£42m spent with local firms
WARRINGTON Borough Council spends £42 million with businesses in the town – 38 per cent of its discretionary spend.
WARRINGTON Borough Council spends £42 million with businesses in the town – 38 per cent of its discretionary spend.
LIBERAL Democrat councillor Jo Crotty – who trailed in third when she
stood as a Parliamentary candidate for Warrington South at the General
Election in May – has quit as a borough councillor.
THE long-running planning battle over proposals to extend the Lymm Hotel
with a leisure centre, conference facilities and additional bedrooms
has ended in victory for the hotel.
SENIOR councillors and police are stepping down from their jobs for a day to let young people from Warrington “run” the town.
WARRINGTON’S Park Royal Hotel has been shortlisted for a top “green” award.
WARRINGTON North MP Helen Jones has reacted with outrage at what she
claims is a Government decision to scrap specialist schools.

FAIRTRADE supporters in Warrington have plenty to celebrate after the
town’s Fairtrade Steering Group was voted overall winner of the 2010
Fairtrade Fortnight Awards.
WHILE serving food in a Lymm restaurant a would-be author had the chance to fine tune his ideas for a gripping detective novel.
A NEW body is to replace the Warrington-based North West Development Agency.
COUNCIL chiefs at Warrington face a barrage of questions from opposition Labour councillors next week.