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FOUR more COVID-19 related deaths have sadly been reported at Warrington Hospital over the weekend with inpatient numbers on the rise again, although infection rates have fallen for the first time in recent weeks.
OPPOSITION Tory cuncillors are challenging proposals by Labour-led Warrington Borough Council to facilitate a £37.5m loan to a Knutsford-based housing provider, specialising in “affordable homes” for members of the British Armed Forces, NHS and Emergency Services.
ROAD resurfacing works are set to start in and around the A49 Winwick Road areas of town on Monday, January 24.
CONCERN is escalating over troubled council backed Together Energy, understood to be on the verge of administration, with opposition Tories seeking an urgent meeting of the council to discuss the issue along with £1.6bn council debt.
DETECTIVES are appealing for information from the public after raiders armed with a sledgehammer and wearing balaclavas, carried out a raid on the Co-op store on Kingsway South, Latchford last night, Thursday.
FOR a second consecutive week ALL areas of Warrington have seen increases in new COVID-19 cases, with one area of the town recording 334 new cases in a week!
FEARS are growing for the future of Warrington Borough Council backed Together Energy following reports it could be on the brink of collapse later this month.
FOUR more COVID-19 related deaths have sadly been reported at Warrington Hospital over the New Year period, while inpatient numbers have risen sharply from 54 to 77.
TWO members of staff were forced back into the Co-op village store at Appleton as they were closing last night, by two men armed with a large knife and a hammer, making demands for cash and cigarettes.
COVID-19 infection rates in Warrington are continuing to rise sharply with another 822 cases confirmed in the town – and are now well above the national average.