One in three young people are scared, sad or pessimistic about climate change
ONE in three young people in Britain are scared, sad or pessimistic about climate change, with 28 per cent feeling “overwhelmed”, according to a YouGov poll.
Author David Skentelbery
Record turnout of volunteers for Woolston New Cut spring clean
THERE was a record turnout of volunteers for the annual Spring litter pick organised by the New Cut Heritage and Ecology Group, Woolston.
£100,000 fund to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour
POLICE and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer’s Community Action Fund will reopen on April 1 – with money available for projects that will prevent and tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.
Imaginative proposals for modernising historic Methodist church
IMAGINATIVE proposals for modernising the historic Methodist Church, in Eagle Brow, Lymm have been submitted to Warrington planning chiefs.
Apartments plan for former Green Belt farm building is refused
PLANNING chiefs at Warrington have turned down an application to change the use of a former Green Belt farm building from offices to six apartments.
Housing group secures £130m to help build affordable homes
HOUSING group Torus has secured £130m to help fund the development of about 800 new affordable homes across Warrington, St Helens and Liverpool over the next four years.
Survey pinpoints Warrington “perhaps unfairly” as the most contaminated town in the UK
WARRINGTON has come top of a league table it would rather not be in at all – for the most contaminated land.
Housing planned for farmland at Glazebury
PLANS have been submitted for a development of five houses on farmland in Warrington Road, Glazebury.
Council chiefs to explore fair employment charter for Cheshire
A FAIR employment charter for Warrington and Cheshire is being explored by council leaders and the Local Enterprise Partnership.
£494,000 lottery grant gives boost to “Healthy Neighbours” projects
TORUS Foundation has won a £494,000 National Lottery grant to continue its Healthy Neighbours scheme – including two projects in Warrington.