Police budget: A chance to have your say on the cost of local policing
POLICE and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer today launched his budget for the coming year – and Warrington people, along with others across Cheshire – can have their say.
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Planning chiefs asked to turn back the clock
A TERRACED house in central Warrington which was split into two properties some years ago will revert to a single property if planning chiefs give the go-ahead.
New entrance gate proposed for historic Lymm farmhouse
PLANS have been submitted to Warrington Borough Council for a new – and additional – entrance gate to a historic farmyouse at Lymm.
Balcony plan for barn conversion is dropped
A PLAN to add two dormer windows and a balcony to a barn conversion at Appleton has been dropped despite there being no objections to the scheme.
Council to investigate its own environmental impact
GRAPPENHALL and Thelwall Parish Council has agreed to set up a working party to investigate its own environmental impact.
HS2 celebrates “massive progress” – and looks forward to the New Year
HS2 Ltd has today celebrated “massive progress” made on the project during the last 12 months and looked forward to much more in 2022.
Ambulance service loses tens of thousands of working days due to Long Covid
AVAILABILITY of ambulance staff across the North West of England may remain badly affected by Long Covid with tens of thousands of working days already lost because staff are experiencing symptoms weeks after contracting the virus.
Council set to loan £30m for affordable homes for NHS and other key workers
TOWN Hall chiefs in Warrington are considering lending £30 million over three years to a housing provider which specialises in making affordable homes available to NHS and emergency services workers and armed forces veterans.
Approved – 80 homes in 10-storey town centre development
A MAJOR plan to provide 80 homes in a block of up to 10 floors in Warrington town centre has been given the green light.
Staff extinguish forklift truck blaze before fire crews reach scene
STAFF at a Warrington distribution centre tackled a fire themselves early today – and had extinguished it by the time firefighters reached the scene.