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Chief Constable Mark Roberts QPM has announced he will be retiring from Cheshire Constabulary.

It's just a few weeks until Nantwich is transformed into a hive of activity with two food courts plus the town centre market style exhibitor area, all filled with 200 exhibitors from near and far.

A 16-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of burglary and has since been bailed pending further enquiries.

Friends for Leisure, a Cheshire East charity supporting children and young people with additional needs and disabilities, is inviting businesses, supporters and members of the local community to come together for a special fundraising gala dinner celebrating the charity's 30th anniversary.

Pc Andrew Harper’s killers will not walk free early after Prime Minister Andy Burnham urged the Justice Secretary to “work through further options” to stop their release, a minister has suggested..

August is the worst month of the year for drink-drive crashes as summer events create “more opportunities” to get behind the wheel after consuming alcohol, according to new research..

Andy Burnham has pledged to give councils more powers to block new bookmakers and vape shops in a bid to save Britain’s “hollowed-out high streets”..

Heat health alerts are to come into force as the UK braces for the fifth heatwave of the year, with almost three-quarters of England in drought..