Cheshire's Silk 106.9

Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire John Dwyer is amplifying messages around tackling domestic violence/abuse, rape and harassment, ‘honour’-based abuse, female genital mutilation and forced marriage, as he continues to support the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

A 36-year-old man, from Congleton, was arrested and has since been released on conditional bail. A second man aged 24, from Liverpool, has also been arrested and remains in custody.

Officers investigating a disturbance at a social club in Northwich have released CCTV images of two men they are looking to trace.

National Highways is resurfacing large sections of the carriageway along the four miles between junction 19 at Knutsford and junction 20 at Lymm. All the work will be done overnight between 10pm and 5am (7am at weekends) when traffic along the motorway is at its lightest.

The father of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and his girlfriend have been jailed for the six-year-old's killing.

A Steps concert in Glasgow is among the sources of new cases of the Omicron COVID variant in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Yorkshire CCC's director of cricket Martyn Moxon and head coach Andrew Gale are among 16 members of staff leaving the club in the wake of racism allegations made by former player Azeem Rafiq.

A man has been jailed for spiking a pubgoer's drink with the intention of sexually assaulting him.

The co-founder of banned neo-Nazi terror group National Action has been handed a 10-year extended prison sentence.

A British teenager has been attacked by a crocodile while travelling with friends in Zambia, according to reports.

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines being used in the UK as boosters prompt the best overall response, according to a UK trial.

A report into the violence at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley has concluded 2,000 ticketless fans stormed the stadium, creating a situation where people could have been killed.

Lewis Hamilton has said he does not feel comfortable about racing in Saudi Arabia's grand prix this weekend, as he expressed concern about human rights in the kingdom.

International passengers heading to the US will have to be tested for COVID-19 within one day of travel regardless of their vaccination status, as the Omicron variant spreads around the world.

The governing body of men's tennis has been criticised for not joining the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in suspending all tournaments in China over concerns about the welfare of Chinese player Peng Shuai.

A British teenager has been attacked by a crocodile while travelling with friends in Zambia, according to reports.

At least 50 people in the Norwegian capital of Oslo have been infected with the Omicron variant.

The International Space Station (ISS) was forced to swerve away from a fragment of a US launch vehicle on Friday, the Russian space agency has said.

Unvaccinated people in Germany are to be excluded from non-essential stores, cultural and recreational venues, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.

Jeffrey Epstein's former housekeeper drove two underage girls to the disgraced financier's house under Ghislaine Maxwell's orders, a New York court has heard. 

Alec Baldwin has said he does not feel guilt over the fatal film-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins - and that there is "only one question to be resolved - where did the live round come from?"

With investigations still ongoing into the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, it might have seemed to some like an unusual decision by Alec Baldwin to give an extensive, on-camera interview about the incident.

A Sky News investigation has found antisemitic, racist and white supremacist material in podcasts on one of the most popular streaming services, Spotify.

George Clooney has said he turned down $35m (£29.8m) for one day's work after deciding "it's not worth it".