Fight to block housing plan
CROFT Parish Council has thrown its weight behind residents fighting
plans to build houses on the site of an historic war time naval camp.
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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.
Town centre lantern parade
A MAGICAL Christmas lantern parade will be held in Warrington town centre this evening.
Century old jewellery business closes
ONE of Warrington’s oldest businesses, A Baker & Sons Jewellers, has closed its doors for the last
time due to a mixture of the recession and the jailing of its owner
earlier this year.
Accident leads to traffic chaos
A collision between a car and a motor cyclist caused traffic chaos in Warrington town centre during rush hour traffic earlier this evening.
Woman, 23, victim of sex attack
POLICE at Warrington are appealing for witnesses after a serious sex attack on a young woman in the town centre.
We were not consulted – unions
TOWN Hall unions Unison and GMB have made a formal complaint to the
chief executive of Warrington Borough Council over their claims they were
not consulted over plans to transfer more than 500 staff to not-for-profit charitable organisations.
Banned from keeping dogs
A WARRINGTON man has been banned from keeping dogs at his home for two years – and given 28 days to find new homes for his dogs.
Storm over health bill
WARRINGTON Borough Council is to send a strongly worded message to the
Coalition Government opposing its controversial Health and Social Care
Bill – but only after a fierce political debate.
Major companies move in
FOUR major international companies have moved into the Daresbury Science
and Innovation Campus, near Warrington, in just three months –
underlining the rapid growth of the centre in recent times.
Slap in the face claims campaigner
ONLY 48 street lamps across Culcheth, Croft and Glazebury benefited from
a borough-wide upgrading scheme in which a total of 2,629 lamps were
upgraded.