Independent welcomes tough new powers to clean up local politics
INDEPENDENT Cllr. Stuart Mann has welcomed tough new powers being introduced by the Government to help clean up local politics.
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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.
Commemorating 100 years of Warrington Cenotaph
VIDEO: A small group of people turned out at the town’s cenotaph on Remembrance Day, exactly a century on from its official unveiling.
Former Unilever factory site set to be reborn as major Data Centre
THE 130-year-old former Unilever factory site at Bank Quay, once the heart of Warrington’s historic soap-making industry, is set to be transformed into a cutting-edge, next-generation data centre.
Work set to start on final housing development at Omega Warrington
WARRINGTON-based Miller Homes North West has completed the purchase of Phase 4 at Omega Warrington, which will see the development of 68 new homes.
Residents urged to use NHS 111 at under-pressure hospitals as doctors set to start further strike action
WITH Warrington Hospital’s A&E department already under extreme pressure, residents are being urged to use NHS 111 for all non-emergency healthcare needs as resident doctors are set to begin strike action later this week.
Work set to start on new Warrington motorway services at Junction 11 M62
WORK is set to start in the new year on the motorway services at Junction 11 of the M62 at Warrington following the appointment of a principal contractor.
Remembrance Sunday service as Warrington remembers 80-years on from ending of World War II
RESIDENTS turned out in force to pay their respects at the annual Remembrance Sunday service at Warrington Cenotaph on Bridge Foot, one of a number of events taking place across the town.
From Nashville to Warrington – Lost Hollow turn old Poacher song into Country hit
VIDEO: FROM a world away in Nashville, Country band Lost Hollow crossed the Atlantic to perform an old Poacher classic “Buttermarket” at a special civic reception hosted by the Mayor of Warrington Cllr. Mo Hussain.
Mobile phones to be locked away at all state schools across Warrington and Cheshire
MOBILE phones are set to be locked away at every state school in Warrington and across Cheshire as part of a new initiative led by Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Dan Price.
Award winning photographer opens “Lymm In Living Memory” exhibition
AWARD-winning photographer Alan taylor was on hand to officially open the “Lymm In Living Memory” photography exhibition in the village where he covered numerous events during his long career.