School boy wins national trophy
A WARRINGTON schoolboy picked up a handsome trophy and a £500 prize
when he came first in the junior section of the national Fish O Mania
angling competition in Staffordshire.
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. Former Chair of Warrington Healthwatch Director Warrington Chamber of Commerce Patron Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. Patron Warrington Disability Partnership. Former Chairman of Warrington Town FC.
Takeaway shop plan under scrutiny
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to convert a former community centre into a hot
food takeaway shop will come before Warrington planners for a second
time tomorrow (Wednesday).
An alien on a bungee rope!
JOKES such as – “What’s green and goes boing? An alien on a bungee
rope!” – are included in a book put together by Warrington
schoolchildren.
Howzat for a fun day?
RAIN may have stopped play in most cricket matches in the Warrington
area at the weekend – but it didn’t put a damper on Glazebury Cricket
Club’s annual Fun Day.
£3 million business centre opens
A £3 million state-of-the-art business education centre has been officially opened at Warrington.
Mean thieves rob woman, 87
HARD-hearted burglars have stolen a four-figure sum from an 87-year-old woman at Warrington.
Boy robbed of bicycle
A 12-year-old boy has been robbed of his bicycle in an incident at Warrington.
Town lift Peace Cup
WARRINGTON Town’s pioneering visit to Belfast saw them lift the
inaugural Peace Cup with a resounding 7-2 victory over hosts Crewe
United.
Rose gets the fund-raising bug
ROSE Swift, 19, got the fund-raising “bug” after raising £212 for cancer research by running the “Race for Life.”
£22 million for affordable homes
THE Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has committed £22 million in the
first quarter of this year to deliver affordable homes in the North
West, resulting in the completion of nearly 600 new homes and the start
on site of many more.