A councillor who quit the Labour group at Warrington town hall over controversial plans for a gyspy traveller site at Croft has expressed his fury over a new plan to locate a site in the village
CROFT Parish Council is calling on Warrington Borough Council to explain why it has purchased a property and adjoining land within the parish for £1.55 million, after councillors unexpectedly uncovered the acquisition while researching other major development proposals affecting the village.
TWO fire crews assisted with medically trapped casualties following a collision on the M62 at Birchwood, Warrington, on Saturday night.
LONG-awaited regeneration and active travel improvements for Burtonwood and Winwick are set to move into the next phase, with Warrington Borough Council seeking approval to appoint consultants to develop the projects ahead of construction.
The M56 has been rated one of England’s best roads by drivers, according to a national road user satisfaction survey from the independent watchdog Transport Focus.
Warrington has become one of the North West’s busiest commercial hubs. New units keep opening, and demand for flexible industrial space keeps climbing. With that growth comes a familiar problem. Firms need to make every square metre of a unit earn its keep.
NINE members of a Widnes-based Organised Crime Gang (OCG) who led lavish lifestyles funded by a conspiracy involving drugs and guns, including collecting rounds of ammunition from another EncroChat user in Warrington, have been jailed.
The Cyber Essentials scheme updated to version 3.3 on 27 April 2026, introducing the new Danzell question set. For businesses across the UK, this update changes how assessors score security controls and manage compliance.
AS World Cup fever kicks off today, 10 years ago 250 people packed into the Lymm Hotel for a night of celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of the time that the hotel was briefly home to the 1966 Brazil World Cup squad.
THE leader of the Independent Group on Warrington Borough Council says the greatest risk to Warrington may not be the next Local Plan – but what happens before it is adopted!
