A man has been disqualified from keeping birds after capturing wild owls and keeping them in cramped conditions with no access to clean water.

The initiative has seen officers from Cheshire Police Rural Crime Team working with Merseyside Police to patrol areas between the two towns, including Burtonwood, Winwick, Croft and Culcheth.

Suspected stolen vehicles, caravans and plant machinery were found after police raided a caravan site as part of a major operation.

On Thursday officers in the south of the county along with colleagues from Merseyside police carried out a cross-border operation focusing on rural crime.

On May 9, West Yorkshire Police's Wildlife & Rural Crime posted this on Facebook.

Police have seized a number of stolen vehicles, and dealt with people for numerous driving offences in a two-day crackdown on rural roads.

After the fire was put out almost two hours later, the remains of five horses were found.

Merseyside Police detectives are now investigating after a man was found with a gunshot injury in Hale, Widnes on Tuesday night, 15 December.

Detectives are appealing for more information following a report of an attempted robbery in St Helens on Friday 7 January.

Merseyside Police and partner agencies in Sefton are cracking down on illegal fishing, poaching, trespass and anti-social behaviour that has blighted the lives of residents in Ince Blundell.

The padlocked pink suitcase was spotted by a dog walker at the side of the River near the Speake and Garston coastal reserve on Tuesday (11th January).

Following comments on social media in relation to the incident involving a deer in Bootle on Sunday night, Deputy Chief Constable Ian Critchley has released the following statement to clarify the difficult decisions officers eventually had to make.