A MAN had to be rescued by firefighters at Warrington early today after he was trapped in his house by a blazing wheelie bin which had been placed against the front door.

WARRINGTON Borough Council provided an insight in to a normal 24 hours in local government during a Twitter campaign this week.

POWDERED cement spread over the M6 and 6,000 live chickens shed across the M62 – both feature in a national “Top 10 strangest spills” list.

WARRINGTON Borough Council is advising motorist to continue to check travel information and allow extra time for their journeys as emergency motorway repairs continue to threaten traffic chaos into next week.

SPECIAL measures are being put in place by Warrington Borough Council in a bid to help ease the traffic congestions which has been causing chaos in the borough this week.

MOTORISTS in Warrington are once again facing gridlock traffic this morning due to the weather conditions and a number of incidents on the motorway networks.

GRIDLOCK in Warrington this morning was caused following a fuel spillage on the M6 near Woolston.

DRIVERS travelling to and from Warrington using the M56 are being reminded the eastbound exit slip road at junction 12 for Runcorn and Widnes will be closed around the clock for up to five weeks from Monday (12 October) as the Mersey Gateway bridge project enters an important new phase.

FIRE crews at Warrington were called out last night to deal with a blaze involving a lorry laden with tarmac.