Blaze woman taken to hospital
A WOMAN was taken to hospital suffering from the effects of smoke after a house fire at Warrington.
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Thousands flock to festival
THE annual Lymm Festival kicked off in style with the Lymm Foodfest as thousands of visitors packed into the village centre.
Happy Mondays headline free festival
INDIE legends Happy Mondays will headline the main stage at this year’s free Warrington Music Festival on Friday July 19.
Hospital lottery
WINNING numbers have been announced in the weekly lottery run by the League of Friends of Warrington Hospital.
HS2 protest meeting
A NEW action group set up to oppose the preferred route for HS2 – phase
two of the controversial high speed rail link – is to hold a public
meeting next month.
Drive an F1 racing car
VISITORS to Warrington Market’s classic transport show will have a
chance to try the exciting F1 simulator formerly owned by the Arrows F1
racing team.
Council slammed over grass cutting
TWO councillors have slammed borough council officers in the wake of a
stream of complaints about the maintenance of grass verges and open
spaces in Culcheth.
Nurse to trek Great Wall of China
A 24-year-old nurse from Warrington is to trek a 100km stretch of the
Great Wall of China to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
Woodland play area to go ahead
PLANNING chiefs at Warrington have given the go-ahead for a controversial new play
area in a community woodland – despite objections from nearby residents
who feared the wood could be destroyed.
Labour sweep to victory in Grappenhall
LABOUR won a convincing victory in the Grappenhall North by-election
last night (Thursday) as lifelong Grappenhall resident Tom Jennings, won a seat on
Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council.