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15th August 2019 2:00 pm 1 Celebrating 20 years of Warrington Worldwide

It is hard to believe twenty years has passed since our very first edition of Warrington Worldwide magazine – which was actually launched AFTER we started publishing local news online! Read More

Charity

31st July 2019 7:00 am 0 Drumming up support for Warrington Youth Zone

VIDEO: Having now seen an Onside Youth Zone in action I will certainly be helping drum up support for the one set to be built to provide a new home for Warrington Youth Club. Read More

Opinion

27th July 2019 9:22 am 3 Should any Green Belt planning applications be getting heard ahead of Local Plan?

EDDIE Stobart may have won the planning battle for permission to build a New National Distribution Centre on 39 acres of Green Belt land at Appleton Thorn – but the war is set to rage on. Read More

Finance - sponsored by Watkinson Black

19th July 2019 4:11 pm 2 How much more money will Warrington Borough Council borrow?

WARRINGTON Borough Council is continuing to make headlines for investing with borrowed money during times of austerity to help protect front line services. Read More

Opinion

12th July 2019 1:50 pm 0 How many Local Plan and planning application consultations have gone unheard?

WE may not agree with everything Warrington Borough Council and council leader Cllr. Russ Bowden do, but credit where credit is due for coming out into the local communities and engaging with local residents. Read More

Opinion

10th July 2019 7:00 am 0 Let’s avoid transferring the “jungle” of Bridge Street into the new Time Square

NO-ONE suggests that Warrington’s new Time Square leisure hub, should be an alcohol-free zone. Read More

Opinion

5th July 2019 4:37 pm 3 Time for elected members to listen to the people!

Council’s planning department unfit for purpose, Council set to pay 20 per cent over market value for housing site, sadness and anger as Lymm Hotel closes and council slammed for “backing off” Eddie Stobart planning battle. Read More

Opinion

28th June 2019 3:15 pm 0 Warrington’s golden glory!

IF anyone had any doubts on the value of restoring Warrington’s historic Golden Gates – today showed they are worth every penny of the £500,000 spent on restoring them to their former glory. Read More

Health

21st June 2019 5:32 pm 0 Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Trust – to pay or not to pay that is the question?

Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Trust hit the national headlines for all the wrong reasons this week, with our town’s MPs quick off the mark to try and score political points. Read More

Opinion

7th June 2019 5:02 pm 0 World would be a darker place without Warrington’s unique Peace Foundation

HAVING seen some of the fantastic work being carried out by the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace it gave me no pleasure earlier this week reporting that this unique charity, set up in the wake of the Warrington Bombing, is facing the prospect of a 95 per cent cut in government funding. Read More