Mums on the run for charity
FOUR mums are to run in this year’s London Marathon to raise money for their chosen charities.
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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.
Library closures set to go ahead
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to close two Warrington branch libraries and axe
the mobile library service to save £121,000 a year looks set to be
approved by council chiefs.
Crime prevention drive
POLICE are holding a crime prevention event on the main supermarket car
park at Culcheth, near Warrington on Saturday (January 15) between 10am
and 1pm.
Help for people with depression
INCREASING numbers of people in Warrington are suffering from
debilitating anxiety and depression – but help will soon be on hand from
a new service.
Last of the urban cowboys
THE tale of a Lymm family milk round – which had its roots in the
streets of Liverpool where cows were kept in the backyard – is told in a
new book.
Charity appoints new manager
A FORMER corporate fundraiser has been appointed North West development
manager by a national charity that has a base in Warrington.
Students among the brightest brains
A GROUP of students studying Physics at Warrington’s Priestley College
have excelled in a national Olympiad competition aimed at the country’s
brightest brains.
Favourite poems evening
FOLLOWING the success of last year’s Lymm Festival poetry reading, a
similar event has been planned for next month, as part of the festival’s
“winter warmer” programme.
Lib-Dem councillor quits party
A LIBERAL Democrat councillor has quit the party claiming its actions nationally have been “bad for democracy.”
Cars damaged in mystery blaze
TWO cars have been badly damaged in a mystery fire at Warrington during the night.