Ron Herbert in his later years and as a Warrington Wolves player in the 1950s A HOMEGROWN Warrington Wolves centre and great-grandfather has died three months shy of his 65th wedding anniversary. Penketh resident and former Capper Neill and Laporte employee Ron Herbert, who featured over 40 times across eight seasons for The Wire alongside the likes of Brian Bevan and Gerry Helme in the 1950s, died on Good Friday at the Countess of Chester Hospital. He would have turned 88 this coming Monday. Ex-Crosfields amateur Ron, a former pupil of Bolton Council and Boteler Grammar schools in Latchford, attracted attention from Warrington RLFC because of his blistering speed.
Warrington Wolves winger Brian Bevan was Peter Lowe s hero
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When homes stood on the site of Warrington s bus depot
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He got four months in federal prison and three years of supervised release, similar to probation
He wants supervised release to end before it expires in September; U.S. Attorney s Office is against request
The U.S. Attorney s Office is objecting to the request of former Erie auto executive Adam J. Weaver to end his period of supervised release early so he can help expand his family s auto dealership.
Weaver s plans are too vague, and he has not explained why another person at the dealership, including his sister, who now owns it, could not pursue the same expansion project, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christian Trabold said in a new filing in what has turned into a drawn-out dispute in Weaver s fraud case.
By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter
How the Southern Gateway area could look when finished RESIDENTS have been told the Southern Gateway masterplan for 1,300 new homes will protect green belt elsewhere in the town. Warrington Borough Council’s cabinet was provided with an update on the scheme for land south of the Mersey and the plans to relocate the existing bus depot during its virtual meeting on Monday. The Southern Gateway is planned to deliver some 1,300 new homes, as well as facilities for employment and other uses, on brownfield land. The council says the relocation of bus depot site is seen as a priority for the regeneration of the area due to its prominence off Brian Bevan roundabout, with its relocation to open up the ‘most important part’ of the development potential for areas earmarked for regeneration.