Cheshire Police’s “The Good, Bad and Ugly” campaign makes a return this Christmas. They are re-launching the campaign for the festive period to drive home the message about alcohol and its consequences.
Police officers have issued a winter “slow down” warning to motorway drivers in South Cheshire. A two-hour speed check on the M6 near junction 16 for Nantwich and Crewe caught 250 drivers travelling well over 70mph. The fastest was clocked at 107mph.
Nantwich residents can use the new non-emergency police hotline number 101 from today (November 23). Cheshire Police, Merseyside Police and Greater Manchester Police are all switching across to ‘101’ as part of a national programme.
Nantwich parents who buy games consoles for their children this Christmas are being warned to watch how they are used. Police say paedophiles may be using gaming networks to contact and groom children, with one youngster from Cheshire already falling victim.
Staff and students at South Cheshire College were given a glimpse of life as a police dog at a special talk. PC Jason Lennox and dog Will, of the Cheshire Police Dog Unit, gave students from the Humanities and Applied Social Science (HASS) faculty an insight into their work.
A heavily pregnant woman who went missing for six days has been found safe and well by Cheshire Police. An appeal was launched after Katherine Harriet Dillon (pictured), known as Katie, disappeared from her Crewe home.
Cheshire Police warned people tempted to steal electrical cables for scrap metal, they could pay with their lives. Thieves have been targeting grids, lead, lightning conductors and risking their lives trying to steal live electricity cables.
Hundreds of commuters were delayed after a lorry got stuck on the A500 between Nantwich and the M6. Cheshire Police had to close the main trunk road in both directions during the incident at 5.30am (November 10).
Responding to emergency calls should still be the number one priority for police in Cheshire. That’s one of the key messages from people who took part in a Cheshire Police Authority survey.
Breaking news… A lorry driver was killed when his HGV ploughed off a bridge over a Cheshire motorway and landed on the carriageway. Cheshire Police and other emergency services are at the scene on the M56, which comes three days after Britain’s worst motorway pile-up on the M5.
Early intervention techniques by Cheshire Police are cracking down on anti-social behaviour, members of Cheshire Police Authority have been told. The number of disorder incidents recorded between April and September dropped to under 25,000, compared with more then 30,100 in the same period last year.
Cheshire Police have been cracking down on truck drivers ignoring safety when using motorways and busy trunk roads. Officers stopped dozens of lorry drivers for not wearing seatbelts, using a mobile phone and eating or drinking at the wheel.
Teenagers in Crewe and Nantwich are being told to speak out if they are aware of an abusive relationship. They may not necessarily be the victim or the perpetrator but may know someone who is, say Cheshire Police.
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