A MEMORIAL plaque has been unveiled to honour the memory of a former Mayor of Warrington for his dedication to the preservation of the Cavaille-Coll organ at Parr Hall. Current Mayor of Warrington Jeff Richards unveiled the commemorative plaque last week
THE lessons of a young woman's death will be learned, according to ambulance bosses at their annual general meeting. Mersey Regional Ambulance Service (MRAS), which covers Warrington, held its AGM last week and explained that action will be taken following
FIREFIGHTERS battled for eight hours when the Screen Systems factory building went up in flames at 4.45pm on Sunday. Fire crews from Warrington, Birchwood, Stockton Heath, Widnes and Winsford were called to the blaze at the Greenings industrial site on
A HARD-HITTING television campaign to increase the use of smoke alarms and help to prevent deaths and injuries caused by fire has been launched by Fire Safety Minister Alan Whitehead. The £2.5 million campaign, entitled Excuses Kill, Get a Smoke Alarm
A WOMAN member of staff at a garden centre in Warrington was attacked in an attempted robbery on Thursday night by three men brandishing baseball bats. The men were part of a gang of four who descended upon Bents Garden Centre in Glazebury on Thursday
THE same thief could be responsible for a series of robberies in Warrington last week. Police are hunting for a man who could have been responsible for holding up three shops in the town over the course of three days last week. The first incident, as
A COFFEE morning will be held in Grappenhall in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief, on Friday September 28. The event, organised by Roy and Sue Kettle, coincides with the Macmillan's world's biggest coffee morning event and will be held at Grappenhall Community
A WARRINGTON school has been described as excellent in the latest inspection by the Ofsted inspectors. Pupils' standards at St Elphin's Primary School in Fairfield Street are very high by the time they leave the school after making excellent progress
TWO holiday companies offering free' holidays and failing to deliver are being wound up by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) following a string of complaints. Incentive Marketing Ltd and Holidays Direct Travel Ltd have recently operated in Warrington
A WOMAN has died after a car overturned on to its roof in a crash in Penketh on Thursday night. The crash happened at 11.15pm on Penketh Road and involved a gold Citroen Saxo which had two women inside - both in their mid-20s and from Liverpool. They
WARRINGTON is to receive a royal visit next month, the Guardian Midweek can exclusively reveal. Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, will be in town on October 4, when he will meet young sea cadets at Wilderspool-based TS Obdurate, as well as visiting the
THE Youth Club based at the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Young People's Centre has proved to be a big hit with youngsters and now two new sessions targeting teenage girls and year seven pupils are being established. Workers at the centre have been running
THE HIGH Sheriff of Cheshire has congratulated youngsters who take part in the Youth Club at the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Young People's Centre after they excelled in an outdoor pursuits programme. Youngsters who attend the club each week took part in
STUDENTS and staff from the Supported Learning section of Warrington Collegiate Institute are celebrating reaching the final stages of a national competition. The Stepping Stones Garden Centre is run by students with learning disabilities and is based
POLICE are asking for information after a resident in Cinnamon Brow was the recipient of racially-offensive material. A letter, claiming to be from Lancashire County Council, asked residents to house Asian people moving to the area. Although it started
ELECTRICAL equipment is to come under the spotlight at a special open day promoting energy efficiency and safety. Much of the event, which is to be held at Energy House 21 on Manchester Road on Friday, September 28, will focus on kettles and electric
AN appeal to newspaper readers to tell blind and visually-impaired people about articles recorded on tape is being made during Talking Newspaper Week, which starts on September 17. Tim McDonald, chief executive of Talking Newspaper Association of the
A BID to tackle hoax emergency calls from phone boxes has been launched by Cheshire fire service and BT. More than half of the five million calls made to emergency services from BT payphones last year were false or malicious calls. The fire service estimates
