Our favourite pictures of 2017: January to March

We have gone back to choose the best images from in and around Warrington in 2017.

Today, we look at January to March.

JANUARY

First up, January saw the emergence of a new arrival on the town's skyline with the market car park.

Warrington Wolves had the rare option of choosing three players who all attended the same school. Cardinal Newman alumni Andre Savelio, Dec Patton and Harvey Livett

Meanwhile characters at Warrington Museum turned to life for a new theatre project

FEBRUARY

February marked the first anniversary of the death of the members of Viola Beach. They were killed in a car accident in 2016 in Sweden. Our image shot by photographer Dave Gillespie in the town centre had more than 1,000 'likes' on Facebook and the front page was nominated for regional front page of the year in a national contest.

The memory of the five lads was also recreated in a bus which was seen in town

Also in February Warrington Bank Quay was the suprise pick for a proposal - at the same spot the happy couple first met

While photographer Dave Gillespie was particularly pleased with this image of wedding chimney sweep Cliff Cowling who was up for a national award

Also in February, Mike Boden captured the action as Warrington Wolves were on top of the world after beating Brisbane Broncos at The Halliwell Jones Stadium. Sadly it was to prove the highlight of a disappointing year

MARCH

March saw the 24th anniversary of the Warrington bombings. Wendy Parry, mum of Tim who was killed in the attack, was among those to attend the traditional Bridge Street service

While firefighters were left tackling a massive blaze in Padgate when they Bay Leaf restaurant was torched later in the month.

The site is set to be developed for housing