Overnight road closure to allow new telecom pole to be installed
THERE will be an overnight road closure on Cromwell Avenue next week, to allow the installation of a new telecom pole.
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Five days of road closures and highway restrictions confirmed for Creamfields
HIGHWAY planners have confirmed five days of road closures and highway restrictions impacting on parts of Warrington for the Creamfields Music Festival at Daresbury over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Travellers vacate Longshaw Street as council continues to identify suitable transit site
UPDATED: TRAVELLERS have today vacated playing fields on Longshaw Street following a police notice ordering them to leave the site as the borough council says it continues to work to find a suitable transit site.
Dangerous driver sped down the wrong way on M62 on four flat tyres in bid to escape police pursuit
VIDEO: A RIXTON man who was arrested following a dangerous pursuit after driving down the wrong way down the M62 with four flat tyres in a bid to escape police has been jailed for 12 months.
Car torched at Woolston in suspected arson incident
POLICE are investigating after a car blaze at Woolston during the early hours of today.
Family pay tribute to teenage boy who died following collision at Culcheth
THE family of a teenage boy who tragically died following a collision at Culcheth, Warrington, has paid tribute to him.
Nine miles of congestion on M62 following lorry fire
MOTORISTS are being advised to allow longer journey times following a lorry fire on the M62 during the early hours of this morning, resulting in nine miles of congestion.
MP welcomes funding boost for schools while council say increases don’t match inflation
WHILE local MP Andy Carter has welcomed the highest ever spending on children’s education in Warrington South, education chiefs in the town say the funding increase does not match inflation.
Call for council to publish “lessons learnt” from Together Energy investment
TORY leader Nigel Balding has written to Warrington Borough Council’s deputy leader and finance spokesperson Cathy Mitchell, calling for the council to “publish lessons learnt” from the controversial Together Energy investment – before spending £63.5 on a solar energy farm in Doncaster.
More questions about extra £20m investment in Redwood Bank as council welcomes scrutiny and discussion
WHILE more questions are being asked over an extra £20m investment in shares in Redwood Bank, Warrington Borough Council says it remains confident in the investment and welcomes scrutiny and discussion.