1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (713+ words) WATER company United Utilities has been hit with a record £900,000 fine following a serious and ‘unacceptable’ sewage spill incident. The Warrington-headquartered company was ordered to pay £964,225 at Preston Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to five environmental permit offences. Based at…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (129+ words) A SUSPECT from Warrington has been named by the police after being charged with drug supply offences in the town. Cheshire Police has confirmed that a man has been charged with drug offences following an investigation by detectives into drug…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (333+ words) A MAN has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a much-loved school head teacher following a fatal crash in Lymm. Simon Richardson, of Epsom Avenue in Sale, appeared before Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court via video-link from HMP Forest…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (124+ words) POLCIE have confirmed that a man who had been missing has been found safe and well. Officers issued an appeal last week after Peter Guthrie, 44, was last seen at his home in Newton-le-Willows on Thursday, September 3. Inquiries took place locate…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (480+ words) A MAN and a woman ‘succumbed’ to pressure when they agreed to transport up to £34,000 worth of cocaine down the M6, a court has heard. Chenine Woods, of Nunsmere Close in Winford, and David Bird, of Moss Bank in Winsford, appeared…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (573+ words) A PROLIFIC thief has been locked up again for his latest ‘relentless’ crime wave. Ellis Rigby broke into a series of parked vehicles and stole items from inside including cash and designer wallets, such as Louis Vuitton. The 24-year-old then…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (162+ words) TWO men have been arrested after trying to enter Creamfields without tickets. The pair, aged 17 and 20, were first spotted near the perimeter fence of the festival and issued dispersal orders by police, requiring them to leave the area for 24 hours....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (412+ words) AN inmate is still on the run from Thorn Cross prison after absconding almost three months ago. Enquiries remain ongoing in a bid to locate Daniel Buckley, who fled from HMP Thorn Cross in Appleton Thorn on May 30. The 38-year-old…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (320+ words) A SEX offender has been sent back to prison over what he failed to tell the police. Rafikul Ashrafi was previously made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order – designed to limit his ability to commit further offences of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) AN EncroChat drug trafficker involved in a conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine, ketamine, and cannabis has fled a Warrington prison. Cheshire Police has launched a manhunt for Kyle Chase, who absconded from HMP Thorn Cross almost a week ago. The…...