Council loses £503,000 to fraudsters
WARRINGTON Borough Council suffered losses of £503,000 as a result of
fraud during 2013-14 – a low figure when compared to the national
figures, councillors have been told.
WARRINGTON Borough Council suffered losses of £503,000 as a result of
fraud during 2013-14 – a low figure when compared to the national
figures, councillors have been told.
MORE than 100 people were arrested for drink-driving over the Christmas period in Cheshire.
JUST because the festive season is over it doesn’t mean that people should relax about security in the home.
VOLUNTEERS are being sought to take on the role of Custody Visitors in Cheshire.
A PRE-Christmas operation mounted by Cheshire Police to track down
people wanted by the police or the courts led to 190 arrests across the
county.

A BUMPER intake of 42 new Special Constables have been welcomed by Cheshire Police – the biggest intake in the last 12 months.
THIEVES broke into a shed in Irwell Road, Warrington during the night and stole two silver and grey Drax mountain bikes.
POLICE are appealing for information after a 24-year-old taxi driver was
attacked and robbed in Warrington by four men during the early hours of
New Year’s Eve (Dec 31).

STRICT licensing conditions have been imposed on a Warrington town
centre bar which was the subject of a three month closure order last
month.
WARRINGTON – and the country as a whole – can look forward to the New
Year with optimism or the first time in a long time, according to
Parliamentary hopeful Richard Short.