Gold award for Collegiate
WARRINGTON Collegiate has won a gold award for its dedication to raising
awareness of heart health and basic life support, as well as installing
four defibrillators and training staff how to use them in an emergency.
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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.
Extra doctors and nurses drafted in at hospital
MORE doctors and nurses are being made available at Warrington Hospital
as the number of people admitted for respiratory conditions rises.
Crackdown on counterfeit goods
TRADING Standards chiefs at Warrington have reported initial successes
in their “Why Risk IT?” campaign against the sale of counterfeit goods,
including via Facebook.
Three-storey office block sold
A THREE-storey self contained office building at Birchwood, Warrington has been sold to a Government department.
Award for charity founder
CHRIS Holt, founder of Warrington charity group John Holt Cancer
Support, has received the “You’re a Star Christmas 2013 award from BBC
North West Tonight.
Pubs and clubs in security drive
SECURITY staff at some Warrington pubs and night clubs are sporting
“anti-theft security wear” to remind customers of the need to look after
their mobile phones and handbags.
Girl fell from zip wire ride
A LITTLE girl fell from a zip wire on a Warrington playing field when the seat fitting broke.
Dickens of a day at Lymm Dickensian Festival
VILLAGERS turned back the clock for the annual Lymm Dickensian Festival Christmas celebrations.
Back to back defeats for Town
WARRINGTON Town suffered a second successive defeat as Lancaster City
completed the double over them this season with a 3-1 win at the Giant
Axe.
Soccer boss launches fundraising campaign for girl who will never grow
WARRINGTON Town manager Shaun Reid has launched a fund-raising campaign
to send a 15-year-old school girl, who suffers from a rare condition
which means she will never grow, on a holiday of a life time.