CHESHIRE police are appealing for information after a fire was started deliberately in a children's playground.

Firefighters were called to the play area near the Aldi store in Grange Road, Ellesmere Port, at 5.50pm on Sunday (November 18).

A spokesman for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "The crew extinguished the fire with a hose reel jet and were in attendance for around half an hour."

"The fire is believed to have been started deliberately."

Anyone with any information about the incident should call Cheshire Police on 101, give the details via https://cheshire.police.uk/contact/general-enquiries or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.