Aussie school big band to visit town
A BIG band, consisting of teenagers and staff from the Rockhamptom Grammar School in Australia will be giving a free concert later this month in Warrington.
Author David Skentelbery
Company chief will get muddy for a good cause
A COMPANY chief from Warrington is gearing up for the challenge of a lifetime this weekend – to raise money for charity.
Three Peaks Challenge raises £4,336 for charity
A TEAM of staff from a property services company raised £4,336 for Warrington Disability Partnership by completing the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge.
Rogue trader who swindled the elderly jailed for a year
A ROGUE trader who swindled vulnerable, elderly people in Warrington out of hundreds of pounds has been jailed for 12 months.
Police investigating incident on railway near Warrington
BRITISH Transport police are investigating following an incident on the railway near Warrington early this morning.
Two years old – the charity born out of tragedy
IT started in a portacabin at Appleton Thorn, the brainchild of a local businesswoman who had been moved to tears by photographs of a little Syrian boy found drowned on a Turkish beach.
Hot food takeaway shop plan approved
WARRINGTON planning chiefs have given the go-ahead for a new, hot food takeaway shop near the town centre.
Ex-boxer Andy sets a new world record
WARRINGTON based personal trainer Andy Bretherton has set a new world record for one mile of burpee broadjumps.
Locals will be among 8,000 “recovery” walkers in two mile hike
STAFF and service users from Warrington’s “Pathways to Recovery”, a council-commissioned drug and alcohol recovery service under health and social care charity Change, Grow, Live (CGL), will take part in the UK Recovery Walk on Saturday.
Residents stage big anti-litter blitz
STREETS around the Old School in Fairfield Street, Warrington, were cleared of litter and fly-tipped items when another clean-up day was delivered by the Fairfield and Howley Clean 17 programme.