Council wins £3m bid for Junction 8 improvement work
WARRINGTON Borough Council has won a £3 million funding bid for work to improve Junction 8 of the M62.
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Discarded cigarette starts house fire
A DISCARDED cigarette is believed to have started a fire in a house in Northway, Warrington.
Residents fail to block nursing home expansion plan
NEARBY residents failed in a bid to block expansion proposals at a Stockton Heath nursing…
Winter on the way – but the council is ready for it
WINTER is on its way to Warrington – in fact it seems to have started a bit early this year.
Alcohol-fueled violence in the town centre
IT was a busy night for police in Warrington town centre – with drink again a major contributor to the problems.
Police in hunt for meat thief
POLICE have issued CCTV images of a man suspected of stealing a large quantity of meat from a Warrington store.
The theft took place at Farm Foods, on School Brow, on Sunday, October 23.
MP pulls first pint at refurbished pub
MP Helen Jones pulled the first pint in a newly-refurbished pub at Warrington – and praised the owners for creating a “splendid pub.”
U3A to launch in Lymm
A NEW branch of the University of the Third Age (U3A) is to be launched for the Lymm and Thelwall area.
“Warrington – Number one for small businesses”
WARRINGTON has yet again been acknowledged as the number one “city” in the UK for high-growing small businesses.
Armed raid at petrol station
A MAN brandishing a weapon got away with cash and cigarettes from a petrol station in Warrington.