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BIRCHWOOD Shopping Centre is being used as a car park by people employed at the business parks, a meeting of Birchwood Forum has heard. Workers from out of town are stopping at the shopping centre then catching the free bus to the employment areas.

CHAPELFORD Train Station has been dealt a serious blow. It would have replaced Sankey and was a key part of the plans for the Chapelford Urban Village'. But the Omega developers have told the borough council they will not put £1.5m towards roads to

A MUSIC marathon takes place from 10am until 8pm this Saturday at St Margaret and All Hallows Church, Orford Green. Visiting musicians will provide music throughout the day in a bid to raise money for a new digital organ for the church. Everyone is

A SLIPPY surface is allegedly making drivers spin off the road in Birchwood. The roundabout near the BP garage off Birchwood Way caught out Keith Foxhall - and he said he has spoken to 10 people who went off the road there. "I thought it was to do with

ONE of the country's leading bathroom retailers, Bathstore, is to open in town. The company will open on Winwick Road, near Total Fitness gym, later this month.

TWO off licences were named as being associated with young people drinking in the streets during the recent Community Action meeting at Penketh High School. One man said Penketh Gardens was like a litter bin' because of the number of drink cans and Bargain

PENKETH Parish Council is to introduce more litter bins around Birkdale Road, borough councillor Linda Dirir said at the recent Penketh Community action meeting.

SOME of the 100 jobs being lost at United Utilities could be going to India. The company is shedding office posts from its headquarters at Lingley Mere and another 50 to 75 agency staff. The back office operations will be transferred to outsourcing

SERVICES for older people in the town are generally good, but mental health services need improving. A new inspection of Warrington Borough Council reported a bill of clean health for social care services for older people, but said closer relationships

WARRINGTON MEP Chris Davies has described evidence of the retreat of the world's glaciers as like watching the tide go out'. He was taken to the Ilulissat glacier, in Greenland, the largest in the northern hemisphere flowing into the sea. He said:

A PENSIONER is caught up in a postal voting row with the council, claiming an administration error nearly lost him his right to vote. David Johnson, from Penketh, says he was inexplicitly taken off the postal voting list for this year's local elections

LYMM man and former BBC north west political editor Jim Hancock is a new patron of a Millington charity. Mr Hancock was on hand at The Children's Adventure Farm Trust to help receive a new specially adapted minibus. The wheelchair-friendly bus was donated

A CAR boot sale takes place at Culcheth High School on Sunday. Pre booked cars are £6 or £8 on the day with set up time at 8.30am and the sale starting at 9am, strictly no traders. To book call 761505. The sale will be held on the Warrington Road car

PLENTY of people complain about problems in their area but there is one group of volunteers that gets things done - the Warrington Clean Team. They are a bunch of volunteers who, once a month, take it upon themselves to tidy up an area with the held

AN information evening takes place on Wednesday for anyone interested in helping at the Samaritans. Starting at 7.30pm, the event, at 46 Arpley Street, gives information about becoming a listener or support volunteer. The branch covers Warrington, Halton

CHESHIRE Police holds its third annual memorial service St James' Church, on Wilderspool Causeway, on Sunday. Starting at 10.30am, the service is for the widows and families of 51 officers from Cheshire constabulary.

A FREE event for carers in Warrington takes place at The Gateway next month. On Thursday, October 6, anyone who cares for a family member of friend with mental health problems can go along. The evening will give people a chance to speak to a variety

A WOMAN from Stockton Heath has won £1,000 towards a luxury bathroom as part of a Warrington Guardian competition. Porcelanosa, a store in Westbrook which specialises in ceramic tiles, bathrooms and kitchens, invited customers to speculate on how long

ON the 50th anniversary of the withdrawal of the last British troops from the Suez Canal, a veteran is looking to get in touch with a former colleague. Bill (Ginger) Lowe served with Cyril (Swiz) Pownall at the British Military Hospital (33 Coy RAMC)

POLICE are urging Warrington residents to be extra vigilant with home security now that the darker nights are drawing in. Warrington crime reduction advisors have warned that opportunist thieves are likely to use the cover of darkness to prowl between

THE director of a struggling Warrington-based business is under investigation following allegations of accounting irregularities. Steve Graham is commercial director of software giant iSoft but he has been suspended after the new board at the troubled

THREE leisure centres will be fighting fit after a combined £1million makeover package was announced. The leisure centres at Broomfields, Great Sankey and Woolston are being given a much-needed facelift as part of Warrington Borough Council's drive to