Car park campaigners win reprieve
CAMPAIGNERS fighting the controversial proposal to end free parking on car parks in South Warrington have won a reprieve.
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.
Second half show sees Town home
THREE second half goals earned Warrington a sixth consecutive win of the season as they won 3-0 at Bamber Bridge.
Historic chapel to get plastic window frames
PLASTIC doors and window frames will be installed in a historic,
186-year-old chapel building at Warrington if planning chiefs give the
go-ahead.
MP backing Birchwood
WARRINGTON North MP Helen Jones has pledged to keep “backing Birchwood”
following a number of recent mobile surgeries in the area, which have
seen her address a wide range of local problems.
Superfast boost will create over 400 jobs
MORE than 900 small and medium-sized businesses across Warrington and Cheshire are set to benefit from a £1.5m investment from the European
Regional Development Fund and Connecting Cheshire to help them benefit
from digital technology enabled by faster broadband.
High Legh girls Cambridge-bound
HIGH Legh students Charlotte Senn and Sarah Slattery – who attended
Withington Girls’ School – are thrilled to be heading to Cambridge
University after scoring impressive results in their A Levels.
Festival looking for new helpers
ORGANISERS of the annual Lymm Festival are looking for new people to help them run next year’s event.
Grappers go down to league leaders
GRAPPENHALL went down by seven wickets to table toppers Chester Boughton
Hall in the ECB Premier division of the Vivio Cheshire County League.
Stop smoking challenge returns
NEXT month Stoptober returns to challenge smokers across Warrington to quit for 28 days.
Immoral pay rises go ahead
WARRINGTON Borough Council has gone ahead with controversial pay rises
of up to 13.3 per cent for senior managers – despite angry protests from
Town Hall unions.