INDEPENDENT Cllr. Neil Johnson says he is “extremely disappointed” with his former Labour colleagues after Warrington Borough Council’s Cabinet decided to proceed with the purchase of land in Croft for a gypsy traveller site.
COUNCILLORS voted on controversial plans to create a gypsy and traveller transit site on a green belt land at Croft, Warrington as it emerged the authority has not been fulfilling its legal obligations to have such a facility for more than 20 years.
PLANS are in the pipeline to introduce new crossing facilities to improve highway safety near schools in the Grapenhall Heys and Appleton areas of Warrington.
LOCAL Lib Dems have hit out at former Labour Cllr Neil Johnson for leaking the location of a proposed gypsy traveller transit site at Croft, Warrington.
LOCAL Cllr Neil Johnson has resigned from the Labour Party with immediate effect, in protest at what he describes as a “secret plan” by his former party for a gypsy traveller transit site on the border of Culcheth and Croft.
BUILDING work is about to start on a major new housing development in Warrington.
TWO men who attempted to smuggle illegal drugs into the Creamfields festival at Warrington have each been jailed for 18 months.
DETECTIVES from Warrington CID have charged four men in connection to a series of incidents, including kidnap and assault, at a skip yard in the Dallam area of town.
VIDEO: AN investigation is underway after a lorry plunged off the M6 Thelwall Viaduct with the driver having a “remarkable” escape with suspected minor injuries.
UPDATED: BARRIER repairs have now been completed on the M6 Thelwall Viaduct at Warrington after a lorry crashed through a safety barrier onto the embankment below on Monday evening.
