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Car hits tree and is stranded in floods

Picture by Warrington Fire Station green watch

3:02pm Monday 6th October 2008

FIVE emergency vehicles, including the air ambulance, raced to Burtonwood on Monday morning to rescue a stranded car.

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"Squalid" jail condemned in report

9:02am Wednesday 8th October 2008

PRISONERS at Risley live in “squalid” conditions, feel unsafe in jail and say accessing drugs is easy.

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Drugs, phones and weapons confiscated from prisoners

9:05am Wednesday 8th October 2008

THOUSANDS of contraband items are confiscated from Risley Prison inmates every year.

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Lib Dems' transport strategy

8:10am Wednesday 8th October 2008

A HIGH-speed rail link will take pressure off air travel and commuter trains and remove the need for airport expansions.

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Green campaigners call for MEP support

5:10pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

ENVIRONMENT campaigners have been sending a flurry of postcards to a Warrington Euro MP.

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Jail for man who breached order

1:10pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

A 21-YEAR-OLD man who repeatedly breached his community order has been jailed for three months Jake Caldwell appeared in Warrington Crown Court on Friday for failing to attend his unpaid work order on April 22 and May 13.

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Caravan blaze

10:33am Tuesday 7th October 2008

A CARAVAN containing gas cylinders caught fire last night on Warrington Road.

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'No' to new bar proposals

8:10am Tuesday 7th October 2008

PLANS for a new bar have been refused because police say they are already over-stretched.

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Hundreds protest against prison plans

10:20pm Monday 6th October 2008

HUNDREDS of residents showed their opposition to any plans to bring a new "super prison" to Warrington.

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Two-year sentence for pub burglar

5:00pm Monday 6th October 2008

A REPEAT offender who is to become a father for the fourth time has been jailed after admitting burgling a pub.

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PC pushed to the ground during arrest

2:55pm Monday 6th October 2008

A FEMALE police officer was pushed to the ground while making a town centre arrest.

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Helen Jones wins junior post

2:09pm Monday 6th October 2008

WARRINGTON North MP Helen Jones has taken up a junior Government role following the weekend reshuffle.

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CSOs are out and about to spread the message

1:00pm Monday 6th October 2008

THE pedometers had not yet arrived, but that couldn’t curb the enthusiasm of the CSOs at the Cockhedge Centre, as they publicised their ‘Twin Town’ walking challenge.

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Aftermath of Bridge Street closure

12:50pm Monday 6th October 2008

UP to 600 vehicles now vie for space along a town centre street since the weekend night-time closure of lower Bridge Street, according to taxi drivers.

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