Care home costs rise by £1.5m
TOWN Hall bosses have agreed to increase by about £1.5 million a year
the amount they pay to care home owners across Warrington in respect of
residents placed in the homes by the borough council.
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Wolves make Giant ClubCall
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semi-final after opting to play the 2013 League Leaders at today’s
ClubCall announcement.
Town hit seven in Wakefield thrashing
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Mobile classrooms approved
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Hall Road, Woolston, have been given the go-ahead by Warrington’s
planning committee.
School welcomes new pupils
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officially welcomed to the school at an Inauguration Service at St
Elphin’s Parish Church.
MP hits out at Lib Dems
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their conference by claiming that without the Lib Dems, the Tories would
be powerless in Government.
Shopkeepers' bus strike blues
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as a result of the second one-day strike by the town’s bus drivers.
Concerns over waste recycling at farm
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Council to raise their concerns over the recycling of green waste at
Diggle Hall Farm in nearby Culcheth.
Adult social care take-over planned
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social enterprise to take over adult social care in-house services – which
currently have an annual budget of £8.6 million.