OLD Hall Community Group has donated two police bicycles to the area’s Community Support Officers.

Brian Robinson, group secretary, handed over the bikes to Matt Kirkham and Bethany Szulc during a meeting at Cavendish Close Sheltered Scheme Community Centre.

The two CSOs from Great Sankey Neighbourhood Policing Team cover Old Hall, Whittle Hall, Sankey South and parts of Great Sankey.

Mr Robinson said: “Old Hall Community Group was able to purchase these cycles with the help of an Arena Homes Resident Forum Grant which we would like to give a big thank you to.”

A police spokesman said the officers were ‘very grateful’ for the donation.

They said: “The bikes are proving to be both popular with residents by providing a more visible deterrent and reassurance and more effective in tackling anti-social behaviour and crime.

“Since we started using the bikes they have proved to be an essential tool and they enable us to get to more incidents over a wider area.”