Eddisbury and Crewe & Nantwich MPs Edward Timpson and Kieran Mullan have welcomed additional £11.8 million funding for Cheshire Police in 2021-22.
Home Secretary Priti Patel announced policing will receive up to £15.8 billion in 2021-22 – an increase of £636 million on last year.
More than 70 offences were recorded during a police operation targeting lorry drivers on Cheshire’s busy roads.
Dozens of “Traffic Offence Reports” were issued to drivers using motorways and main A roads across the county.
Stunned Sunday afternoon walkers and cyclists watched a dramatic police car pursuit through villages and country lanes near Nantwich.
Witnesses say they saw several marked and unmarked police vehicles in pursuit of a Seat Leon for up to an hour yesterday (August 16) evening.
Cheshire Police have issued a plea for drinkers to “help keep themselves and others safe” when visiting re-opened pubs, bars and restaurants this weekend.
It’s the second weekend such venues have been allowed to open, and police expect thousands more people to be out.
Residents in Nantwich and Crewe are being urged to remain vigilant and “act responsibly” as pubs and restaurants reopen this weekend.
For the first time in more than 100 days, licensed premises across Cheshire will be reopening their doors to customers as lockdown restrictions ease further.
Residents on a Nantwich housing estate woke to the drama of an armed police raid today.
Witnesses say they saw as many as 10 armed police officers involved in a raid at a house on Mallard Avenue, on the Malbank Waters estate.
Cheshire Police have warned people to remain alert for scams during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
They warned of a growing trend of criminals taking advantage of the current Covid-19 crisis to defraud innocent people, including the new NHS Test and Trace service.
Cheshire Police’s Crime Commissioner is on the lookout for dog-loving volunteers to help ensure police pooches are being treated correctly.
Volunteers will make unannounced visits to kennels to observe, comment and report on conditions Cheshire Constabulary’s dogs are housed.
Councillors are appealing for help to track down vandals after several trees were damaged on the Millennium Green in Hough near Shavington.
They say the damage was inflicted in the past 48 hours, describing it as “significant deliberate and criminal damage to several beautiful trees”.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Police are investigating land transactions related to the planned Middlewich eastern bypass.
But Cheshire East Council insists it will not cause the project to be delayed.
Chief Officers from Cheshire’s three emergency services have voiced their concerns at the rising number of people being killed on the county’s roads.
Forty-six people died in road traffic collisions in Cheshire in 2018, and this year so far 22 people have died – more than one a week.
Nantwich Police have paid tribute to Jazz Festival volunteers and revellers after just two arrests were made the five-day festival between April 18-22.
Tens of thousands of people were drawn to the festival thanks to the glorious weather.
Three senior appointments have been announced at Cheshire Police and Cheshire Fire and Rescue.
Julie Cooke has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief Constable at Cheshire Constabulary.
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