PEOPLE power won the day in South Warrington this week as members of Warrington’s Planning Committee rejected proposals by Eddie Stobart to build a huge distribution centre on Green Belt land. Read More

CONGRATULATIONS to Rob Griffiths and the team who put on the annual English Half Marathon event which this year celebrated 10 years and has been described as “one of the best yet”. Read More

THE annual Creamfields event which attracts around 80,000 music fans into the area every year has certainly divided public opinion in the town! Read More

A week is certainly a long time in politics as the u-turn on the decision to place sex-offenders at Thorn Cross Open prison clearly demonstrates! Read More

AFTER working in the media for nearly four decades little surprises or shocks me these days – but that changed this week when it was announced that Thorn Cross Open Prison was going to start taking sex offenders later this year. Read More

WHILE it is good to see additional bedrooms for homeless people being approved at the town’s Salvation Army Hostel, one still is left wondering what impact it may have on the charitable offering from Room at the Inn. Read More

I’ve been reporting on council planning meetings for more than 30 years, long before the internet and video presentations came along – but the advances in technology seem to have done little to improve the planning process and local democracy based on my recent visit to Warrington Development Management Committee – or planning as we used to call it. Read More