WARRINGTON Borough Council has confirmed that an investigation has been launched into the apparent rusting of the Golden Gates. This comes a year after the landmark underwent an expensive restoration project to bring it back to its former glory. The refurbishment of the gates took seven months of painstaking work, costing a sum in the region of £500,000. But photos published earlier this month shows apparent corrosion of the gates, which have stood proudly outside Warrington Town Hall for more than a century One reader said: “I am very concerned about the state of the Golden Gates. These were only refurbished last year.
WARRINGTON Town Hall will be bathed in green light this evening, Thursday, as part of global celebrations. The town’s Muslims will join millions across the world in celebrating Eid, marking the end of Ramadan. Residents are being urged to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr safely and in line with current coronavirus restrictions. This means that people should meet others outdoors in groups of no more than six, or two households, while adhering to social distancing measures. The festival at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan is traditionally marked with communal prayers in mosques, and visits to friends and family.
WARRINGTON’S coronavirus vaccination has been on the road this week, making jabs more accessible for communities. Its latest trip saw it visit provide jabs to scores of eligible employees at a food manufacturing firm in Woolston yesterday morning, Tuesday. Greencore is a leading manufacturer of convenience foods, which is proud to supply a wide range of chilled, frozen and ambient products to retail and food service customers across the UK. The Woolston branch was delighted to be visited by the bus, which is operated by a partnership between Central and West Warrington Primary Care Network, Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group, Warrington’s Own Buses and Warrington Borough Council.
Tens of thousands of litter-picking volunteers have pledged to help clean up 400,000 miles of the landscape and restore pride in the nation.
In less than a month more than 60,000 people have responded to the call to roll up their sleeves and bag up litterbugs’ leavings.
The community-spirited volunteers have committed to help out in a bid to collect rubbish from a million miles of the country. The milestone comes as the Daily Mail helps to launch Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean.
Anna Lund (RIGHT) and husband Ben , part of Warrington litter picking Clean Up My Community. Seen in front of gates of Warrington Town Hall
A post-Brexit inland border facility for lorries opened in south Warrington at the start of the year. The Government has been using the former Shearings interchange site in Appleton Thorn as a 24/7 inland border control point for heavy goods vehicles since January 1 after the Brexit transition period ended. Conservative council candidate for Grappenhall Simon Brookes is leading calls for green projects to benefit residents near the inland border facility. He wrote to Labour-run Warrington Borough Council asking for information about how £800,000 of Government funding had been spent. The funding was earmarked to be used for highway mitigation, however, he says the letter from the council revealed that none of the funding has been used for this purpose, with it instead spent across the borough on a variety of projects and departments.