TWO people were assessed by firefighters after crews were called to reports of a leaking fridge in an outbuilding in Warrington.

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a hedge fire at Lymm after it was reported to be well alight on Tuesday evening (October 20).

A former student returned to Priestley College recently to share his career journey and inspire students with the opportunities available in the rail industry.

WARRINGTON Labour has been accused of failing to give residents the full picture of the council’s financial position when it asked for their votes in May 2024.

Scouts from the local Culcheth 19th Warrington Troop have teamed up with Culcheth Methodist Church and local knitting groups to produce a large and colourful Remembrance Day display.

WARRINGTON historian Gordon Gandy is celebrating further recognition for his long-running mywarrington website, which has been documenting the town’s history for 21 years while also helping him manage his own mental health.

LOCAL businesses impacted by ongoing roadworks around Warrington’s Sankey Street Gateway have expressed frustration at the latest extension to the works, saying they hope they will be compensated for lost trade.

A man has been jailed after he admitted to engaging in online sexual communications with children via the online game Roblox.

A Warrington businesswoman with long-standing links to the Culcheth community has been crowned Ms Great Britain 2026/27, achieving a lifelong ambition 20 years after first stepping onto the national pageant stage.

MOTORISTS travelling through the Winwick area of Warrington are being urged to plan ahead and consider alternative routes as major United Utilities works are set to cause significant disruption for up to ten days.

A man has been jailed after he admitted to engaging in online sexual communications with children via the online game Roblox.

A man who tried to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of drugs into the Creamfields music festival in Daresbury has been jailed for three years.

TWO men have been charged with affray following an incident at a bar in Warrington town centre.

Police are urging people to take steps to protect their bikes following a number of thefts in the Great Sankey area.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested after a car crashed into a bungalow in Warrington following a police pursuit.

A Warrington man has been ordered to pay more than £1,600 after pleading guilty to a fly-tipping offence following an investigation by Warrington Borough Council.

Cheshire Constabulary has completed its first deployment of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology in Warrington town centre, with the operation becoming the most successful LFR deployment in Cheshire to date.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and CCTV footage after a fire at a property in Orford which is believed to have been started deliberately.

A Warrington mother and son have been sentenced after exploiting an elderly family member in a calculated fraud which saw thousands of pounds drained from her bank account without her permission.

A man from Warrington has been jailed for nearly three years for seriously assaulting a woman.

A former student returned to Priestley College recently to share his career journey and inspire students with the opportunities available in the rail industry.

STUDENTS at Warrington & Vale Royal College have been exploring future career opportunities, meeting employers and developing essential employability skills during a packed week of activities.

CHAPELFORD Village Primary School is in the running for a £5,000 prize after transforming its Computing curriculum and boosting pupils’ digital skills.

Warrington & Vale Royal College principal Nichola Newton has issued an open invitation to Prime Minister Andy Burnham to visit the college – as more than 1,000 prospective students are expected to attend its latest open evening.

A Warrington fruit farm has used a six-week AI accelerator to build its own ticketing platform, cutting software costs by more than 90% and reinvesting the savings in creating new jobs.

Extra funding has opened more places on 3D 360 Skills Training’s 3D Printing, 3D CAD and Industry 4.0 Skills Bootcamp, which runs in collaboration with Enterprise Cheshire & Warrington.

A nursery in Great Sankey is celebrating after being awarded the prestigious Eco-Schools: Early Years Green Award – a recognition available through the national programme.

Six weeks before an exam, most students are drowning in past papers, revision guides and half-finished flashcards. The trick isn’t finding more resources. It’s finding ones that match the actual exam board specification, whether that’s GCSE, the Life in the UK test, or a professional qualification.

Warrington & Vale Royal College is preparing to welcome Year 11 pupils and their families to its Open Evenings, beginning on October 7.

THE University of Chester generated an estimated £193.2m in economic value across Cheshire and Warrington during the 2024/25 academic year, according to a new independent assessment.

A sold-out event at the Halliwell Jones Stadium has proved that sometimes a fresh approach, a new identity and a strong sense of local pride are exactly what is needed to bring people together.

THERE comes a point when we have to stop looking at major developments like the huge rail freight logistics park near Winwick and Croft in isolation and start asking a much bigger question – what happens when you put them all together?

THERE is something deeply disturbing about the sudden collapse of a charity whose very purpose was to stop young people taking their own lives.

THERE is something rather special about a village being able to celebrate its own sporting legend while, at the same time, celebrating the people who have worked tirelessly to preserve the story of the village itself.

THERE can be little argument that Britain needs more affordable homes. Young families deserve the chance to get on the property ladder, older residents need suitable accommodation to downsize into, and businesses rely on a growing workforce.

THERE comes a point when difficult conversations can no longer be postponed. For Warrington Borough Council, that point has long since arrived.

Warrington Borough Council has reopened the Warrington Local Plan for a major overhaul.

THE irony of the new-style Warrington Walking Day which will take place this year is that it will result in changes many people have been seeking for years.

WARRINGTON is often held up as a success story of modern regional Britain—but that narrative is beginning to fray, despite another upbeat Property Review last week.

IT is hard to believe it was 10 years ago today that I was reporting on the heartbreaking story about local band Viola Beach being killed in a tragic accident while on their first tour abroad.

With a distribution centre on Omega, Warrington-based Davanti Tyres has sponsored local football club Warrington Rylands Women FC.

LYMM suffered a disappointing 39-7 home defeat against National League Two leaders Redruth at Crouchley Lane, with a series of penalties and missed opportunities proving costly against the unbeaten Cornish visitors.

RIO Hawkins came off the bench to earn Warrington Town a point in a 1-1 draw at Alfreton Town.

WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols has sent her best wishes to England’s men’s, women’s and wheelchair rugby league squads after they received a special send-off ahead of the World Cup.

An injury-time penalty denied Warrington Rylands a clean sheet, but the Blues still recorded an emphatic 5-1 victory over Curzon Ashton at The Quickline Logistics Arena on Tuesday evening.

WARRINGTON Town’s fine away record this season continued with a 1-0 win away at Bamber Bridge.

With a distribution centre on Omega, Warrington-based Davanti Tyres has sponsored local football club Warrington Rylands Women FC.

LYMM suffered a disappointing 39-7 home defeat against National League Two leaders Redruth at Crouchley Lane, with a series of penalties and missed opportunities proving costly against the unbeaten Cornish visitors.

RIO Hawkins came off the bench to earn Warrington Town a point in a 1-1 draw at Alfreton Town.

WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols has sent her best wishes to England’s men’s, women’s and wheelchair rugby league squads after they received a special send-off ahead of the World Cup.

An injury-time penalty denied Warrington Rylands a clean sheet, but the Blues still recorded an emphatic 5-1 victory over Curzon Ashton at The Quickline Logistics Arena on Tuesday evening.

WARRINGTON Town’s fine away record this season continued with a 1-0 win away at Bamber Bridge.

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The new Didsbury Coffee House store marks a milestone in the business’s journey, which began in Lymm in 2011, where brothers Chris and Stephen Shelmerdine first opened.

With a distribution centre on Omega, Warrington-based Davanti Tyres has sponsored local football club Warrington Rylands Women FC.

A Warrington businesswoman with long-standing links to the Culcheth community has been crowned Ms Great Britain 2026/27, achieving a lifelong ambition 20 years after first stepping onto the national pageant stage.

A TALENTED young designer has been crowned Construction Champion at this year’s National Building and Construction Awards.

A sold-out event at the Halliwell Jones Stadium has proved that sometimes a fresh approach, a new identity and a strong sense of local pride are exactly what is needed to bring people together.

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Warrington knows what high water looks like. The council’s own investigation into Storm Christoph found that around 438 properties flooded internally in January 2021, with a further 605 flooded externally.

Around 150 of the UK’s leading A&E doctors have said they are very worried about the pressure that Emergency Departments (EDs) will face this winter, according to a survey published today (20 October 2026) by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).

GROWING up in Warrington, my first glimpse of foreign culture didn’t come from airports, guidebooks or geography lessons.

With winter viruses already beginning to circulate and temperatures starting to fall, parents are being urged not to delay booking their child’s free flu vaccine.

Around 150 of the UK’s leading A&E doctors have said they are very worried about the pressure that Emergency Departments (EDs) will face this winter, according to a survey published today (20 October 2026) by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).

With winter viruses already beginning to circulate and temperatures starting to fall, parents are being urged not to delay booking their child’s free flu vaccine.

SEVEN pioneering health-tech start-ups are developing new technologies at Daresbury Laboratory, near Warrington, with the potential to improve patient care, speed up diagnosis and transform healthcare services.

Today on World Mental Health Day, NHS England in the North West is encouraging people experiencing anxiety, depression or stress to seek free and confidential support through NHS Talking Therapies.

Jimmy Carr is bringing his brand of no-holds-barred comedy to Warrington’s Parr Hall next April, with two back-to-back performances of his new show, Killing Jokes.

LYMM Parish Council is appealing for 17 volunteers to help ensure the much-loved Carols from The Cross event can go ahead this Christmas Eve, warning it could be cancelled if enough stewards are not recruited by December 12.

Families across Warrington are being offered plenty of opportunities to enjoy fireworks and bonfire nights this November, with events planned across the borough and in nearby villages.

AS it prepares to celebrate its 40th year, tickets for Lymm Rugby Club’s annual adult panto, ‘Snow White and the Magnificent Seven’, are now on sale to the general public.

WARRINGTON historian Gordon Gandy is celebrating further recognition for his long-running mywarrington website, which has been documenting the town’s history for 21 years while also helping him manage his own mental health.

Two nurses at St. Rocco’s Hospice are appealing for public support to raise £17,000 to bring a specialist Cuddle Bed to the hospice permanently, helping patients and their loved ones share precious moments in comfort and dignity.

A children’s charity covering the Warrington area is supporting National Adoption Week as figures reveal a significant shortage of approved adopters waiting to give children a permanent family.

A popular and well used Community Hub has celebrated 10 years of service to the local community this week.

Two nurses at St. Rocco’s Hospice are appealing for public support to raise £17,000 to bring a specialist Cuddle Bed to the hospice permanently, helping patients and their loved ones share precious moments in comfort and dignity.

A children’s charity covering the Warrington area is supporting National Adoption Week as figures reveal a significant shortage of approved adopters waiting to give children a permanent family.

St. Rocco’s Hospice is calling on people across Warrington to give a little of their time and make a big difference by volunteering in one of its charity shops.

THIRTY colleagues from a Warrington housebuilder have raised £11,350 for two north west charities.

WARRINGTON historian Gordon Gandy is celebrating further recognition for his long-running mywarrington website, which has been documenting the town’s history for 21 years while also helping him manage his own mental health.

Stockton Heath today is a vibrant and historic village with origins stretching right back to Roman times.

A family history spanning the Atlantic is bringing a Dallas woman to Warrington in the hope of reconnecting with relatives whose roots lie deep in Burtonwood’s brewing past.

A WARRINGTON man will once again pay his respects to the 16 innocent people killed during one of the town’s darkest moments of the Second World War – the Thames Board Mills bombing.

The festive season brings excitement for many, but it can also be a time of indulgence, and perhaps drinking more alcohol than we would like. As we head into a new year, many people will be wanting to feel a little fitter and healthier.

AS we enter the New Year, it’s never been more important to talk about our mental health.

I have just read the April 2021 edition of Warrington Worldwide and I am delighted with Gary’s comments in the Editorial.

I am writing to you with regard to the Council’s actions in reporting the gathering at The Cenotaph War Memorial, Warrington town centre, on Remembrance Sunday, 8th November 2020, to Cheshire Police.