MP takes up cudgels on college VAT
WARRINGTON South MP David Mowat joined 73 other MPs from across the
House of Commons in urging the Government to review the amount of VAT
specialist sixth form colleges are required to pay.
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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. Former Chair of Warrington Healthwatch Director Warrington Chamber of Commerce Patron Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. Patron Warrington Disability Partnership. Former Chairman of Warrington Town FC.
£1.6m scheme will clean up Stinking Brook
A £1.6 million investment is set to clean up a Warrington waterway known for decades as “the Stinking Brook.”
Warrington grows as a tourist attraction
WARRINGTON is growing in popularity – as a tourist attraction, according to a survey.
Rotary Oktoberfest raises £15k for charity
WARRINGTON Rotary Club’s annual Oktoberfest charity beer festival raised over £15,000 for charity.
Town go top of table
WARRINGTON Town went top of the Evo-Stik Division One North for the first time with a hard earned 2-1 victory at Salford City.
Planners to rule on new houses
PLANNING bosses at Warrington will meet a second time to consider the fate of a piece of “green land.”
Halle players to give concert
MEMBERS of the Halle Orchestra and Friends will again visit Culcheth for
the ninth Roy Harrison Memorial Concert on Monday, November 25.
Tony swaps office for life under canvas
LIVING under canvas and covered in camouflage cream is a far cry from
his normal office work – but it’s what drew Warrington’s Tony Green to
become a gunner in the Territorial Army.
PM sends a good luck message
PRIME Minister David Cameron has sent a good luck message to Rugby League World Cup teams, fans and Team 13 Volunteers.
Cuts are unjust to the disabled
A MOTION is to be put to next week’s meeting of Warrington Borough
Council condemning Government cuts which are claimed to be having an
unjust affected on the lives of many disabled people in the town.