Man charged with drugs and offensive weapon offences after police stop check on M56
A man has been charged with drugs and offensive weapon offences following a police stop check on the M56 at Stretton, Warrington last Friday.
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Additional six-week consultation on council’s “unsound” Local Plan modifications
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