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  • On your bikes ...

    STAFF at IKEA Warrington are being encouraged to get on their bikes this new year. The furniture and home megastore at Gemini Retail Park handed out free fold-up bikes - worth £140 each - to members of their Europa Boulevard team to say thank you for

  • 'I want to lead by example'

    SHE may be the Queen's official representative in the town but for Warrington Mayor, Clr Linda Dirir, when the social whirl ends, there's no escape from mundane tasks like washing and ironing. But, she concedes, husband and consort Alin is sharing the

  • 'Michael will never know his daughter'

    A BABY'S first Christmas is always special, but for little Ellie May Theaker she is the gift that has kept her family strong. Her dad Michael Theaker was brutally kicked to death on January 24. Eight-month-old Ellie May brought smiles to the faces of

  • Franchise woes link to advisor

    A SENIOR financial advisor from Warrington has been linked to a franchise company that allegedly cost investors around £2m. A Mr Johnson from Nat West' was linked to a firm that had around 15 failures. Scottish MP Brian Donohue made the allegations

  • Directors 'were disqualified'

    MP BRIAN Donohue said the people behind 24 Self Video Ltd were Martin Reilly and Tony Sacco, who are both disqualified directors. Mr Reilly, aged 47, from Edgehill Chase in Wilmslow, was disqualified for being an unfit director of an insolvent company

  • Climate priority

    CLIMATE change will be a top priority for Warrington Borough Council for at least the next two years. Councillors put their political differences to one side to sign the Nottingham Declaration - a voluntary pledge by local authorities to become greener

  • YMCA shop will not be opening

    A YMCA charity shop will not be opening in Warrington's Cockhedge Centre after landlords gave plans the thumbs down. The store, which would have been the largest of its kind in the north west, was due to open in the shopping centre on November 30. It