Taxi boss flags safety concerns over plan to remove compulsory CCTV cameras from cabs
A taxi boss has flagged safety concerns over proposals to remove compulsory CCTV cameras from cabs in Warrington as part of a review on taxi licensing policy.
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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.
Council seeks views on proposed cuts to library services and jobs
WARRINGTON Borough Council is seeking views on proposed library service changes, including cuts to services and jobs and the closure of Westbrook Library.
Nature Recovery Strategy consultation welcomed by local Conservation Forum as deadline looms
A Local Nature Recovery (LNR) 96-page Strategy Consultation document has been welcomed by the Warrington Nature Conservation Forum (WNCF) and members of the public are being urged to participate before the closing date this Sunday (March 30).
Teenage boys who threw items off bridge apprehended by police
TWO 13-year-old boys who were seen throwing items off a bridge on Cromwell Avenue have been apprehended by Warrington Police.
Rock Steady Boxing set to celebrate first anniversary of helping fight Parkinson’s Disease
ROCK Steady Boxing’s Warrington Hub celebrates being open for a year on Friday 11th April and to celebrate they are holding a fundraising afternoon tea open afternoon from 1pm – 4pm.
Planning condition discharged relating to Great Crested Newts at proposed motorway service station site
DEVELOPERS of a new motorway service station at Junction 11 of the M62 near Croft have successfully discharged a planning condition relating to Great Crested Newts.
Plan to transform fire ravaged cannabis farm building into HMO property approved
A RETROSPECTIVE plan to transform a once fire ravaged building which housed a cannabis farm above a restaurant building on Sankey Street, Warrington, into a HMO property, has been approved by planners.
New homes at Culcheth will deliver £1.5m in community benefits
PLANNING permission has been granted to deliver 194 new homes and associated infrastructure on land at Warrington Road/Holcroft Lane in Culcheth.
“Prison Block” retirement apartments plan on former Green Belt land allowed on appeal
CONTROVERSIAL plans for “prison block” retirement apartments on a former Green Belt site at Lymm have been allowed on appeal.
Remembering the Warrington Bombing 32 years ago today
THIRTY-TWO years ago today two bombs planted in bins by the IRA went off in Warrington town centre claiming the lives of two young boys and injuring more than 50 shoppers the day before Mother’s Day.