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Dec 23 New Warrington Market wins “best in Cheshire” award

Dec 23 Detectives launch appeal after man robbed in own home by burglars armed with machete

Dec 23 Tributes to popular Eucharistic Minister and former school governor Loretta Walker

Dec 23 Vandals blamed for fire in children’s play area

Dec 23 Lighting the way forward to Lymm Festival

Dec 23 Hospital patients keep in touch through “Radio General”

Dec 23 Stockton Heath Christmas Eve Carols moves online

Dec 23 Freemasons donate £40,540 and deliver 82,653 items to 29 local food banks in Christmas appeal

Dec 23 School’s festive wreaths bring seasonal cheer to new market

Dec 23 Online panto brings Christmas cheer to older people

Dec 23 New training centre to open at Birchwood Park

Dec 22 Haulage boss who lived luxury lifestyle moving drugs and dirty cash across Europe jailed for 14 years

Dec 22 First patients receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Warrington Hospital

Dec 22 COVID vaccine scam warning

Dec 22 Warrington Market launch UK’s first tech-powered market hall

Dec 22 Three more COVID-19 deaths and 75 new cases as upward trend continues

Dec 22 Public health leaders urge residents to “double down” efforts on tackling COVID-19 over Christmas

Dec 22 Devastating blow for Parr Hall as annual Panto postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions

Dec 22 Detectives launch appeal following arson attack which endangered lives as eleven rescued from flats

Dec 22 Two lanes closed as firefighters tackle vehicle fire on M62

Dec 22 Large groups of youths causing alarm and distress in Warrington town centre

Dec 22 Drink driver lucky to escape uninjured after crashing car into tree

Dec 22 Work progressing well on scheme to end flooding problems

Dec 22 Helping Hands helps brings some Christmas sparkle

Dec 22 Christmas Eve release for special Male Voice Choir concert song

Dec 22 Pupils make up food hampers for elderly and vulnerable

Dec 22 Farm seeks permission to expand pick-your-own fruit business

Dec 22 Residents urged to “walk all over cancer” in the New Year

Dec 21 Lymm volunteer receives PM’s Points of Light award

Dec 21 Eight more COVID-19 related deaths and 91 new cases confirmed in Warrington

Dec 21 Warrington firm swamped with orders for 15-minute COVID testing kit

Dec 21 Town’s oldest cask ale brewing company Coach House Brewery adapts to survive

Dec 21 Eleven people rescued from smoke-filled building at Warrington

Dec 21 Woman arrested after allegedly kicking police officer

Dec 21 Lorry driver trapped for an hour on motorway

Dec 21 Hospital finance team win national team of the year accolade

Dec 21 Council concerns over increased COVID-19 pressures on schools and colleges

Dec 21 Rawwater appoint national nuclear laboratory director to head up new technology company

Dec 21 Spire Healthcare donates cash and food to Warrington foodbank

Dec 21 Council urged to be more open and transparent on commercial investments

Dec 20 New COVID-19 cases hit three figures for first time since early November

Dec 20 Friends of St Elphin’s Park left devastated after arson attacks on play area and sensory garden

Dec 20 Police warn residents to be vigilant after “very young” carol singers out collecting

Dec 19 MP accuses “dithering and delaying” government of being shambolic after Christmas plans cancelled for millions

Dec 19 Infection rates continue to rise in Warrington as 74 new COVID-19 cases confirmed

Dec 19 Police and Trading Standards officers check town centre premises are COVID-19 safe

Dec 19 School’s Christmas video – “All about the people”

Dec 19 Local mental health support group scoops national award

Dec 19 Building work under way on £6.9 million Youth Zone

Dec 19 Eco-friendly development described as “blot on the Grappenhall landscape”