Police to step up patrols after youths seen playing football at baby cemetery
POLICE are stepping up patrols near Fox Covert cemetery, Appleton, after youths were seen playing football in the Baby Garden.
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No new deaths, no new COVID-19 cases and 320 patients discharged
THE latest COVID-19 statistics from Warrington & Halton Hospitals reveals a total of 320 patients have now been discharged from hospital, with inpatient numbers down to 46, with just three on intensive care.
Police dismayed after expensive electric pedal cycle left unlocked!
WARRINGTON Police were left dismayed during an investigation into the theft of an expensive electric pedal cycle, after hearing it was left unlocked outside a shopping centre.
MP accused of breaching social distancing rules at Black Lives Matter demonstration
WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols has defended her decision to show support for the Black Lives Matter demonstration outside parliament yesterday after being accused of breaching social distancing rules by gathering in a group of more than six people.
Council backs Black Lives Matter campaign
WARRINGTON Borough Council is standing with the town’s black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities by lighting up the Town Hall purple and flying the flag at half-mast, to support the Black Lives Matter movement today, Thursday 4 June.
Save Peel Hall campaigners outcry over “behind closed doors” digital inquiry
ANGRY Save Peel Hall campaigners have hit out after receiving news that the Planning Inspectorate now intends to hold their public inquiry virtually ‘behind closed doors’ this Autumn.
Council pledge to transform active travel
WARRINGTON Borough Council is pledging to transform active travel to help control the spread of COVID-19 and to to do everything in its power to make public spaces safe, accessible and make them thrive again.
Firefighter’s marathon effort for charity
LYMM firefighter Becky Wightman is raising money for The Fire Fighters Charity with a 24 hour running marathon.
Birchwood High School undergoes major transformation during lockdown
BIRCHWOOD Community High School has been undergoing a major transformation during lockdown to provide a “fantastic learning environment.”
Council move quickly to empty eyesore recycling skip
WARRINGTON Borough Council has moved quickly to empty an over flowing recycling skip at Lymm.