Swan shot with crossbow
A SWAN is to undergo emergency surgery after being shot with a crossbow and an airgun near Warrington.
Author Gary Skentelbery
Gary Skentelbery
Experienced journalist for more than 40 years. Managing Director of magazine publishing group with three in-house titles and on-line daily newspaper for Warrington. Experienced writer, photographer, PR consultant and media expert having written for local, regional and national newspapers. Specialties: PR, media, social networking, photographer, networking, advertising, sales, media crisis management. Chair of Warrington Healthwatch Director Warrington Chamber of Commerce Patron Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. Trustee Warrington Disability Partnership. Former Chairman of Warrington Town FC.
Cancer awareness for ethnic groups
WARRINGTON Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is holding a special event to mark Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Month.
Dog owners face fines
DOG owners in Warrington have been warned they face a fine if they don’t clean up after their pet.
Taken to court – for breaking planning law
PEOPLE breaching planning law in Warrington will be taken to court if necessary.
Parking ban for town centre square
AN experimental traffic order banning vehicles from parking in
Warrington’s town centre Hilden Square unless they are loading or
unloading is to be introduced from June 26.
Town Hall call in on Sandy Lane tip closure plan
LIBERAL Democrat councillors in the south of Warrington have expressed
concern over proposals to close the Sandy Lane Recycling Centre in
Stockton Heath and reduce the opening hours of the other two centres in
the borough.
Inadequate school placed in special measures
A WARRINGTON primary school told by Ofsted inspectors last year that it
required improvement has now deteriorated still further and has been
judged to be “inadequate.”
Grappers move up to third place
GRAPPENHALL claimed an important victory at early pace-setters Alderley
Edge to move into third place in the Vivio Cheshire County League
premier division.
Award for Mersey Forest chief
PAUL Nolan, director of the Warrington-based Mersey Forest, was awarded
an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list – which acknowledges
people who have been recognised nationally for their major role in local
and regional activities.
Temporary speed limit
TEMPORARY 40mph speed restrictions are to be introduced on the A56
Chester Road, Warrington, for a period of eight weeks while
work is carried out on the installation of a new drainage system in the
highway verge.