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Feb 13 Five fire crews tackle roof fire at commercial premises

Feb 12 Body found at Fiddlers Ferry sadly confirmed as Adam Smith

Feb 12 COVID-19 cases at lowest level since mid-November

Feb 12 Settee torched next to electrical sub-station at Orford

Feb 12 Five arrested on busy night of violence and alcohol related crime

Feb 12 Climbing Kilimanjaro in honour of “Hoppy”

Feb 12 Local Freemasons send £25,000 aid to typhoon victims

Feb 12 Labour win at Westbrook by one vote!

Feb 12 Warrington’s inner wards set for “continued transformation”

Feb 12 Council leader offers to step aside if he fails in his duties as Labour hit out at “damp squib” Tories

Feb 11 Priestley College students give feedback on T levels to Education Minister during National Apprenticeship Week

Feb 11 Lowest number of new COVID-19 cases since early December as hospital inpatient numbers fall

Feb 11 Fire crew tackle deliberate fire in the open

Feb 11 Can you help steer young people away from a life of crime?

Feb 11 “Like a butterfly” …the Muhammad Ali story through music and dance

Feb 11 No objections, no harm… but loft conversion would “unbalance” a pair of semis

Feb 11 New book by local author casts new light on what it is to be human

Feb 11 Warrington’s latest COVID-19 hot spots and vaccination data revealed as rates continue to fall

Feb 11 Six years on from tragedy special rainbow vinyl commemorates Viola Beach’s chart topping album

Feb 10 MP calls on Ministers to improve access to NHS dentists

Feb 10 No further COVID-19 deaths although hospital inpatient numbers continue to rise

Feb 10 Concerns grow for Warrington man still missing after two weeks

Feb 10 Man, 34, arrested after £80,000 burglary at Warrington

Feb 10 Waste bin believed to have been deliberately set on fire

Feb 10 History enthusiast reunited with childhood gas mask

Feb 10 The Gruffalo is stomping its way to Warrington Parr Hall

Feb 10 Manufacturing group pledges support for Warrington Youth Zone

Feb 10 Green Apprenticeships will help company meet carbon neutral pledge

Feb 09 Labour leadership survive vote of no confidence

Feb 09 Another COVID-19 related death although infection rates return to downward trend

Feb 09 MP congratulates Grappenhall Heys Primary School eco award winners

Feb 09 Delayed highway improvement works set to get underway at Great Sankey

Feb 09 Council’s Labour leadership hit back over “cynical” Tory no-confidence motion

Feb 09 Grab a ‘date with a book’ this Valentine’s Day at LiveWire Libraries

Feb 09 Warrington Ethnic Women’s Group launched

Feb 09 Scouting is #GoodForTwo, says swimming champion Ellie

Feb 09 Kerry aims to reach new heights for charity as she celebrates her big 6-0

Feb 09 Derelict swimming pool to make way for detached house on Green Belt site?

Feb 09 Plans approved for town centre plastic recycling facility

Feb 08 Police investigate ongoing arson incidents at Peel Hall Park

Feb 08 Work officially underway on new £10m all-electric bus depot

Feb 08 One more COVID-19 related death as hospital inpatient numbers and infection rates both rise

Feb 08 The Stranglers Warrington show postponed due to illness rescheduled

Feb 08 Engineering solutions firm expands apprenticeship programme

Feb 08 Police get quicker at responding to 999 calls

Feb 08 Former MP urges people to stick together during cost of living crisis

Feb 08 Local laboratory leads the way on prenatal paternity testing

Feb 08 School’s artificial playing pitch can go ahead – provided there are no bats in the area

Feb 07 Police warning over rogue traders after resident targeted at Paddington

Feb 07 Council Tax payers face an increase of 2.98 per cent