative bench in Barony Park in Nantwich has been removed for good as it is “beyond repair”.
The James Calendar Hayes circular seat was presented to the park back in 1975 to commemorate its 100th birthday.
Detectives are hunting two burglars who raided a Nantwich home and stole jewellery.
The men are believed to have forced entry to a property on Weaver Road sometime between 12pm and 1pm on Friday 4 December.
A Nantwich Town councillor has pledged to get the Barony skate park re-opened or replaced.
The facility was shut down by Cheshire East Council last week, citing health and safety reasons.
Nantwich residents have hit out at the closure of a skate and cycle park which authorities say has had to be shut “on safety grounds”.
The area within Barony Park in Nantwich is used by scores of youngsters playing on their skateboards and bikes, but has fallen into disrepair in recent weeks.
A High Court injunction to prevent unauthorised encampments on Barony Park in Nantwich has been secured by Cheshire East Council.
The injunction aims to prevent any future unauthorised encampments at the park for the next two years.
Fencing around Barony Park in Nantwich is more aimed at enhancing the site and may not prevent unauthorised access, a council chief admitted today.
The comments come after a small group of travellers (pictured) were able to gain access to the park at the weekend, despite the new fencing being erected around the perimeter.
A Cabinet councillor at Cheshire East says the new fence around Barony Park in Nantwich is part of a “green space masterplan”.
And Cllr Mick Warren believes people will “quickly get used to it” as fencing rails of varying heights are set to be installed around the perimeter of the park.
Work on erecting perimeter fencing around Barony Park to prevent unauthorised traveller encampments is underway.
But concerned campaigners say the fence erected so far is higher than the one agreed in plans.
Barony Park play area in Nantwich is among 15 run by Cheshire East Council which will re-open on July 6 as lockdown restrictions ease further.
Along with Queens Park in Crewe, the Barony will be open again for families and children with measures in place to make them as safe as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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