Planners approve 10 storey apartment block with rooftop garden on Mersey Street
PLANNERS have tonight (Wednesday) approved proposals for a 10-storey residential apartment development with a rooftop garden on Mersey Street in Warrington town centre.
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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.
No new deaths and four new COVID-19 cases but infection rates show upward trend
WHILE no new COVID-19 related deaths have been reported at Warrington Hospital for a second day and 4 new cases have been confirmed, infection rates in the town are showing an increase over seven days.
New lecture on the story of the Berlin Airlift and links with RAF Burtonwood airbase
THE story of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift, 1948 – 1949 and its links with RAF Burtonwood airbase, will be told at an online lecture next Monday, April 19.
Firefighters tackle suspected arson attack on garage and two fires in the open at Latchford
UPDATED: FIRE crews were called out to tackle a suspected arson attack on a garage and two fires in the open at Latchford, including a large bonfire on Knutsford Road.
Another Thorn Cross prisoner located while one remains on the run
UPDATED: ANOTHER prisoner who absconded from Thorn Cross Prison at Appleton Thorn has been captured.
Home Secretary accused of misleading public on policing figures
WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols is one of five Cheshire Labour MPs accusing Home Secretary Priti Patel of ‘cheap politicking’ by presenting allegedly inaccurate Cheshire Police numbers in a Conservative Party election broadcast.
Plans for £100,000 improvements at Penketh Library moving forward
PROPOSALS to carry out more than £100,000 worth of improvements at Penketh Library are moving forward.
No new deaths and 10 new COVID-19 cases as infection rates level off
WHILE no new COVID-19 related deaths have been reported at Warrington Hospital since yesterday, 10 new cases have been confirmed in the town in the latest data from Public Health England.
MP pays tribute to HRH Prince Philip in Parliament
WARRINGTON South MP Andy Carter paid tribute in parliament to the late Prince Philip, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, whose links to Warrington included visiting the town in the wake of the IRA bombing.
Romanian crime gang members who stole £160,000 from supermarkets all jailed
MEMBERS of Romanian crime gang who stole more than £160,000 worth of items from supermarkets across the UK, including Warrington, have all been jailed.