TIME taken to detect brain tumours could soon be significantly reduced thanks to a pioneering project involving scientists from Daresbury, near Warrington.

A LOCAL woman has discovered that an ornate, pottery elephant which has pride of place in her home was once owned by the famous singer Gracie Fields.

FOUR members of Warrington Borough Council are seeking to become MPs at the General Election - probably a unique occurrence.

WARRINGTON rock band Exile Parade are a set of guys on the up.

IT stands as a monument to a forgotten industrial age - the Latchford Railway Viaduct  over the Manchester Ship Canal.

THE ancient church of St Oswald at Winwick is one of the most historic in the Warrington area.

THESE days, Glazebrook railway station stands deserted much of the time.

NEWCHURCH Parish Church got its name because, quite simply, it was a "new church".

POLICE are asking for witnesses after a pensioner was grabbed from behind and robbed while using a Warrington cash machine.

AN extraordinary sculpture of a Royal Engineers "Sapper" has been given pride of place at the entrance to the regiment’s head quarters in Warrington.