“Freeman” honour for former councillor
A FORMER Warrington councillor has been made a Freeman of Cheshire West and Chester at a ceremony at Chester Town Hall.
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Scout group seeks leaders
SCOUTING isn’t just for boys and girls – it’s for adults too.
£10,000 grant buys club new tractor
CULCHETH Sports Club has won a £10,000 grant from the Premier League and the FA…
Flood victims can apply for cash support
VICTIMS of flooding in Warrington caused by the recent storms can apply to the borough council for financial support.
Town’s schools are second most improved in the North West
WARRINGTON is the second most improved education authority in the North West for GCSE results.
One killed in motorway crash on M62
FIRE and rescue crews from Warrington, Birchwood, Leigh and Eccles were involved in a major operation on the M62 this morning after a crash in which one person was killed.
Microwave oven blaze
TWO fire engines were sent to a report of a house fire in Morton Avenue, Frodsham last night (Friday)
Creamfields deny planning to extend festival
ORGANISERS of the controversial Creamfields festival claim they are NOT planning to extend the length of the event.
Play area facelift looks set to go ahead
LONG-awaited investment in a children’s play area at Mee Brow – half-way between Culcheth and Glazebury – looks set to go ahead after the proposal was given the “green light” for inclusion in the borough council’s capital investment programme.
Company signs €4m maintenance contract
AMEC Foster Wheeler – which employs 1,200 people at its Birchwood, Warrington and Knutsford offices – has signed a framework contract to supply maintenance and remote handling services to ITER, the world’s largest nuclear fusion research project.