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May 25 Warrington dance groups set to compete in hip-hop and break dancing spectacle

May 25 Opposition Tories call for transparency on council investments while Labour blame brutal Tory austerity

May 25 Student sports teams raise £13,000 in a year for charity

May 25 High school’s Spring Music Showcase

May 24 Campaigners fear Weekender festival gridlock due to Central6 street planters

May 24 Additional six-week consultation on council’s “unsound” Local Plan modifications

May 24 Three arrested and drugs seized in British Transport police crackdown at railway station

May 24 Next Mayor will have “rare privilege” of serving second Mayoral term

May 24 Numerous road closures confirmed to accommodate Neighbourhood Weekender music festival

May 24 Warrington Community Grocery celebrates one year of helping almost 1,500 families

May 24 All the fun of the fair at Great Sankey Fun Day and Dog Show

May 24 Kids Planet partners with Warrington Running Festival

May 24 Opposition to residential property on Green Belt land

May 24 Mersey at Warrington the most chemically polluted river in England

May 23 Mayor leads tributes to Cllr Diana Friend

May 23 Recruitment agency wins major award

May 23 Warrington ranked the best place in the country to raise a child with 98% of schools good or outstanding

May 23 Colleagues at Warrington retirement living HQ celebrate Sunday Times ‘Best Places to Work’ Award

May 23 Businesses vote YES for a second term Town Centre Business Improvement District

May 23 Be in with a chance to win a shop fit-out worth £10,000 in Warrington

May 23 Art students enter Tower of London competition

May 23 Raising a cuppa to Fostering communities

May 23 Team from Gulliver’s Theme Park Resorts tackle Snowdon for charity challenge

May 23 College students excel and excite in International Wine & Food Society competition

May 22 More than £320,000 funding secured to tackle ‘honour’-based abuse

May 22 Extra care housing development awarded a top grade

May 22 Detectives issue CCTV image following spate of shoplifting offences at Bewsey and Dallam

May 22 Two men arrested for drug offences after disturbance outside property

May 22 Firefighters stop smouldering fire in wooded area from spreading

May 22 The Stranglers announce short tour to celebrate 50th anniversary

May 22 How to get tickets for Stockton Heath Festival

May 22 Change of Chairman at Croft Parish Council

May 22 New weight restriction planned for Hallfields Road as traffic calming measures create noise problems

May 22 Penketh Primary celebrates successful Ofsted report

May 21 Warrington’s first-ever Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride blessed with sunshine

May 21 Up to six weeks of road closures confirmed at Birchwood for carriageway resurfacing

May 21 Police warning over cold callers offering tree-cutting services

May 20 Casualty treated by paramedics following kitchen fire

May 20 £3m school expansion scheme leads to old classrooms looking “worn and damaged”

May 20 Bullying partner with history of violence against women jailed after breaching restraining order

May 20 Council secures funding for key active travel projects

May 20 MP welcomes £2 fare extension and calls on Council to order new bus fleet

May 19 Detectives charge man from Scotland with sexual offences against 11-year-old Warrington boy

May 19 Road closures and air ambulance called following serious collision at Appleton

May 19 Man charged with drugs offences after being stopped by Police on M62

May 19 380 per cent rise in children from abroad leads to shortfall of school places

May 19 Crime commissioner welcomes change in law to benefit survivors of rape

May 19 College adds Higher Technical Qualifications to its line-up of courses

May 19 New service to improve young people’s emotional and mental health

May 19 Approving Six:56 logistics centre would drive coach and horses through Local Planning process says MP