Casualty suffers burns as house evacuated during fireplace blaze
ONE casualty suffered burns when a fireplace caught fire at a property in Whittle Hall, Warrington, last night.
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Police seek witnesses after schoolboy receives serious injuries following collision at Appleton
UPDATED: Police are seeking witnesses after an 11-year-old schoolboy received serious injuries following a collision involving a car on Lyons Lane, Appleton, yesterday, Thursday.
Three more COVID-19 related deaths as infection rates and inpatient numbers rise slightly
WHILE three more COVID-19-related deaths have sadly been reported at Warrington Hospital in the past week, infection rates and hospital inpatient numbers have also risen slightly.
Road closure at Croft for installation of new telegraph pole
THERE will be a one-day road closure at Croft on September 28 to allow the installation of a new telegraph pole.
St Mary’s Lymm Civic Commemoration Service for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
A Civic Commemoration Service marking the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will take place at St Mary’s Church in Lymm this Sunday, September 18 at 10 am.
Remembering 16 innocent victims of Warrington’s worst war-time atrocity
SIXTEEN innocent victims of Warrington’s worst war-time atrocity were today remembered more than 80 years after the Thames Board Mills bombing.
Peel Hall takes centre stage at Local Plan hearing
PEEL Hall took centre stage at the public hearings into Warrington’s Local Plan at the Halliwell Jones Stadium yesterday, with objectors stating the proposed plan was not sound because of “lack of detail.”
Police to investigate after car torched at Orford
FIREFIGHTERS were called out last night after a car was torched at Orford, Warrington.
Town council and residents team up to fight proposed Trident Business Park development
BIRCHWOOD Town Council and local residents have teamed up to unanimously oppose a major redevelopment of the Trident Business Park which is feared could generate more than 1,000 HGV vehicle movements a day.
Five weeks of highway improvement works scheduled for Orford
FIVE weeks of highway improvement works are set to start at Orford at the end of October.