POLICE are appealing for information about an alleged early morning sexual assault.

They received a report alleging that an 18-year-old girl had been sexually assaulted in an alleyway near to Welsh Row in Nantwich on Sunday (January 30) at 5.15am.

Cheshire Police said later that a 21-year-old man from Crewe was arrested on suspicion of rape and has since been released on conditional bail.

The force says anyone with information about the allegation is asked to contact Cheshire Police online quoting IML 1189610.