Parish council to pay the “Living Wage”
GRAPPENHALL and Thelwall Parish Council has decided to pay all its staff the Living Wage or more – and hopes other parish councils and other organisations in the Warrington area will follow their lead.
Author David Skentelbery
Ex-councillors proposed as honorary aldermen
TWO former members of Warrington Borough Council will be proposed as Honorary Aldermen at an extraordinary meeting of the council on Monday
Have a say on spending £3m in and around Frodsham
FRODSHAM Transition Initiative and Kingsley Transition Initiative have joined forces to urge local people to get involved in the debate on how to spend £3 million that will become available to the local community arising from construction of the wind farm being built on Frodsham Marshes.
Grappers in trophy win – after a few “hiccups”
GRAPPENHALL progressed into the quarter finals of the Joseph Holt T20 trophy competition with a comfortable win over Oulton Park – but not without a few “hiccups” along the way.
Building ablaze at Risley
FIRE crews from Warrington and Birchwood were called to reports of a building ablaze at Risley.
MP to chair new select committee
WARRINGTON North MP Helen Jones has been elected as chairman of the new House of Commons Select Committee on Petitions.
Leo Sayer to play Warrington
MORE than 40 years since his first album and after five worldwide No 1 hits, Leo Sayer is to play Warrington’s Parr Hall on October 11.
Call for probe into social mobility in Warrington
OPPOSITION councillors at Warrington are calling for an independent commission to report and advise on social mobility in the borough.
Planners to rule on house that was built too big
PLANNING chiefs at Warrington will decide next week whether to approve a retrospective application for a new house which is bigger and of a different design to plans which were given the go-ahead six years ago.
Why the Goods Shed scheme didn’t win lottery money
FRODSHAM Foundation’s bold plan to re-develop the disused Goods Shed building at the town’s railway station failed to win lottery funding for five reasons.