Planners to study restaurant awning plan
PLANNING chiefs at Warrington are to visit a restaurant which wants to erect a retractable awning over its outdoor eating area before deciding whether it can go ahead.
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Five year old house to be demolished
AN ultra-modern house, complete with its own swimming pool and created only five years ago by converting a former office building, can be demolished to make way for four new detached houses, Warrington planning chiefs have decided.
Praise for green-fingered pupils
FOUR Warrington schools who entered gardens in the RHS Tatton Show have been congratulated by the borough council.
Drink driver was almost four times over the limit
A NUMBER of people were arrested in Warrington last night – including a drink driver who was nearly four times over the legal limit.
Sky diver Candice has a fear of heights
A WARRINGTON woman is conquering her fear of heights to do a sky dive in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society
Councillors’ anger over fly-tipping and overgrown verges
ANGRY councillors are calling for urgent action to combat fly-tipping and overgrown hedges and verges in the Culcheth and Croft areas.
Police warning over telephone scammers
POLICE today issued a warning of a telephone scam after a number of residents – including two in Warrington – were targeted by fraudsters posing as an internet provider.
Large fire on open land
FIRE crews from Warrington were called out this afternoon after reports of a large fire on open land.
Civic reception for Peace Cup visitors
WARRINGTON Town Hall will host a civic reception for Warrington Town FC and their Northern Irish opponents Crewe United tonight.
School’s historic wall to be preserved
PLANS for new boundary fence at Warrington’s Beamont Primary School are to go ahead – but a historic section of the old school wall is to be retained.