£23m flood defence project starts
WORK is due to start on Monday on the £23 million Mersey Flood Defence
scheme at Warrington – with traffic hold-ups almost inevitable.
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.
Man attacked and robbed in park
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Investment campaign targets London
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major inward investment campaign in London to coincide with Warrington
Wolves appearance in the Carnegie Challenge Cup Final at Wembley this
Saturday, August 25.
Mike keeps title hopes alive
RACING driver Mike Fry from Lymm is leading
the Class B BIGprofile PINTO 2012 Championship and kept his title hopes
alive when he came second in Class B at the BRSCC Race Meeting at Oulton
Park at the weekend.
Ann Marie through to the finals
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through to the finals of the North West Finance Awards 2012.
Keeping traffic on the move
PLANS are in place to help keep traffic on the move over the Bank
Holiday weekend as thousands of music fans head to the Creamfields
festival, near Warrington.
Council staff go primrose and blue
WARRINGTON Borough Council staff dressed in primrose and blue in a show
of support for the Wolves ahead of their Challenge Cup final clash at
Wembley on Saturday.
Anger over historic barns plan
PLANNING chiefs at Warrington are being asked to approve proposals to
preserve a pair of 19th century barns by converting them into five
dwellings.
Town rained off!
WARRINGTON Town’s proposed league game at Bamber Bridge tonight has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch!
Tractor unit blaze
FIRE crews from Warrington used back-pack extinguishers to tackle a blaze involving a tractor unit.