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Alice Meyer and Chris Wood moments after completing their skydive.

19th September 2024 7:00 am 0 Couple’s emotional skydive raises over £1,200 for Suicide Prevention UK in brother’s memory

WARRINGTON residents Alice Meyer and her partner, Chris Wood, have successfully completed an emotional skydive in memory of Alice’s brother, Thomas, who took his own life 10 years ago. Read More

Charity

18th September 2024 4:59 pm 0 Commemorative Rugby League Masters Game honours the late Peter McKeown

CROSFIELDS Rugby Club recently played host to the Peter McKeown Commemorative Rugby League Masters game, a heartfelt tribute to a beloved player, Peter McKeown. Read More

Community

17th September 2024 7:00 am 0 Cheshire Chord Company sing for people with dementia

CHESHIRE Chord Company – an award winning women’s A Cappella choir based in Warrington – is to hold a fundraising concert in the town on Thursday, November 14. Read More

Business

16th September 2024 7:00 am 0 Homebuilder donates over £70,000 to children’s hospice

REDROW has handed over its annual, and largest to date, donation to Claire House Children’s Hospice. Read More

Local History

16th September 2024 7:00 am 0 Public flock to see treasure trove of artefacts at Police Museum

THE sun shone on the Police Museum in Warrington on Saturday as people of all ages flocked to the open day in the historic building. Read More

Local History

15th September 2024 12:45 pm 0 Warrington Remembers 84th anniversary of Battle of Britain Day

A special service takes place today marking the 84th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, a pivotal moment in World War II when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against relentless Luftwaffe airstrikes. Read More

Charity

13th September 2024 7:00 am 0 Salvation Army football team with a goal to tackle homelessness

A SALVATION Army football team from Warrington will take part in a tournament next week backed by Pep Guardiola – with a goal to tackle homelessness. Read More

Charity

11th September 2024 7:00 am 0 Supporters raise over £3,200 at the Great North Run for Adoption Matters

Five determined Adoption Matters supporters joined 60,000 other runners to battle with the wind and rain to take on the 13.1 miles of the Great North Run. Read More

Community

11th September 2024 7:00 am 0 Group that has been making friends for more than 200 years

A GROUP that has been making friends for more than 200 years is to hold two special events in Warrington. Read More

Local History

10th September 2024 7:00 am 0 War drum beat recalls the Battle of Winwick

The sound of a war drum beat rolled across the Winwick fields and into St Oswald’s Parish church at the weekend as it did over three hundred and fifty years ago when the Battle of Winwick took place between a Scottish army and the English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell on land three miles north of Warrington. Read More