£500,000 safety scholarship
A MAJOR safety scholarship scheme has been launched, thanks to £500,000 funding from Warrington-based British Nuclear Fuels.
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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.
Car park to go pay and display
PAY and display parking is to be introduced on a Town Hall car park currently used as a staff car park Monday to Friday.
Home extension plan refused
PLANNING bosses at Warrington have refused permission for a home extension – even though it has already been built.
Lost tombs of Peru exhibition
AN exhibition of ancient relics from Peru, collected by a former
Warrington man, has proved so popular it has been retained for a
further month at the town’s museum.
Credit crunch hits recycling
TOWN Hall chiefs at Warrington are being advised to hold back from
awarding a long term contract for sorting and recycling waste – because
of a collapse in the value of recycled materials caused by the “credit crunch”.
News in brief
A ROUND-UP of news from around the borough of Warrington
Council order road closure
A BUSY road is to be subject to temporary closures for about two weeks while a new sewer connection is install.
Choir concert raises £700 for organ fund
A CHOIR raised nearly £700 for a church organ fund with a performance of Handel’s Messiah.
Injured singer postpones concert
A CONCERT by multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner at Warrington’s Parr Hall has been postponed.
School consults over learning centre
A WARRINGTON high school is holding a public consultation over plans for a new Post 16 learning centre