Pensioner robbed in own home
WARRINGTON police are appealing for witnesses after a 78-year-old woman was robbed in her own home in Gorsey Lane on Tuesday December 30 shortly after 6pm.
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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. 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.
Shops facelift starts
WORK will start on January 7 on an improvement scheme at the Hood Manor shopping precinct at Great Sankey, Warrington.
Planners to visit barn conversion
PLANNING chiefs at Warrington are to visit a barn conversion scheme
which has provided 10 new homes before deciding whether a rear,
single-storey extension can be added.
Tourism staff show they are all heart
STAFF at local tourism board, Visit Chester & Cheshire have been
striding ahead, completing a 17-mile hike in aid of The British Heart
Foundation.
Schools maintain standards
CHILDREN’S services in Warrington have maintained the overall “good”
rating they achieved 12 months ago, according to education watchdogs
Ofsted.
New Year honours
A WARRINGTON woman who has dedicated much of her life to helping run
the town’s YMCA has been honoured in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours
List.
A year to celebrate at Priestley
FORMER students joined current staff at Priestley College’s annual Presentation Evening to celebrate another year of outstanding achievement at the sixth form college on Loushers Lane, Warrington.
Woman robbed at knife point
POLICE are hunting a gang of four youths after a woman shopkeeper was robbed at knife point at a Warrington off-licence.
The perfect year at Carrington Park
IT’S been a year to remember for Warrington based newlyweds Greg and Kristin Tunley-Smith.
Cold weather warning
HEALTH Chiefs in Warrington are urging older people too keep warm with temperatures expected to plummet over the New Year period.