Village Life magazine February 2012
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Author Gary Skentelbery
Gary Skentelbery
Experienced journalist for more than 40 years. Managing Director of magazine publishing group with three in-house titles and on-line daily newspaper for Warrington. Experienced writer, photographer, PR consultant and media expert having written for local, regional and national newspapers. Specialties: PR, media, social networking, photographer, networking, advertising, sales, media crisis management. Chair of Warrington Healthwatch Director Warrington Chamber of Commerce Patron Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. Trustee Warrington Disability Partnership. Former Chairman of Warrington Town FC.
Council bids for town centre funding
WARRINGTON Borough Council is set to bid for a share of £1 million worth of
Government funding to help build on recent success in the town centre
which saw an additional 30,000 visitors in the run up to Christmas.
Flying the flag in Chicago
THREE Warrington school girls are heading off to join a leadership programme in Chicago, USA, in July.
Breakfast worship
EARLY morning worship –complete with bacon butties and a hot drink – is being offered in Warrington.
Extra bus services to meet demand
EXTRA bus services are being provided in Warrington to meet public demand.
Partnership creates new apprentice
A WARRINGTON-based charity has joined froces with a PR agency to create a joint apprenticeship to mark National Apprentice Week.
Park facelift for Olympic torch visit
WARRINGTON’S Bank Park and the Town Hall lawns are set to undergo
improvements ahead of the Olympic flame visiting the town in May.
Hoax callers were nine-year-old girls
A SERIES of hoax phone calls to the fire brigade in Warrington were traced to three nine-year-old school girls.
Government to blame – finance chief
WARRINGTON’s finance chief has blamed sweeping national government cuts
for the borough council needing to make cuts of nearly £14 million in
the coming financial year.
NHS waiting list doubled – MP
THE number of NHS patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment in
Warrington has doubled in a year and increased by more than two thirds
since the Coalition Government took office, according to MP Helen Jones.