SIX fire crews were called out yesterday afternoon to help release a barge stuck in a tunnel on the Bridgewater Canal near Warrington. Read More

AN £8 million project to renovate the Stockton Heath swing bridge has been put on hold after borough council highway chiefs refused a nine-month temporary road closure traffic order. Read More

A NEW event aimed at new and expectant parents in the South Warrington area will take place on Saturday, January 21. Read More

FARMER Frank Lythgoe is seeking retrospective planning consent for a new agricultural building to replace a barn damaged by the storm of February last year at Howshoots Farm, Cliff Lane, Grappenhall. Read More

WARRINGTON South MP Andy Carter has again written to the Borough Council for an update on the future of the Grade II Listed Grappenhall Rectory, which local residents have described as a “blot on the landscape.” Read More

PLANS have been submitted to Warrington Borough Council for extensions to a veterinary surgeon’s clinic to accommodate a new operating theatre and prep room. Read More