Countess calls to help celebrate charity’s 10th anniversary
SOPHIE, Countess of Wessex dropped in at the Warrington centre of charity group Brainwave to celebrate the site’s 10-year anniversary.
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A piece of cake for jigsaw puzzlers
A SPECIALLY themed cake provided Culcheth puzzlers with a treat as they celebrated the first birthday of Culcheth Jigsaw Library.
Council to invest £18 million in Scottish energy company
WARRINGTON Borough Council is to invest £18 million in a Scottish energy company – taking a 50 per cent shareholding in the business.
Experts to probe garage blaze
FIRE investigators are to probe a blaze which broke out in a garage adjoining a school at Warrington today.
Family’s tribute to “beautiful, kind, generous” Helen
THE family of tragic Warrington mum Helen O’Brien have issued a tribute to the “beautiful, kind and generous person that she was.”
Extinction Rebellion protest at Museum of the Moon exhibition
AROUND 30 supporters of Extinction Rebellion Warrington took advantage of the Museum of the Moon exhibition at the Parr Hall to stage a climate change demonstration.
Multi-storey car park will hold more than 1,000 vehicles
PLANS have been drawn up for a multi-storey car park with room for more than 1,000 cars on the Birchwood Park business estate at Warrington.
Firefighters’ charity car wash
FUNDRAISING firefighters in Warrington will be rolling up their sleeves this weekend and attempting to swop buckets of water for buckets of cash.
Team Jones is back on track
GRAPPENHALL runner Nick Jones – currently undergoing aggressive chemotherapy treatment – returned to competitive running after a six-month lay-off.
Memorial plaque planned for Viola Beach
A BRONZE plaque in memory of Warrington rock group Viola Beach, who died tragically three years ago, will be erected outside the town’s Parr Hall if planning chiefs give the go-ahead tonight.