Extractor fan causes house fire
A FAULT on a small extractor fan started a blaze which sent two fire engines to a house in Belmont Crescent, Great Sankey, Warrington.
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Discount food store gets go-ahead
PLANNING chiefs at Warrington have given the green light to a controversial plan for a major new discount food store and adjoining drive-through restaurant.
Warrington scam victims lose £42,359
TRADING Standards chiefs in Warrington received 427 “scam-related” complaints last year – with reported losses to local people of £42,359.
MP hits out over children living in poverty
AN estimated 10,170 children are living in families claiming Universal Credit in Warrington North, according to research carried out by The Children’s Society.
House that’s too big need not be demolished
PLANNING bosses have decided a house that was built too big and to the wrong design need not be demolished.
Another award for Walton Hall!
WARRINGTON’S much-loved Walton Hall and Gardens has received a Certificate of Excellence from one of…
School gives its pupils an “outstanding start”
CHILDREN get off to an “outstanding start” to their school lives at Warrington’s Birchwood CE Primary School – and that’s according to Ofsted.
Sax star Chelsea to play at the BBC Proms
WHEN the 120th BBC Proms programme gets under way at the Royal Albert Hall on July 17, a former Warrington school girl will be among the hundreds of musicians taking part.
Warrington will be blooming lovely!
GREEN spaces in Warrington are healthy, tidy and in flower thanks to closer working between residents and the borough council.
MP’s praise for care home staff
WARRINGTON North MP Helen Jones has praised the work of care home staff during a visit to celebrate the third annual “Care Home Open Day”.