Council chief defends £180,000 glossy
THE leader of Warrington Borough Council has defended the spending of
nearly £180,000 on the production and distribution of 11 issues of a
magazine over the last three and-a-half years.
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Festive lights competition
A COMPETITION may be run to choose a resident to have their finger on
the button for the switch-on of Stockton Heath Christmas lights in
future years
Adam lands a design treble
A FORMER Bridgewater High School pupil has become the first UK
landscape architect to win a national design award treble.
MP backs keep your cool campaign
WARRINGTON North MP Helen Jones joined young Usdaw members at their
Warrington offices to highlight the shopworkers union’s campaign which
is urging customers to “Keep Your Cool at Christmas”.
House took 17 years to build
DEVELOPMENT control chiefs at Warrington have decided there is no action they can
take over a long running neighbour dispute involving a house first
granted planning permission 17 years ago.
Festive music for hospital
WARRINGTON Hospital will be filled with the sound of music in the run up to Christmas to entertain patients, visitors and staff.
Lymm has Dickens of a day!
THOUSANDS flocked to the annual Dickensian Festival at Lymm near Warrington, an annual event organised by two local charities.
Jobs boom as Home Office moves in
THE Home Office is to open a major new regional centre at Warrington – bringing many new jobs to the town.
Lymm Dickensian Day 09
EXCLUSIVE video footage of the annual Lymm Dickensian Day including interviews with Parish Council Chairman Joe Griffiths and Town Crier Peter Powell.
Grant for chlldren's hospice
A GRANT of £50 has been given by Stockton Heath Parish Council to a hospice for terminally ill children.