Council joins campaign to tackle “modern slavery”
SUNDAY is World Anti-Slavery Day – and Warrington Borough Council is teaming up with partners across Cheshire with a campaign to tackle modern slavery.
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Village Purple Flag group is wound up
THE group that steered Stockton Heath towards becoming the first village in the UK to be awarded a Purple Flag for the management of its night-time economy, has disbanded.
Scouts put councillors in the hot seat
SCOUTS from Glazebury were given an opportunity to put councillors in the hot seat when Culcheth and Glazebury Parish Council hosted a special Q&A session for them.
Crime continues to fall in Cheshire
CRIME in Cheshire continues to fall, with the county’s police recording the fourth largest reduction in recorded crime across England and Wales.
Killer drugs missing in Warrington
POLICE today issued a warning about dangerous painkillers which may have been taken from a van at Warrington.
Man jailed for defrauding council of £26,000
A BENEFIT cheat who defrauded Warrington Borough Council of more than £26,000 is now behind bars.
Police appeal after arson attack
POLICE at Warrington are appealing for information from the public after vandals set fire to a wheelie bin,
“Friends” launch Walton estate projects
FOUR new projects have been launched by the Friends of Walton Estate.
Planners defer decision on green belt “garden”
PLANNERS at Warrington have put off a decision on a retrospective application to change a piece of open land in the Green Belt into a domestic garden.
Hospitals’ open visiting for dementia patients
WARRINGTON and Halton General Hospitals have been named as “John’s Campaign” hospitals – allowing open visiting times for relatives and carers of patients with dementia.