HUNDREDS of new staff have joined the emergency care workforce in the North West ahead of winter – including as paramedics and call handlers – with warnings of significant pressure due to winter viruses over the next few months.
WARRINGTON-based charity The Land Trust has appointed Professor Janet Haddock-Fraser as its new Chair of the Board of Trustees, taking over from William Hiscocks who served four years as Chair and a total of nine years on the Board of Trustees.
A teenage boy accused of the “frenzied” stabbing with a hunting knife of transgender teenager Brianna Ghey said he thought his co-accused would blame him for the murder.
MENTAL health support funding to help bereaved classmates of Brianna Ghey appears to have been delayed by “nonsense bureaucracy”, according to a Cabinet minister.
TWO temporary waste drop-off points during the binmen’s strike are to permanently closed tomorrow (Friday) at 4pm.
LYMM-based Kids Planet recently sponsored Lymm Dickensian Day, a Christmas tradition in the village that started in 1985!
JACOBS – with its offices in Warrington – has been selected to support Naarea, a French start-up which is developing a new nuclear power reactor, by assisting with nuclear safety as well as several engineering disciplines including control and instrumentation, mechanical and process.
A SPORTING and development programme run by Warrington Youth Zone has benefitted from a cash injection through Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer’s Community Cashback Fund.
A NEW returners programme is being launched in Warrington to help improve gender imbalances across the construction industry.
PATIENTS, carers and staff at St Rocco’s Hospice in Bewsey were delighted to welcome Warrington Wolves’ head coach Sam Burgess to the hospice recently.
